REZ & SHINE! JULES AND RIYAD RULE

City pair score as Pep sees off Potter's rotters

- JEREMY CROSS

RIYAD MAHREZ helped pile on the pain for Graham Potter with a stunning second-half strike. 

Mahrez broke the deadlock with an impressive free-kick, before Julian Alvarez added a second to book Manchester City’s place in the fourth round and increase the misery for Chelsea boss Potter.

Chelsea reached the Carabao Cup final last season but find themselves dumped out at the first time of asking this time round.

And the blow will increase the pressure on Potter, whose side have now won just two of their last seven games in all competitions.

City, meanwhile, continue to breeze along at a canter on their quest to reclaim a trophy Pep Guardiola won four times on the spin prior to Liverpool taking it off them last season.

Both managers rang the changes, with Guardiola resting the likes of Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne.