Leeds United v Hull City player ratings

The Tigers fully deserved to go through after outplaying Premier League opposition during normal time, only for Ezgjan Alioski's stoppage-time goal to rule out Mallik Wilks' opener.

It was a disappointing night from a Leeds side with 11 changes but an excellent one for a Hull side who have put the disappointment of relegation behind themselves immediately.

Here is how chief football writer Stuart Rayner assessed the players on both sides.

Leeds United

Kiko Casilla – some decent saves and even scored in the shoot-out but it is the lot of the goalkeeper that giving the ball away for the opening goal counts for more 7

Jamie Shackleton – given a difficult game out of position then denied in the shoot-out 5

Charlie Cresswell – Mallik Wilks was difficult to deal with, and he fluffed a chance at a first-half header. He will surely get better 5

Leif Davis – Wilks's goal deflected off him 5

Barry Douglas – stood up as a senior player 6

Oliver Casey – looked ill at ease trying to protect a harassed back four. Withdrawn at half-time 5

Ian Poveda – Leeds's best player with a couple of surging runs at the start of the second half 7

Mateusz Bogusz – substituted in the second half 5

Tyler Roberts – did not really make an impact 5

Ezgjan Alioski – a stoppage-time equaliser either side of a bad miss and hitting the post in the shoot-out 6

Rodrigo – the minutes will have done him more favours than his team-mate did. Scored in the shoot-out but quiet in the 90 minutes 6

Substitutes:

Struijk (for Casey, HT) – improved Leeds as they had a better second half 6

Gotts (for Bogusz, 78) – N/A

Not used: Meslier, Phillips, Gotts, Harrison, McCalmont, Bamford.

Hull City

Matt Ingram– a penalty save for the second League Cup tie running 7

Lewie Coyle– the captain was solid at right-back, a pity Casilla denied him from 12 yards 6

Alfie Jones– some fantastic defending to press the centre-back's case for a League One start 7

Sean McLoughlin– a good foil for Jones 7

Callum Elder – important minutes for a key player 6

Daniel Batty– helped Hull win the midfield battle 6

Greg Docherty– could not get his goal in the second half, but not for a lack of trying 7

George Honeyman– full of energy between midfield and attack 7

James Scott – good on the right wing, and good at centre-forward 7

Mallik Wilks– scored the goal, led the line, played brilliantly against his former club at centre-forward 8

Keane Lewis-Potter– contributed well to a lively front three 7.

Substitutes:

Mayer (for Lewis-Potter, HT) – a decent debut included a goal in the shoot-out 6

Chadwick (for Eaves, 72) – another who found the net from 12 yards 6

Not used: Cartwright, Emmanuel, Samuelsen,, Greaves, C Jones.

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