Four of West Ham United's loanees were involved in midweek action across English cup competitions and on the continent...
Young defender Kaelan Casey started and completed the full 90 minutes as Swansea City pushed Premier League heavyweights Manchester City all the way before falling to a 3-1 home defeat in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night.
After celebrating turning 21 on Tuesday, our No42 was handed his fourth consecutive start for the Welshmen in the cup competition, having previously played a key role in wins over Crawley Town, Plymouth Argyle and Nottingham Forest.
This time round at the Swansea.com Stadium, the hosts - who won the EFL Cup in 2012/13 - enjoyed a dream start against Pep Guardiola's eight-time winners, when Gonçalo Franco struck the opener in the 12th minute.
However, Jeremy Doku's deflected effort made it 1-1 shortly before half-time, ahead of second-half goals from Omar Marmoush and Rayan Cherki that dashed the Swans' hopes of an upset.