Norwich City 2-2 Birmingham City (4-2 on pens): Canaries win shootout to go through

Jacob Sorensen scored Norwich's second goal in first-half stoppage time

Norwich City beat fellow Championship side Birmingham City on penalties to reach the Carabao Cup second round after giving up a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Carrow Road.

The Canaries looked bang on course for a routine first-round win when they stunned Blues with two goals in first-half injury time from Daniel Sinani and Jacob Sorensen.

But Jonathan Leko pulled one back on 53 minutes before Blues levelled from a 77th-minute corner after the ball went in off home defender Jonathan Tomkinson.

The first two penalties in the shootout were missed, by Kenny McLean for Norwich, then Sam Cosgrove for Blues, whose effort was saved by Angus Gunn.

Jonathan Leko (right) began Birmingham's second-half fightback against Norwich - but then had his penalty crucially saved in the shoot-out

Liam Gibbs and Jordan Graham then both scored before Sinani put Norwich 2-1 up, but Gunn also saved from Leko and Marcelino Nunez then made it 3-1 to the Canaries.

Jordan James made it 3-2 but Josh Sargent then nailed the winning penalty to send Norwich into Wednesday's draw.

While Norwich made 10 changes to their starting line-up from Saturday's 1-1 draw with Wigan Athletic, Blues limited themselves to seven from last Friday night's 2-1 home win over Huddersfield Town, including first senior starts for Alfie Chang, Josh Williams and Jobe Bellingham, younger brother of Jude Bellingham.