Josh Ayala bags brace as West Ham beat Southampton to progress in Carabao Cup

Teenager Josh Ayala scored twice on his full professional debut as West Ham came from behind to thrash Championship rivals Southampton 4-1 in the Carabao Cup.Nuno Espirito Santo made it clear a cup run was not his priority by fielding a team made up of four teenagers and three 20-year-olds among eight changes from Saturday’s home defeat by Charlton.Southampton took just 10 minutes to open the scoring. Tom Fellows’ looping right-wing cross was cleared only to Leo Scienza on the edge of the penalty and he showed great composure to keep the ball under pressure before calmly slotting into the far bottom corner.Saints goalkeeper Daniel Peretz then made an excellent one-handed save to keep out Joel Piroe’s close-range effort in the 21st minute.West Ham equalised against the run of play four minu