Sunderland midfielder Andy Reid scored a brace in the 4-1 Carling Cup win at Norwich and hopes that will be enough to earn a recall for the Premier League. The 27-year-old said: "I hope so. I feel I played well, scored two goals, so...

"With the greatest respect to Norwich and the Carling Cup, I don't want to be playing in Carling Cup games, I want to be playing in Premier League games.

"You have got to play on the platform you are given and the platform was there last night in the Carling Cup, and I feel I delivered."