Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson admits the Carabao Cup isn't a priority.

Palace defeated West Brom comfortably on Tuesday.

Hodgson said, “No, that would be very dishonest of me to say that because then people like Mamadou Sakho, James Tomkins, Wilf Zaha, Luka and Macca would have been playing. We do see it as a competition we take very seriously.

“The two games we've played in the competition means the players are quite entitled to say that if they can do it at Swansea or West Bromwich Albion away, then why can't they do it to Premier League teams too?"