Blackburn Rovers 4-0 Hartlepool United: Championship side cruise into Carabao Cup second round
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Scott Wharton (pictured) scored and his brother Adam made his Blackburn debut
Blackburn Rovers easily saw off League Two Hartlepool United to reach the second round of the Carabao Cup.
Scott Wharton, Bradley Dack, Tyrhys Dolan and Dilan Markanday scored in a one-sided game at Ewood Park.
Wharton put the Championship team ahead by heading in Tyler Morton's corner shortly after the half-hour mark.
And two goals in the space of five minutes early in the second half crushed the underdogs' hopes of a comeback.
The fit-again Dack, making his first appearance of the season, slid in to apply the finish to Tayo Edun's cross, and Dolan fired into the bottom corner to make it three.
Dack then set up Markanday, who slotted home left-footed for his first career goal.
Wharton's younger brother Adam, 18, made his first-team debut for Rovers - making them the first siblings to play together for the club since Swedish duo Martin and Marcus Olsson.
Adam Wharton's inclusion was one of 10 changes made by boss Jon Dahl Tomasson to the starting line-up. Pools, meanwhile, made seven changes.