January 25, 2023, 18:00 PM
January 25, 2023, 18:00 PM
Manchester United left the semifinal tie practically sentenced of the English League Cup by beating Nottingham 3-0, this Wednesday in the first leg played at Forest’s stadium.
Marcus Rashford (6), the Dutch Wout Weghorst (45) and the Portuguese Bruno Fernandes (89) They were the authors of the Mancunian goals.
The party began to lean in favor of the ‘Red Devils’ as soon as the game began, when a Rashford in top form capped off a 60-meter run down the left flank with a shot just off the post to open the scoring (6).
Despite the conceded goal, Southampton tried to fight back and tied the match with a goal from Sam Surridge, but the goal was annulled due to a minimal offside (23).
Just before the break, United scored the second in a move that originated from the boots of Brazilian Casemiro, which he gave to his compatriot Antony, whose shot was rejected by the Welsh goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey and, attentive to the rejection, Weghorst, arrived in Manchester in this January market, sent the ball into the net.
In the second half, Erik Ten Hag’s men could have sealed the tie if the right hand of the Dane Christian Eriksen had not crashed into the crossbar (54), against a Southampton that at times seemed delivered and hardly created any danger on the goal defended by the Spanish David de Gea.
Almost with the time fulfilled, the Portuguese Bruno Fernandes left the tie with a third goalwith a shot from the front (89).
In the first semifinal, Newcastle took the lead by winning at Southampton on Tuesday with a solitary goal from Brazil’s Joelington.
The return matches will be played next week in Newcastle and Manchester.
