Carabao Cup: Man United Defeat Colchester United To Reach Semi-Final

Five-time winners Manchester United cruised to the semi-final of the Carabao Cup after defeating Colchester United 3-0 on Wednesday night.

The Red Devils set up meeting with city rivals Manchester City.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side reached the last four of the competition for the first time since 2017 when they went on to lift the trophy and progressed by scoring three goals in the space of 10 minutes.

“Fantastic days in Manchester,” said Solskjaer. “Of course we do really respect them and as I said after the last derby game, in my opinion, they are the best team in England.

“They can out-football you so we need to have our game heads on and be ready of them again. We have shown them as well that we can cause them problems so it will be two fantastic games.”

Marcus Rashford wasted numerous chances in a frustrating first-half but brilliantly broke the deadlock early in the second period by cutting in from the left and lashing home.

England international Rashford turned provider for the home side’s third which was converted by Anthony Martial, in between Ryan Jackson’s own goal.

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Colchester, understandably, offered little attacking threat against their more illustrious opponents with Callum Harriott’s low drive which skipped a yard wide their best opportunity.

The semi-finals are over two legs, with the first match at Old Trafford taking place in the week commencing 6 January and the second leg against the holders at Etihad Stadium in the week commencing 27 January.