Man United routs third-division Barnsley 7-0 in English League Cup

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag savored the “good night time” after routing third-division Barnsley 7-0 within the English League Cup on Tuesday.

It was United’s greatest margin of victory beneath the Dutchman, who has been in cost for greater than two years.

Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho and Christian Eriksen all scored two targets every within the third spherical match at Outdated Trafford, with Antony additionally on the right track.

“Not for me, however for the staff, that is the right night time. I feel we might do the whole lot that we deliberate to do. We gained, (we’re in) subsequent spherical, scored some nice targets, entertained the followers and we labored on our recreation mannequin, so we’re pleased,” Ten Hag mentioned.

The scale of the victory surpassed United’s earlier greatest beneath Ten Hag: 4-1 wins in opposition to Actual Betis and Chelsea in his first season on the membership. It was the most important since a 9-0 win over Southampton beneath former supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 2021.

Encouragingly for Ten Hag, Rashford’s scoring contact seems to have returned after a troubled season final yr when he managed simply 9 targets.

Rashford’s double got here after he ended a 12-game barren run with a objective in opposition to Southampton over the weekend.

“Soccer is soccer. Generally you will have ups and generally downs, however we’ve got to make use of these video games to get momentum and consistency,” Rashford mentioned.

Garnacho additionally scored in that 3-0 win within the Premier League and emulated Rashford by making it three targets in his final two video games.

Eriksen struck twice late on.

Rashford blasted United in entrance after chopping inside Marc Roberts within the sixteenth minute. Antony doubled the lead when profitable after which changing a penalty within the thirty fifth.

Garnacho poked dwelling from shut vary within the second minute of first-half stoppage time.

United overpowered Barnsley after the break with Garnacho scoring his second when racing by means of on objective within the forty ninth. Rashford scored once more within the 58th.

It was the primary time Rashford has scored multiple objective in a recreation since February 2023.

Eriksen’s double got here within the 81st and eighty fifth.

Everton troubles

Backside of the Premier League and with out a level, Everton’s troubled marketing campaign went from unhealthy to worse after it was eradicated by second-to-last Southampton — shedding 6-5 on penalties.

The Merseyside staff had taken the lead by means of Abdoulaye Doucoure within the twentieth at Goodison Park, however Taylor Harwood-Bellis evened the sport within the thirty second.

Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy saved Ashley Younger’s penalty in sudden dying to seal Everton’s destiny.

Eberechi Eze struck the winner as Crystal Palace beat second-division Queens Park Rangers 2-1 and Brentford survived an early scare in opposition to third-tier Leyton Orient to win 3-1.

Brandon Cooper fired Orient forward within the eleventh, however Fabio Carvalho, Mikkel Damsgaard and Christian Norgaard eased Brentford to victory.

Shootout drama

Second-division Preston secured the most important shock of the night time by beating Fulham 16-15 in an epic penalty shootout.

The sport ended 1-1 at full time with Ryan Ledson placing Preston forward within the thirty fifth and Reiss Nelson equalizing for Fulham within the 61st.

What adopted was the longest shootout in League Cup historical past with Preston ultimately triumphing after 34 spot kicks.

After 32 penalties had been efficiently transformed, Fulham’s Timothy Castagne missed the goal and Ledson made no mistake to fireplace Preston into the fourth spherical.

It was a unique story as Stoke overcame Fleetwood 2-1 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

Sheffield Wednesday beat Blackpool 1-0.

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