Rashford scores twice to see Man Utd into semis
Marcus Rashford scored twice in last night’s Manchester United vs Charlton to see Manchester United into the Carabao Cup semi-finals.
Anthony opened the scoring with a superb first-half goal that gave United the advantage but League One Charlton continued to battle until the second-half substitute Marcus Rashford found the net for a sixth successive game with two superb goals in the 90th and 94th minutes.
Charlton saw 9,000 of their supporters head to Old Trafford – their largest ever for a midweek cup tie. The fans applauded their side off, having backed them throughout.
Manchester United winning streak
For Man United, the club now has eight wins on the trot and a third last-four appearance in this competition in six seasons since they won it in 2017 under Jose Mourinho, their last domestic silverware.
They lost the last two to local rival Manchester City, who face United in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Boss Eric ten Hag said he was happy with the first half an hour but “was less happy we were not clinical in front of goal.”
“We had to be in that semi final and we did the job,” he said.
“I think we had to finish this off early on but in the end the objective was to get through so compliments to the team.”
Marcus Rashford in best form
Manchester United’s winning streak is raising the hopes of Manchester United’s fans. The triumph was achieved with a team missing at least seven players expected to be involved in Man U’s game against City at the weekend.
The progress for the Red Devils has been immense, with the signing of Anthony – who has now scored in successive games and brings trickery to wide areas – having proved vital. With Cristiano Ronaldo having left the squad to go play in Saudi Arabia and Marcus Rashford returning to the best form of his career, Manchester United appear to be on the rise again.
