Man United vs nottm Forest

The winner of this tie between Manchester United and Nottingham Forest will face Newcastle United in the final of the Carabao Cup.

5th min: United start the match with a prolonged period of possession, ending in a long pass from Lisandro Martinez that almost put Bruno Fernandes in on goal. 18th min: Alejandro Garnacho shows quick feet in the box and goes to ground, but there wasn't much contact and a goal kick is given. 25th min: A Bruno Fernandes corner is half-cleared, and Emmanuel Dennis bizarrely plays it the way he's facing when in space. The Forest keeper sticks out his right foot to save and the rebound just evades Lisandro Martinez. Jadon Sancho has just come out for a warm-up and gets a loud round of applause from the Stretford End. Brennan Johnson managed to worm his way past Casemiro's challenge and suddenly he was through on goal, but he shot straight at the United keeper from a narrow angle. Luke Shaw delivers a free-kick from the left and Casemiro nods it low and back across goal. HT: The half ends with a booking for Sam Surridge for a late challenge on Raphael Varane. The Forest defender was about to clear the ball when Wout Weghorst nicked it away, and he swung his foot right into the United striker. He delays his pass to Marcus Rashford and eventually underhits it, but the ball is blocked back into Martial's path and he fires left-footed into the bottom-right corner. Casemiro finds Anthony Martial with a first-time pass and suddenly the Red Devils are in on goal. The rebound falls to Surridge, but he's stretching to turn it back towards goal and he can't control the strike, which flies over the bar.

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Johnson bursts in from the right, past Casemiro and Martinez and into the box. Still, Forest have had a couple of big chances now to open the scoring. Dennis swivels and sends a shot towards the bottom right. Weghorst rises unmarked on the penalty spot, and guides a nearly perfect header across Hennessey and … Casemiro opens his body on the edge of the box and attempts to steer a sidefoot into the bottom left. Casemiro swings a cross in from the right. 55 min: Johnson dribbles hard down the right and wins a corner from which nothing comes. The set piece is swung into the mixer for Casemiro, who wins a header on the penalty spot but sends a harmless effort wide right. Meanwhile Fernandes flashes a shot across the face of goal from the right. 70 min: Martial chases a Casemiro pass down the inside right. but before it we have a lot of games to come … but we are making forward steps and there are lots of teams who would have loved to play in a semi-final against United …

Manchester United lead 3-0 after first leg and hope to win first piece of silverware since 2017.

Manchester United are heading to Wembley to take on Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final. He palms the ball away but it drops to Sam Surridge. 86 mins: Marcus Rashford lays the ball off to Fred, who hooks it into the box first time. They’ve beaten Nottingham Forest in both legs of this Carabao Cup semi-final and are heading to Wembley. There they’ll take on Newcastle in a dogfight for the trophy. Newcastle are an extremely good team but it’s a big moment for us in where we want to go.” [Carabao Cup](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/carabao-cup) to prove [Manchester United](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/manchester-united) are back, but it could prove a significant step in their renaissance nonetheless. The boys are in a good moment and we feel the crowd are with us. [Manchester United](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/manchester-united) will book a place at Wembley if they avoid losing to [Nottingham Forest](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/nottingham-forest) in the [Carabao Cup](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/carabao-cup) semi-finals tonight. Instead, Scott McKenna blocked but redirected the ball to the Frenchman. The first goal came from a forward whose absence was briefer. Attempting to stop them are Nottingham Forest but it would take a remarkable comeback from

Manchester United host Nottingham Forest tonight with a place in the Carabao Cup final at stake. The Red Devils secured an emphatic 3-0 win over Steve ...

Nottingham Forest - 33/1 Manchester United - 1/250 Nottingham Forest win - 6/1

The mission for Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford in Wednesday's League Cup semifinal second leg is pretty simple: Don't mess it up.

(AE) The key line, from Ornstein’s report: (AE) [De Telegraaf](https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/189666413/bod-manchester-united-van-45-miljoen-op-ajacied-martinez) states that Manchester United are trying to pip Arsenal to the signing of Argentine defender Lisandro Martinez. (NM) (JPW) After United and Ajax finally agreed a fee of $100 million (after a little push from Antony as he expressed his desire to leave the Amsterdam club), Antony is now ready to head to Manchester to complete the formalities of this huge deal. [Arsenal](https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2022/06/04/arsenal-transfer-news-live-latest-reports-rumors-updates/) ] [Martin Terrier is said to be a target for United as well as Tottenham Hotspur](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1714626/Man-United-Tottenham-transfer-tussle-Thierry-Henry-premier-league-news) as both clubs reportedly have opened discussions with the Ligue 1 outfit regarding the 25-year-old. [Man City](https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2022/06/07/manchester-city-transfer-news-live-latest-reports-rumors-updates/) [According to The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/01/04/manchester-united-transfer-news-jack-butland-back-up-goalkeeper/) Jack Butland, still just 29 years old, is in talks about signing for Manchester United. [Tottenham](https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2022/06/02/tottenham-transfer-news-live-latest-reports-rumors-updates/) [Chelsea](https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2022/06/08/chelsea-transfer-news-latest-reports-rumors-updates-lukaku/)

Manchester United will be looking to seal a spot in the Carabao Cup final when they host Nottingham Forest with a 3-0 advantage from the first leg.

when they were beaten by United in this competition! The midfielder on loan from Bayern Munich simply signed too late yesterday to be registered in time for tonight's game. They defeated Forest 2-1 at Old Trafford in November 1998 when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored twice on the hour before Steve Stone netted a consolation in the fourth round tie. [Nottingham Forest](/sport/teampages/nottingham-forest.html) in the [Carabao Cup](/sport/efl-cup/index.html) semi-final. [Jadon Sancho arrives at Old Trafford as he returns to Man United's squad for the first time since OCTOBER for Carabao Cup semi-final second leg against Nottingham Forest after the England star took a break over concerns for his mental wellbeing](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11701865/Jadon-Sancho-arrives-Old-Trafford-return-Manchester-Uniteds-matchday-squad.html) [Manchester United](/sport/teampages/manchester-united.html) at 3-0 up at Old Trafford isn't the greatest idea in the world - but I guess you never really know in football. [Newcastle United reach first final in 24 years as they await either Manchester United or Nottingham Forest: Everything you need to know ahead of the Carabao Cup final](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11700925/Everything-need-know-ahead-Carabao-Cup-final.html) Not quite a blow for Ten Hag but it would have been ideal for him to make his debut and dip his toe into the first-team to give him a taster of what to expect. That came slightly earlier in the '8-1 season' when as Forest were on their way to Premier League relegation (of which they have only just recovered from) United were on their way to a treble. Of course the winner of this evening's tie will face Newcastle United in the final at Wembley at the end of the month, with the Magpies strolling to a 3-1 aggregate victory over Southampton last night while most of other fans were desperately scrambling for any deadline day news for their team. United make five changes to the side that won 3-0 in the first leg although that includes Fred coming into the midfield at the expense of long term injury Christian Eriksen. Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest (agg 3-0) LIVE: Erik ten Hag aims to reach his first final as Red Devils boss in the Carabao Cup...

GOOOOAAALL! Fred scores, but Fernandes the creator. Fred and Sancho were involved in the build-up to spread play to Fernandes on the right. He crossed the ball ...

Antony fired over with a volley, Wayne Hennessey kicked clear a Casemiro header and Luke Shaw should have made more of a clever corner routine with Bruno Fernandes but there was little in the way of needless risk. With this the first of eight games this month and United holding a 3-0 advantage from the first leg, Ten Hag could have chosen to rest players but he was taking no chances with his team selection. The deadlock was finally broken when Casemiro released Martial to bear down on the Forest defence in tandem with Rashford. Forest lost the former United forward Jesse Lingard to an injury in the warm-up, which saw Emmanuel Dennis drafted into the starting XI, but their main threat, much like the first leg, was the pace and running of Brennan Johnson. The club was on their third manager of the campaign, they would soon be out of all three cup competitions in addition to being hopelessly adrift in the Premier League, the football was awful, the players had lost all stomach for a fight and there was mutiny in the stands. Arguably more pleasing than the goals for United, though, was the return of

Carabao Cup match Man Utd vs N Forest 01.02.2023. Preview and stats followed by live commentary, video highlights and match report.

Get a report of the Manchester United vs. Nottingham Forest 2022-23 English Carabao Cup, Semifinals football match.

[Marcus Rashford](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/230945/Marcus-Rashford) and [David de Gea](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/108482/David-de-Gea) starting on the bench. [Brennan Johnson](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/291307/Brennan-Johnson), just as he had been in the first leg, was Forest's biggest threat. [Jadon Sancho](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/259836/Jadon-Sancho) his first appearance since Oct. But Ten Hag's introduction of Rashford, Sancho and Martial just past the hour-mark prompted a sharp increase in the home side's attacking threat. It did not take long for the deadlock to be broken. Just three minutes later, Rashford had a second assist. The on-loan striker, who scored United's second goal at the City Ground last week, watched on in frustration, though, as the ball came back off the foot of the post. After spending time away from the team to work on physical and mental issues, the [England](/soccer/team?id=448) winger received a large cheer from the Old Trafford crowd as he ran on for his return. It took until the closing stages of the first half for either goalkeeper to be properly called into action. "The second half was much better, more tempo and we made some good goals. "I thought it was professional but too slow and we didn't create too many chances. Otherwise, though, it was another strong starting lineup that included the likes of [Casemiro](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/173666/Casemiro), [Bruno Fernandes](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/124091/Bruno-Fernandes) and [Raphael Varane](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/153053/Raphaël-Varane).

Jack Colback and Ryan Yates will be assessed following illness. United loanee Dean Henderson, who is injured anyway, and Newcastle loanee Chris Wood are ...

The winner of this tie between Manchester United and Nottingham Forest will face Newcastle United in the final of the Carabao Cup.

5th min: United start the match with a prolonged period of possession, ending in a long pass from Lisandro Martinez that almost put Bruno Fernandes in on goal. 18th min: Alejandro Garnacho shows quick feet in the box and goes to ground, but there wasn't much contact and a goal kick is given. 21st min: One of the joys of Forest games is listening to fans squeezing extra syllables into well-known refrains rather than shorten the name of the team. 25th min: A Bruno Fernandes corner is half-cleared, and Emmanuel Dennis bizarrely plays it the way he's facing when in space. The Forest keeper sticks out his right foot to save and the rebound just evades Lisandro Martinez. Jadon Sancho has just come out for a warm-up and gets a loud round of applause from the Stretford End. Luke Shaw delivers a free-kick from the left and Casemiro nods it low and back across goal. Brennan Johnson managed to worm his way past Casemiro's challenge and suddenly he was through on goal, but he shot straight at the United keeper from a narrow angle. HT: The half ends with a booking for Sam Surridge for a late challenge on Raphael Varane. He delays his pass to Marcus Rashford and eventually underhits it, but the ball is blocked back into Martial's path and he fires left-footed into the bottom-right corner. The Forest defender was about to clear the ball when Wout Weghorst nicked it away, and he swung his foot right into the United striker. The rebound falls to Surridge, but he's stretching to turn it back towards goal and he can't control the strike, which flies over the bar.

Following Manchester United's 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup Semi-Final second leg, here are a selection of post-match stats.

It's their longest winning run at Old Trafford within a single season since December-May in 2010-11 (17). ● Manchester United have kept 16 clean sheets in 33 matches in all competitions this season, with no Premier League side keeping more. ● Manchester United have won their last 12 home games in all competitions, their longest streak since a run of 12 between May and December 2017.