Carabao Cup: Mata Inspires Man Utd To FA Cup 4th Round

A goal each from Juan Mata, Marcus Rashford, and Mason Greenwood were all Manchester United needed to cruise to the fourth round of the EFL Cup.

The Red Devils had to step up their game towards the end of the meeting to ensure absolute victory over Championship side Luton Town in the third round of their encounter.

1 – Mason Greenwood is the first Man Utd substitute to score and assist in a League Cup game since Marcus Rashford in September 2016 vs Northampton, with both players aged 18 at the time of achieving this feat. Stars. #CarabaoCup pic.twitter.com/0dE5LWFQdx

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Though not convincing early enough in the opening half of the fixture, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer bounced back to winning ways after their 3-1 Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace at Old Trafford a few days ago.

The Norwegian-born tactician made 10 changes to the team that was beaten in their season opener last weekend with Harry Maguire the only player maintaining his position this night.

New arrival Donny van de Beek also got his full start having being introduced as a substitute in their last meeting against Palace.

However, Solskjaer’s men could not find the back of the net until the 44th minute through a penalty well converted by the Spaniard with Brandon Williams winning the spot-kick The visitors while searching for more goals made three quality substitutions towards the end of the match and they paid off eventually.

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Bruno Fernandes came in for Donny van de Beek in the 78th minute, the same time Odion Ighalo left the pitch to allow Mason Greenwood to finish up the game.

And the second-half introductions made impacts despite having few minutes to play as Rashford and Greenwood both scoring in the space of two minutes.