Manchester United have won 16 of their 22 League Cup quarter-final ties, including four of the last five and tonight they continued with that streak, but also continued with good results overall as they secured a win over third-tier Charlton Athletic 3-0. The Red Devils had the easiest fixture of all the teams in the quarter-finals and played with eight reserve players, but generally played a pale and uninterested game in with coach Ten Hag needed goals from his first team players. And indeed, the Brazilian Antony and in-form Marcus Rashford (6 consecutive goals in all competition) delivered when needed, but both Rashford goals came in very late.140 – Marcus Rashford is averaging a goal every 140 minutes under Erik ten Hag; his best minutes-per-goal ratio under any Manchester United manager in his career (13 goals in 1821 minutes). Confidence. pic.twitter.com/MxchUJIzLl— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 10, 2023 As expected, Erik Ten Hag decided to field an reserve side against third-tier Charlton so the likes of Tom Heaton, a 17-year-old midfielder Kobbie Mainoo, Anthony Elanga and Alejandro Garnacho started, along with the old Ole Gunnar Solskjaer crew: Harry Maguire, Scott McTominay and Fred.After the first 15 minutes, it was easy to see that it was only a matter of time before United scores. Even those eight changes made by Ten Hag were still good enough for Charlton. And yet it was the first-team player Antony, who broke the deadlock with a beautiful volley in the 21st minute from the edge of the penalty area. Surprisingly, there were no more goals in the first half, even thou United had a lot of possession.Charlton had the best chance of the game in the 47th minute, but Scott Fraser sent the ball well over the bar. Man Utd. think scored minutes later through Elanga used Wan-Bissaka’s cross but the goal was nullified due to offside. The game continued to be boring in the second half as well, as United were unable to deliver the final punch. And it turned a bit tense in the final 15 minutes, as the score remained 1-0 and in the Cup, who never know. Charlton were causing United problems, but in the end nothing came out of it. They proved that they are in the third league for a reason. United secured the win with a late Rashford goals and are now waiting their next opponent.EFL CUP – QUARTER-FINALSTuesdayMan.Utd. – Charlton 3-0 (1-0)/Antony 21, Rashford 90, 90+3/Newcastle – Leicester 2-0 (0-0)/Dan Burn 60, Joelington 72/Wednesday 22.45: (2.70) Nott.Forest (3.10) Wolverhampton (2.75)23.00: (10.0) Southampton (6.00) Man.City (1.27)*** odds are subject to change
