Manchester United's English striker
Marcus Rashford (R) crosses the ball
during the English League Cup third
round football match between
Manchester United and Burton Albion at
Old Trafford in Manchester. Photo: AFP
Marcus Rashford fired Manchester
United into the League Cup fourth
round as the holders crushed Burton
4 - 1 , while Manchester City eased
through with a 2 - 1 win at West
Bromwich Albion on Wednesday .
City and United, currently first and
second in the Premier League , took
contrasting routes to the last 16 , where
they were joined by Chelsea , Arsenal
and Everton as the big guns advanced
despite fielding weakened teams.
United manager Jose Mourinho made
nine changes from the side that
thrashed Everton on Sunday , with
Rashford and Juan Mata the only
survivors .
Rashford took just five minutes to
open the scoring with a deft finish and
the England forward struck again in
the 17 th minute with a powerful
effort.
Burton, 19 th in the Championship,
were killed off in the 36 th minute
when Jesse Lingard ’ s shot deflected in
off Ben Turner .
Injury - ravaged United left- back Luke
Shaw came on for his first appearance
since April before Anthony Martial
scored the fourth from Rashford’s pass
on the hour .
Lloyd Dyer got one back for Burton in
stoppage- time.
At the Hawthorns, City boss Pep
Guardiola made eight changes from
the 6 - 0 demolition of Watford , giving
Yaya Toure his first start of the season,
while Ilkay Gundogan, back from a
serious knee injury , started for the
first time since December .
It was from Gundogan’ s saved shot
that Leroy Sane slotted in City’s third
minute opener .
But , casting a shadow over City’s
progress , Gundogan was forced off
with a knock in the second half.
Claudio Yacob equalised for Albion
with a close - range finish in the 72 nd
minute, only for Germany winger Sane
to produce a superb curling winner
five minutes later.
Michy Batshuayi ’s hat- trick helped
Chelsea crush second tier Nottingham
Forest 5 - 1 at Stamford Bridge.
Antonio Conte made nine changes
from Sunday’ s 0 - 0 draw against
Arsenal, with Eden Hazard given his
first start of the season after
recovering from ankle surgery .
Kenedy was starting for the first time
since being sent home from Chelsea ’s
pre - season tour of Asia in July
following his offensive social media
comments about China.
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