United returned to winning ways away at Southampton with a comfortable three nill win after Onana's heroics against Archer from the spot, De Ligt, Rashford and Garnacho were on the scoresheet, the win eased the pressure on manager Erik Ten Hag. The team will return to action later today against Barnsley in the Caraboa Cup, the EFL trophy was the first of two trophies won by Erik Ten Hag back in 2022 ending a six year wait for a trophy at Old Trafford. Below are the words from the United Manager.
Importance Of The Caraboa Cup
"FA Cup, Caraboa Cup, it's significant. We all want the same. It's very important in football to win trophies. You have five opportunities, and our aim is always to win all the games, so win all the trophies if possible."
Team Selection
The Caraboa Cup will provide Ten Hag with a chance to rotate his squad, new signing Ugarte could make his Old Trafford debut and Antony may get an oppurtunity to show himself, "I hope I have headaches (in terms players competing for the starting XI), beacause, last year, I also had headaches but there were no players available! So I hope have many players available and we can make a selection from game to game. Definetely, we have to rotate because we have to cover so many games and so it's not only about a starting XI. That is a nice headache
Injuries and Returned Dates
The injury situation at United do not seem to be as acute as last season, but injuries to key players like Rasmus Hojlund and Luke Shaw have had significant negative impact on the teams perfomance, "Luke Shaw he's progressing, but not yet ready to be selected. Of course, we have a plan in our head when he can be ready, but you always depend on how the progress will go and you think, you can't make a suggestion because there are so many factors why a plan can accelerate or slow down". On Rasmus Hojlund and Victor Lindelof, Ten Hag said "They are not ready for tomorrow. We will see how the progress will continue".
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