Late goals see Man Utd through to semis
Edinson Cavani and Anthony Martial struck late goals as Manchester United claimed a scrappy 2-0 victory over Everton at a bitterly freezing Goodison Park on Wednesday to set up a good League Cup semi-last with rivals Manchester City.
United wasted numerous opportunities in the opening stages and at times the play was dire from both sides because the overall game appeared to end up being heading for penalties ahead of Cavani collected the ball on the proper wing, skipped inside onto his kept foot and fired earlier Everton goalkeeper Robin Olsen.
Martial added another with virtually the previous kick of the game as the tourists now meet City for a location in the April 25 final, while Championship aspect Brentford undertake Tottenham Hotspur in the other last-four clash.
"It was a fantastic performance and we have to have already been out of view, we had 3 or 4 great chances. We need to become more clinical," United captain Harry Maguire told Sky Sports
"We are expected to win trophies. It's important to reach these big game titles but we have to start out winning them and lift up some trophies because of this club.
Everton will experience aggrieved that the influential Cavani was nonetheless on the pitch after receiving only a good verbal warning from referee Bobby Madley when he shoved Yerry Mina to the ground with his hands near the Everton defender's throat within an off-the-ball incident in the first half.
But with the Video tutorial Assistant Referee (VAR) absent in this competition until the semi-final stage, there is no more action taken when replays showed Cavani was first lucky to flee sanction.
His quality proved the difference found in checking the tight Everton defence though, with Martial's insurance goal to arrive the dying seconds as the house area pushed bodies forward in search of an equaliser.
United continue their excellent record from Old Trafford and so are now unbeaten in 20 domestic game titles in every competitions, winning 18 of these.
The visitors dominated the first exchanges and put Everton under great pressure with a succession of chances which were wasted, Cavani coming close twice.
Everton finally woke from their slumber seeing as, roared on by 2,000 fans found in Goodison Park, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Gylfi Sigurdsson both had initiatives on target that needed saving by United keeper Dean Henderson.
The next half had little of the spark of the first, both sides misplacing passes in the attacking third and neither keeper having a significant save to make until Olsen was picking the ball out of his net for Cavani's opener.
