Three things we learned as Manchester United is beating Barnsley 3-0 in halftime

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GOAL: Garnacho pokes home and produces usual celebration

35 mins (2-0)

GOAL: Antony wins and tucks away the penalty

17 mins (1-0)

GOAL: Rashford scores second goal in as many games

‘Ugarte needs time’

Ten Hag on the Uruguay international’s settling in

‘Casemiro is brilliant’

Ten Hag gives backing to Brazilian

Manchester United vs Barnsley live: Score and latest updates from Carabao Cup third round

Antony scored his first goal of the season from the penalty spot PA/Mike Egerton

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17 September 2024 9:05pm

9:05PM

We’re back under way

Man Utd’s forwards will be looking to fill their boots in this second 45 minutes.

9:04PM

A triple sub at the break from Barnsley

Matthew Craig, a loanee from Spurs, is on as well as Stephen Humphrys up top.

8:49PM

HT: Man Utd 3 Barnsley 0

It has not registered too highly for entertainment value, but so far, so good for Ten Hag. Each member of his front three – Garnacho, Rashford and Antony – has a goal, and the tie is over after 45 minutes. Now to avoid any second-half injuries.

8:47PM

GOOAAALL! Garnacho has United’s third

Right on the stroke of half-time, Garnacho has his goal. Rashford involved in the build up, driving inside from the left. It looked like Rashford would be the player to shoot but after some pinball in the box the ball ran loose for Garnacho to poke into the bottom corner.

Garnacho celebrates scoring against Barnsley

Garnacho celebrates scoring against Barnsley Getty Images/Zohaib Alam

8:44PM

42 minutes: Man Utd 2 Barnsley 0

Classy from Eriksen to receive and move the ball on through midfield but Rashford’s next pass was poor. When the pace of the game slows, Eriksen’s technical quality is evident.

Then Ugarte stays down after Connell stamped down on to the top of his foot. The two players were involved in a 50:50 a few seconds earlier which drew blood from Ugarte’s knee. The midfielder will have to go off for treatment, United down to 10 for the time being.

8:38PM

38 minutes: Man Utd 2 Barnsley 0

That’s game over you would think. Casemiro sees a snap shot from the edge of the box saved. Ten Hag will already be thinking about changes and whose legs need rest before a trip to Crystal Palace on Saturday.

8:36PM

GOAL! Antony tucks away the penalty

A stuttering run-up, the goalkeeper guessed the right way, but he finds the right-hand corner.

Some boos at Old Trafford when he put the ball down, one assumes from the Barnsley fans. But you can not be absolutely sure in Antony’s case…

“Goodness me he needed that”

Antony makes no mistake from the spot! 🔴 pic.twitter.com/KN9gpTyCjG

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) September 17, 2024

8:35PM

Penalty Man Utd! Antony brought down

Słonina, a young goalkeeper on loan from Chelsea, tries to play sweeper ‘keeper but he was never getting to the ball first, and Antony knocked it past him before hitting the deck. Not much contact, but one of those that will always be given.

8:34PM

34 minutes: Man Utd 1 Barnsley 0

Dalot one of United’s main attacking outlets again, picking out Garnacho with a pull-back from the right but the winger’s shot was blocked. The game is beginning to get more stretched which really should suit United.

8:31PM

30 minutes: Man Utd 1 Barnsley 0

Better form Ugarte to first win the ball and then burst through midfield with the ball, winning a foul. The Old Trafford crowd enjoyed that. United then produce some nice one-touch play around the box, with Dalot passing to Eriksen before bounding into the box, picked out by a Casemiro flick. But the flag went up for a very tight offside.

8:27PM

26 minutes: Man Utd 1 Barnsley 0

Still a relatively sleepy atmosphere, and United are not making life easy for themselves because of some elementary mistakes. Antony guilty of giving the ball away before Ugarte clattered into Yoganathan.

8:24PM

23 minutes: Man Utd 1 Barnsley 0

Not been an easy start to the game for Toby Collyer at left-back, a youngster who is more used to playing in midfield. He concedes another free-kick in a promising crossing position for Barnsley. Phillips tries flicking the ball up for a shot, with the pass bobbling in front of him, but he scoops well over the bar.

8:21PM

19 minutes: Man Utd 1 Barnsley 0

If there was a hint of tension among the United players, it should ease after that opening goal. Now a question of adding more gloss to the scoreline and sharing minutes around.

8:17PM

GOOOAALL! Rashford has Old Trafford on its feet

Rashford backs up his goal at the weekend with another, and shows he can be dangerous from the right. It was a fine switch of play for Garnacho, it was weak defending for Barnsley to allow Rashford a path to goal but his right-footed finish was unerring into the roof of the net.

Marcus Rashford is BACK for Manchester United 🔥 pic.twitter.com/glD8WF9gnZ

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) September 17, 2024

8:15PM

15 minutes: Man Utd 0 Barnsley 0

Excellent tackle from Barnsley winger O’Keefe, tracking back to hook the ball away from Antony. Then Maguire passes the ball straight out play. 85 per cent possession for United so far but very little of it has been crisp or purposeful. Ugarte has been quiet so far.

8:12PM

12 minutes: Man Utd 0 Barnsley 0

From the corner, Cotter tried to head the ball back to his goalkeeper but he could only slap the ball back towards the edge of the box. Rashford sees a couple of efforts blocked. The last few minutes have got the crowd involved, but still not much rhythm in United’s general performance.

8:11PM

10 minutes: Man Utd 0 Barnsley 0

Barnsley will have their work cut out whenever Garnacho faces up on that left flank, he is arguably United’s most dangerous forward. Better from Rashford on the right of the penalty area to shift and shoot, his effort takes two deflections and behind for a corner.

8:07PM

7 minutes: Man Utd 0 Barnsley 0

United with their first sustained spell of possession in the Barnsley half after Antony made an interception in midfield. I do not think Erik ten Hag will be best pleased with what has seen so far despite making eight changes to team. Casemiro win another mis-timed sliding tackle in midfield, concedes a foul.

8:05PM

5 minutes: Man Utd 0 Barnsley 0

Casemiro goes in for a 50:50 but caught his man on the shin and concedes a foul. Barnsley once again test Collyer, and the youngster was a bit rash up against Cotter. Free-kick in a dangerous crossing position wide right, that glances off a United head and across goal. Really lively start from the League One side.

8:02PM

2 minutes: Man Utd 0 Barnsley 0

Barnsley go on the attack down their right from kick off, looking to rest Collyer at left-back. Then Antony misplaces a pass forward, eliciting not so much a groan but a weary sigh from the home fans. Barnsley manager Darrell Clarke was a United fan growing up, and is up on the touchline from the early stages.

8:00PM

KICK OFF!

After a rendition of Take Me Home, Country Roads, Barnsley get the game started at Old Trafford. Playing in all white. Some empty seats dotted around the stadium.

Manchester United and Barnsley before their Carabao Cup third-round tie

Manchester United and Barnsley before their Carabao Cup third-round tie Getty Images/Zohaib Alam

7:50PM

Evans eyeing League Cup hat-trick

Jonny Evans is another experienced player who starts tonight and he is looking forward to the prospect of another Cup run in his long and storied career.

“I’m looking forward to starting tonight and getting some minutes, it’s about being ready and contributing when the team needs me,” he said.

“We know they will want to play a lot of long balls and try to catch us out on the counter-attack so we need to be ready for that but hopefully we can keep a clean sheet and get a few goals.

Jonny Evans of Manchester United signs autographs prior to the Carabao Cup Third Round match between Manchester United and Barnsley at Old Trafford on September 17, 2024

Evans up for the cup Getty Images/Ash Donelon

Evans has won this trophy twice before, when United clinched back-to-back League Cups in 2008-09 and 2009-10, and the 36-year-old centre-back has got his sights set on a hat-trick.

“I’ve got fond memories of the League Cup and I’d like to get there (to another Wembley final) again.”

7:25PM

Barnsley to park the bus?

Barnsley manager Darrell Clarke says he is very “proud” to be pitting his side against the club he supported as a boy.

He said the Tykes “will spend most of the game in a mid-block” and hope to catch the hosts out on the counter-attack but admitted his League One side will need things to go their way if they are to pull off a shock.

Your super Reds taking to the Theatre of Dreams this evening! 🤩 pic.twitter.com/K2iaJbskJ0

— Barnsley FC (@BarnsleyFC) September 17, 2024

Barnsley midfielder Adam Phillips, meanwhile, says they have just had a team meeting and the message has been to not to get stagefright at the Theatre of Dreams.

”Everyone must give 100 per cent. It’s a big stage, but we can’t have anyone freezing; everyone needs to be on it. Hopefully, we can give it our best shot and come away with a good result.

“We’ve got a gameplan, and when the chances come along we’ve got to take them.”

7:18PM

‘Ugarte needs time’

On Ugarte: “We want to integrate him as soon as possible but it takes time.

“He is getting used to the patterns in training, but now we will see. He has to progress and develop and he needs some time and his team-mates also to get used to each other.

Manuel Ugarte warms up prior to the Carabao Cup Third Round match between Manchester United and Barnsley at Old Trafford on September 17, 2024

Ugarte prepares for his first Old Trafford start Getty Images/Stu Forster

“We need all the players in this squad, we are playing in five leagues, we want to win and we have to find what is the best team, the best chemistry and this is the moment to see who can prove a point.”

7:15PM

Ten Hag: ‘Casemiro is brilliant’

In his pre-match interview Ten Hag has backed Casemiro to bounce back from his nightmare showing against Liverpool.

“We know what he can deliver,” he said. “He is a brilliant player, and we expect this from him.

“In football you have to deal with negativity, all the coaches from Man Utd and the players have to deal with this experience at different times, but if we be together we will come though this experience together.”

7:07PM

Ugarte starts

And Ugarte is given his first start for the Red Devils. Ten Hag has opted for quite a strong side, which includes Rashford, Casemiro, Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire and the out-of-form Antony.

Here’s the United line-up, to which nine changes have been made:

Beginning our 2024/25 #CarabaoCup journey 🔴#MUFC || #CarabaoCup

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) September 17, 2024

6:46PM

Another cup run for Ten Hag?

Erik ten Hag loves a domestic cup and tonight Manchester United begin their involvement in the League Cup with a home tie against League One Barnsley.

United lifted the League Cup in Ten Hag’s first season, before confounding the odds with one of their few convincing performances of last season to beat Manchester City to the FA Cup. Ten Hag has pointed to those trophies as proof United are heading in the right direction, though his protestations have done little to allay concerns about their weaknesses as a league team.

The pressure eased a touch with Saturday’s 3-0 win at Southampton, when United recovered from a ropey opening period to run out well-deserved winners against porous opponents. Marcus Rashford was on the scoresheet again, enabling Ten Hag to respond to his critics, while young wingers Amad Diallo and Alejandro Garnacho flashed promise and summer signing Joshua Zirkzee showed some neat touches.

Matthijs de Ligt, Lisandro Martinez and Noussair Mazraoui were all substituted against Southampton but are available for tonight’s game. It is doubtful Ten Hag will risk them for a contest that looks ripe for heavy rotation. United’s new midfielder Manuel Ugarte could make his full debut as he seeks to acclimatise. United have a tricky trip to Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday, scene of one of their lowest moments of last season when they were beaten 4-0.

Manuel Ugarte arrives at Old Trafford ahead of Manchester United’s Carabao Cup third round match against Barnsley, September 17, 2024

United fans will be hoping to see a first start for their new signing and midfield enforcer Manuel Ugarte Getty Images/Ash Donelon

Ten Hag has called on Antony to fight for his place having struggled for minutes this season. “That is professional football, that is top football, those are the laws,” Ten Hag said. “You pick the team where you think you have the most chance to win a game, so the players have to fight for their positions, and you pick the XI who have the best dynamic and the best chemistry.”

“Now he has to bounce back and he has the abilities to do it. So if he is doing the right thing, he can make competition with them (those who have been playing ahead of him).”

Barnsley have made a decent start to the season in League One, with three wins, two defeats and a draw in their opening six games. The Yorkshire club have not made much of an impression on the domestic cups since 2008, when they slayed Chelsea and Liverpool on their way to the FA Cup semis. After all that, Cardiff City denied them a place in the final.

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