Goals from Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera and Marcus Rashford saw United to a 3-1 win over Northampton, who went into half-time level at 1-1 after Alex Revell’s penalty.
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The last time Northampton reached this stage of the competition in 2010 they beat Liverpool on penalties, and a spot-kick was again pivotal but not before winger Kenji Gorre’s attempt had been flicked onto the crossbar by United stopper Sergio Romero.
The Red Devils lost 2-1 to derby rivals Manchester City at Old Trafford in the Premier League before last week’s 1-0 loss to Eredivisie side Feyenoord in the Europa League.
“It’s not easy for us to play games like this, but we dominated the second half”.
“The team was in control from the beginning and the substitutions were just a contribution but overall the team was completely in control”. Amid City’s nine-game winning run was an eye-catching 2-1 win at United.
Aleix Garcia made the most of a rare start by netting the second from Jesus Navas’s cut-back in the 67th minute before Gylfi Sigurdsson stabbed in a stoppage-time consolation for Swansea.
The home side then frustrated the visitors with a resilient defensive display until Herrera lifted the tension for United’s travelling fans with a rifled effort from distance and Rashford capitalised on a goalkeeping blunder to walk the ball into the net. Kompany, City’s club captain, has been out since May 4.
“Hopefully, it will not be a big problem”. Tonight was important for him to get out there and play another 90 minutes.
Accrington, which is in 11th place in the fourth tier, stifled West Ham comfortably before Payet’s late intervention.
Hull face Championship side Bristol City while Southampton and Sunderland were drawn in another all-Premier League encounter.
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West Ham will welcome Chelsea to the London Stadium while Liverpool take on Tottenham in the other notable all-Premier League fixtures. Christian Eriksen grabbed a brace, while Joshua Onomah and Erik Lamela also scored in the comfortable win.
