Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag has insisted he’s solely bothered about profitable the Carabao Cup and never simply making the semi-finals following Tuesday’s win towards Charlton.
The Pink Devils reached the final 4 of this competitors for the third time in 4 seasons with a 3-0 victory at Previous Trafford.
Antony opened the scoring with a pearler within the first half earlier than substitute Marcus Rashford grabbed a brace in second half stoppage time, killing any hope of a late Charlton comeback.
Talking post-match, Ten Hag mentioned that he was impressed together with his aspect’s efficiency, however is targeted on going all the best way within the Carabao Cup and never merely advancing to the subsequent spherical.
“[The performance was] fairly good, I am fairly pleased with it. I feel we began the sport very effectively, there was good power and good focus. We pinned them of their half, created possibilities, loads of risk and large alternatives,” he mentioned.
“I feel Alejandro Garnacho was good at one-on-ones, after which we make an important aim. An excellent aim, a group aim, however the ending from Antony dos Santos was nice.”
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When requested if he was frightened about Charlton getting again into the sport, Ten Hag replied: “You by no means know. They placed on one striker extra, they have been extra opportune, I do not suppose we actually allowed them [chances], but in addition we stepped [up] offensively.
“I feel [Facundo] Pellistri got here in and he was full of life, he had an excellent help with Rashford ending. And three-0, it was a bit of excessive then, however I feel earlier than we had the possibilities to complete this recreation early on.
“[Reaching] the final 4 is nothing. It is solely about profitable. However it’s important to go from recreation to recreation, from leg to leg. We’ll see who’s popping out of the draw and we’ll put together effectively. Now we go to a different league, the Premier League, so we go away this recreation behind and transfer ahead.”
