Zlatan, Martial Fire Man United Into EFL Cup Semis

Aside from one disastrous display at West Brom, the 23-year-old Frenchman had made a solid start in his West Ham career until that injury against Accrington.

Despite dominating the first half the hosts were level at the break, with former United youngster Ashley Fletcher equalising against the run of play, which left Mourinho’s men in need of some words of encouragement.

Mark Noble has assisted twice in the EFL Cup this year, while no other player set to feature in the quarter-final has done so more.

“We know the reason why we bought him and we were waiting for his adaptation and it looks like it’s coming”.

At a venue where they have drawn four successive Premier League games, United’s territorial dominance for once translated into a comprehensive 4-1 victory that came courtesy of braces from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the recalled Anthony Martial. We are playing very well at home.

It was a goal that came seemingly out of nowhere, but it ensured Bilic’s men went into the break with a renewed sense of objective following a hard start to the game.

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But if Bilic thought his men would learn from their defensive errors of the first half, then he was wrong.

He told on Sky Sports: “The performance is something we are used to”.

United Manager Jose Mourinho said: “I wanted to play the kind of football people want because it’s the Manchester United tradition so I’m really happy with that”.

United will be without midfielder Paul Pogba, who collected his fifth booking of the season on Sunday in the incident which led to manager Jose Mourinho being sent to the stands for the second time this season.

It should have been 2-0 just five minutes later, but Adrian denied Ibrahimovic after the visiting defence had parted and Martial failed to get a shot away from the rebound.

Mkhitaryan has made his frustrations public after a hard start to life at Old Trafford, with his only appearance in the league so far this season coming in the Manchester derby. “I can not give to everyone at the same time, so it hurts me”.

However, Mkhitaryan dazzled in last week’s Europa League rout of Feyenoord and was once again in impressive form as United swept aside the Hammers 4-1 to seal a semi-final berth, with Hull City awaiting in the last four.