Manchester United built on their first leg advantage to stroll into the Carabao Cup final at the expense of Nottingham Forest, their first final under Erik Ten Hag.
The Red Devils, who had a 3-0 cushion from the first leg, made some changes to the starting lineup with Tom Heaton, Fred, Varane, Martinez and Garnacho replacing De Gea, the injured Eriksen, the recent central defensive partnership of Maguire and Lindelof as well as red-hot Marcus Rashford.
Erik Ten Hag would have been pleased to see Anthony Martial return to action with a goal after his substitute appearance as Fred also showed he could be important to the side’s charge in the absence of Christian Eriksen who is out injured till at least late April.
The Dutchman was in birthday mood as he made some tactical tweaks with Lindelof coming on to play as a defensive midfielder and man-of-the-match Bruno Fernandes shifted to the right wing for returnee Jadon Sancho to play as a no. 10.
With the 5-0 aggregate win over Steve Cooper’s side, Manchester United will face Eddie Howe’s Newcastle United, who defeated Southampton 3-1 on aggregate, in the final on February 26.