Manchester United made extremely light work of a defensively suspect Barnsley side to storm into the fourth round of the EFL Cup with a 7-0 victory at Old Trafford.
On an evening where redemption was the special item on the menu, Marcus Rashford, Christian Eriksen and Alejandro Garnacho all scored braces, while Antony also netted a confidence-boosting penalty in an emphatic victory.
Red Devils fans have not become accustomed to seeing their side take control of proceedings and dominate for 90 minutes in recent times, and the calibre of opposition was certainly weaker, but Tuesday’s result felt like another potential turning point after their impressive beating of Southampton at the weekend.
Rashford’s fine finish, Antony’s pinpoint penalty and Garnacho’s slick toe-poke put the hosts in firm control before the half-time whistle blew, as their third-tier counterparts were left to lament some particularly atrocious defending.
Garnacho continued to steal the spotlight in the second half, bagging a double for himself before also setting up Rashford’s second effort of the evening, with Barnsley still not learning their lesson defensively.
After Antony and Rashford’s redemption goals, Eriksen notched two of his own in the space of a few minutes to rub salt into the wounds for Barnsley, who simply folded at the Theatre of Dreams as their hosts mercilessly ran riot.
Source:SportsMole