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Harry Maguire says Manchester United must start winning trophies again following Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup quarter-final victory over Everton.
Late goals from Edinson Cavani and Anthony Martial helped United win 2-0 at Goodison Park to reach the quarter-finals and set up a derby against rivals Manchester City.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team was knocked out of competition by City in two stages on the same stage last season, but this time they will host their neighbors at Old Trafford for a one-off match in the week starting January 4.
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Summary of the Carabao Cup quarter-final tie between Everton and Manchester Utd
United reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Europa League last season, as well as finishing third in the Premier League, but have not won a major trophy since 2017 and club captain Maguire insists that. must change.
“We play for Manchester United, we are expected to win trophies. We reached three semi-finals last year, this year we reached our first semi-final in our first competition,” he said. Sky Sports.
“It’s important to get to these big games, but now we have to start winning the big games, like the semi-finals and lifting trophies for this club.”
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Manchester Utd manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was delighted with his team’s performance against Everton
Maguire: We deserved progress
It took United until the 88th minute to break the deadlock against Everton when Cavani scored from the edge of the area, before substitute Martial added a second goal in injury time.
Wednesday’s win was the second time United have beaten Everton at Goodison Park this season following their 3-1 Premier League win last month.
“It’s always a tough place to come. They had some fans in the stadium which gave it a bit of atmosphere, but I felt like we controlled the game,” Maguire said.
“Obviously, they were going to be a threat from set pieces and some crosses, but I think we deserved the win and I’m glad we got it in the end instead of taking it to penalties.”
Edinson Cavani scored his fourth goal of the season for Manchester United with his final winning goal against Everton
When asked about United’s overall display, he added: “I thought it was an excellent performance, we started the game really well. We should have been leading after 20 minutes. It probably should have been out of sight, we had three, four greats. opportunities “. and we have to be a little more clinical.
“But we kept going, we kept moving forward. We felt like another opportunity would come and Edison made a great finish and we managed to seal the victory and move on to the next round, which is the most important thing.
“We know he does that, we see him week after week in training. Obviously he had a little injury that has kept him out of previous games, so it’s good to have him back.
“You can see what this is about, he’s been a great striker throughout his career so it’s great to have him in place.”
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