The goals were scored by Christian Eriksen and Marcus Rashford. This was Manchester United’s first official match since the club terminated the contract of striker Cristiano Ronaldo.
In another match, Nottingham Forest defeated Blackburn on the road (4: 1). Brennan Johnson scored a double among the winners, Taiwo Avoniyi and Jesse Lingard scored another goal.
Another representative of the Premier League “Brighton” lost away to “Charlton” (0:0, 3:4 – penalty).
The opponents of the teams in the ¼ finals of the League Cup will be determined later.