Man Utd ratings: Fernandes can’t arrive quick enough after anonymous Lingard display but De Gea was superb against City
MANCHESTER CITY reached a third consecutive Carabao Cup Final after surviving a scare against neighbours United.
Trailing 3-1 from the first leg at Old Trafford, the Red Devils triumphed 1-0 in the return at the Etihad but failed to find a second to take it to penalties.
City now meet Aston Villa in the capital on March 1 while United look elsewhere in search of silverware.
Gary Stonehouse watched all of the action in Manchester and gives his rating for each of United’s players below:
De Gea - 8
Martial - 5
Starved of possession throughout but he was wasteful with the ball when he did get it.
Waited until the 55th minute for his first strike, a tame long-ranger, and then blazed over from the corner of the box shortly afterwards. Not his type of game tonight and you would hardly know he had played.
Greenwood - 4
Preferred to James in attack but struggled to be as tight in control or play as he has shown previously.
Taken off at half time due to a reported knock to end a quiet night for the forward.
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Subs
James - 5
Replaced Greenwood at the break and immediately caused problems with his pace by winning the free-kick that led to Maguire’s big chance.
But he produced a poor cross in the final seconds after his skipper had been thrown up top from centre half.
Pereira – 4
Replaced Lingard but failed to make an impact as his side searched for another goal to take it to penalties.
Mata – 4
On for the final ten minutes but for some unknown reason he was not even in the running to take a free-kick 25 yards out late on. Pointless him being there.