Marcus Rashford came off the bench to bag a brace as Manchester United beat Charlton 3-0 to reach the League Cup semi-finals, while Newcastle United secured a comfortable 2-0 win over Leicester City on Tuesday evening.

Erik ten Hag made eight changes to the United lineup in preparation for the Old Trafford derby against Manchester City on Saturday.

Antony, a player who was kept in the starting lineup from Friday’s 3-1 victory over Everton, provided the game-changing goal on minute 21.

A 9,000-strong traveling crowd encouraged Charlton, who kept the tie alive despite Ten Hag substituting Casemiro, Rashford, and Christian Eriksen for the final 30 minutes.

In the 90th minute, Rashford scored for the eighth game in a row at Old Trafford, effectively sealing the victory for the hosts.

When Casemiro passed to the England international in stoppage time, he delivered a thunderous finish to bring his season total to 15.

“We had to be in that semi final and we did the job,” said Ten Hag.

“I think we had to finish this off early on but in the end the objective was to get through so compliments to the team.”

Meanwhile, Newcastle progressed to the semi-finals of the League Cup for the first time since 1976 as Eddie Howe’s side move one step closer to clinching their first piece of silverware in 54 years.

“It would mean everything to win a trophy but we just need to focus on the next game,” said Newcastle right-back Kieran Trippier.

“The supporters here are brilliant. They follow us in numbers and it’s always a great atmosphere at home. We want to make them proud by giving everything on the pitch.”

Only a lack of ruthlessness from the guests kept the Foxes in the game for an hour at St. James’ Park as Newcastle swept past Leicester in a recent 3-0 victory at the King Power in the Premier League.

Prior to halftime, Bruno Guimaraes, Sean Longstaff, and Callum Wilson all made poor decisions.

Dan Burn, an unlikely character, started the scoring instead. The large left back coolly inserted the ball with his right foot.

Miguel Almiron’s pass was calmly finished by Joelinton to quickly double Newcastle’s lead, leaving the home crowd daydreaming of a trip to Wembley next month.

When Manchester City plays Southampton in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, they will still be the favourites to win the tournament, which they have won four times in the past five years.

In the other round of eight match, Nottingham Forest will host Wolves.

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