Manchester United reached the Carabao Cup fourth round after their 7-0 hammering of Barnsley at Old Trafford on Tuesday evening.
Fulham lost to second-tier Preston 16-15 on penalties during the tournament’s longest shoot-out while United ran wild.
United, in 10th place in the Premier League after two losses in their opening four games, were never in danger of an upset against their third-tier opponents at Old Trafford.
Rashford, Antony, and Alejandro Garnacho scored before halftime to secure United’s second straight win after Saturday’s Premier League win at Southampton.
Rashford and Garnacho scored again after halftime, and Christian Eriksen’s double sealed United’s largest win since Erik ten Hag joined from Ajax in 2022.
“It is the first time this team is playing together. Once we found our patterns we scored some great goals,” Ten Hag said.
“We played with a lot of speed and were ruthless. The key was the right attitude and to be 100 percent concentrated.
“Last season was for everyone difficult, but we ended with the FA Cup. We hit our target and that is what we aim for this season, we want to progress.”
Ten Hag made eight changes, starting Manuel Ugarte for the first time after joining from Paris Saint-Germain, despite promising to take the League Cup “very seriously”.
United started their quest to win the competition for the second time in three seasons despite Ten Hag’s many changes.
The Dutchman called Rashford a bottle of tomato ketchup when he scored his first goal of the season at Southampton last weekend.
Ten Hag believed Rashford would succeed after breaking his duck after a difficult season.
This prediction came true in the 16th minute as Garnacho’s pass found Rashford, who cut inside Marc Roberts and fired high past Barnsley keeper Gaga Slonina into the top corner.
First time since March, the 26-year-old scored in consecutive games.
Antony, an out-of-favour Brazilian international, scored a 35th-minute penalty after Slonina fouled him as he ran through on goal in his first appearance this season.
First-half stoppage time saw Garnacho score United’s third goal from close range.
Garnacho scored again in the 49th minute, running on Eriksen’s pass.
Rashford doubled in the 58th minute after receiving Garnacho’s ball and scoring well.
Eriksen scored two clinical goals in the 81st and 85th minutes as Barnsley was trounced.
After a 1-1 draw, Preston overcame Fulham at Deepdale after 34 penalties.
After each team missed, Fulham’s Timothy Castagne shot over and Preston’s Ryan Ledson calmly scored the victory at 15-15 in the shootout.
The previous League Cup shoot-out record was established in 2016 by Derby over Carlisle 14-13.
After a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park, Southampton prevailed 6-5 on penalties to continue Everton’s poor start.
Abdoulaye Doucoure’s 20th-minute header put Sean Dyche’s team, bottom of the Premier League after four losses, ahead.
Taylor Harwood-Bellis levelled before halftime, and Alex McCarthy saved Ashley Young’s penalty in the shootout to win it for Southampton, who have lost all four league games this season.
Crystal Palace beat former QPR 2-1 with England winger Eberechi Eze scoring.
Fabio Carvalho’s first goal helped Brentford beat third-tier Leyton Orient 3-1 at the Gtech Community Stadium after an early scare.
