Man Utd vs Newcastle LIVE: Carabao Cup result and reaction as woeful holders crash out

3 mins: This is an early worry for Newcastle. Matt Targett stretches to beat Anthony Martial to a dropping ball and immediately clutches his hamstring after knocking the ball away.

It doesn’t look as though he’ll be able to play on and Eddie Howe has sent out the substitutes to warm up.

Manchester United get the ball rolling at Old Trafford and send it to Victor Lindelof in defence. Newcastle’s forward press is strong and Lindelof needs to bail out with a pass back to Andre Onana.

He boots it long, taking no chances about playing out from the back.

Newcastle have only won once in their last 41 matches at Old Trafford with that victory coming against David Moyes’ Manchester United side in 2013.

Will they earn a second victory tonight? Kick off is quickly approaching...

Erik ten Hag was dancing on the Wembley turf with Lisandro Martinez and Antony. It was a ritual from their Ajax days when they won a trophy, one that threatened to become a regular sight in England as well. And, amid heady days for Manchester United, winning the club’s first piece of silverware for six years was arguably still not their best result of the week.

Three days before beating Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final, United had come from behind to defeat Barcelona. Antony, one of Ten Hag’s pet projects, had scored the decider. And when a seemingly catalytic Casemiro and a rejuvenated Marcus Rashford struck at Wembley, United were challenging for glory on four fronts. They had lost only twice in a run of 31 games, winning 17 of 21. Ten Hag was the Old Trafford alchemist. It was easy to believe he was the best United manager since Sir Alex Ferguson. Despite his natural reserve, the Dutchman gushed about his surroundings. “I just love United,” he said, with the glow of victory at the national stadium.

Eight months on, as two Uniteds reconvene in the same competition, Old Trafford scarcely feels shrouded in romance anymore. There may be more recrimination. There certainly is the now familiar sense of underachievement. Instead of emulating Ferguson, Ten Hag risks following in the footsteps of some of his immediate predecessors, by taking one step forwards and then two backwards.

Manchester United’s defence of the Carabao Cup began with a 3-0 victory at home to Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace in September.

Alejandro Garnacho scored the opener before Casemiro’s header from a Mason Mount corner made it 2-0. Anthony Martial’s half-volley rounded off the scoring.

All three start for the Red Devils tonight.

At St James’ Park, Newcastle beat Manchester City 1-0 and secure a place in the next round. Alexander Isak netted the winning goal after Joelinton’s found him unmarked in the penalty area.

The Newcastle boss spoke ahead of today’s match and spoke about how it feels to be facing Manchester United tonight.

He said: “Manchester United are a top team with top players. They’ll, no doubt, possibly rotate their squad, their team, but that is slightly unclear until we get the team sheet.

“I think one of the key tests of any team is how you respond to setbacks. We had one against Borussia Dortmund and I thought it was a good response from the group at the weekend in a really good game against Wolves so I think that’s always what you’re looking to to do when you’re in the manager’s position.

“Our emotion is to try to prepare and win the game. One win and we’re into the quarter-final of the competition. We loved our run in it last year and we’re determined to try and do as well as we can despite the fact we do have a few injuries and the squad will be stretched to a degree. We’ll still try and be competitive.”

Manchester United have lost half of their games in the Premier League this season (5/10 – W5 L5); their most defeats from their opening 10 games of a league campaign since 1986/87 (6).

Will the League Cup bring them the victory they desperately need tonight?

Erik ten Hag is convinced “it is only a matter of time” until Manchester United show their “true selves” after a poor start to the campaign was compounded in the Manchester derby.

Sunday’s 3-0 home humbling at the hands of neighbours Manchester City provided the exclamation mark on a difficult start to the Dutchman’s second season in the hotseat.

United were outclassed and outthought for the most part at Old Trafford, where Ten Hag’s men will attempt to bounce back in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup fourth-round clash against Newcastle.

“It’s a busy period for us. A lot of games. We look forward to Manchester United next.” Said the Newcastle boss, “We’re going to have to utilise our squad, we have another game against Arsenal a couple of days later and then we go to Dortmund.

“To not use our squad would be foolish but that doesn’t mean that we don’t trust and back our squad to be able to go to Old Trafford and try to win the game.

“You can have a game where you lose one or two players and suddenly the outlook on the squad and dynamic of the squad changes but you just have to roll with the punches. You have to absorb the hits and have to find a way, which is what we’ll try to do.

“It’s not ideal for us, especially with the season we have. It’s a totally different feel to last season where we could maybe absorb those hits a bit easier with the week to week games. We’re not in that position now so we’re going to need everybody in the squad to step up which I think is the key message. Everyone has to give a bit more.

“Every player in the squad is so important and has a huge role to play.”

7,000 travelling fans will make the journey across the country to see if Newcastle can secure a first away victory against the Red Devils since 2013.

Should the be successful they’ll book a place in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals for a third time in the last four campaigns and will be one of the favoured teams to go on a lift the trophy.