Swansea 0 Manchester United 2: Jesse Lingard’s Brace Fires Carabao Cup Holders Into Quarter-Finals

Carabao Cup holders Manchester United reached the quarter-finals with a comfortable victory at Swansea City.A much-changed United side controlled the tie and led at half-time as Marcus Rashford’s deft back-heel allowed Jesse Lingard to score with a neat low finish. The visitors doubled their lead in fine fashion after an hour, with a sweeping team move teeing up Lingard to head in his second.Swansea, who had made eight changes themselves, offered precious little in attack as they succumbed to a fifth defeat from six home games this season.Mourinho said that his side’s application and concentration, like the result, were much improved from the weekend defeat at the John Smith’s Stadium.“Our attitude was very good. I’m really happy,” he said. “We were solid, we were comfortable, we were in control.” The victory marked Mourinho’s 400th game in English football, accumulated over two separate spells at Chelsea as well as his time at Old Trafford.Photo Credit: Getty

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