Nottingham Forest 0-3 Manchester United: Red Devils take comfortable lead in Carabao Cup semi-final

Manchester United have one hand on a place in the Carabao Cup final after taking a 3-0 victory in the first leg of the semi-final.

The Red Devils made an electric start as Marcus Rashford continued his excellent recent form, bursting from his own half, squeezing between a couple of defenders and firing home to give United the lead after just six minutes.

United doubled their lead shortly before the half as Wout Weghorst scored his first goal for the club, before Bruno Fernandes sealed a comfortable win in the 89th minute.

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Manchester United are in a comfortable position in their Carabao Cup semi-final tie after a 3-0 first-leg victory on Wednesday

Manchester United team-mates celebrate after Marcus Rashford's goal got them off the mark just six minutes into the game

Rashford scored a brilliant goal in which he ran from his own half and squeezed between two Nottingham Forest players

The England forward then made no mistake with his finish to score his 18th goal in all competitions for United this season

Nottingham Forest thought they had equalised when Sam Surridge was played through and fired past David de Gea

Surridge though was left frustrated though after VAR judged that he had made his run slightly too early and was offside

Antony had a number of chances but still the Brazilian continues to lack the same cutting edge as team-mate Rashford

Weghorst doubled Manchester United's lead shortly before half-time - his first since joining the club on a short-term loan

Rashford and Weghorst ensured United have a comfortable lead to defend in the second leg of the tie at Old Trafford

United's comfortable lead meant they could make some changes with Facundo Pellistri among those to be brought on

Nottingham Forest will be keen to determine the status of Morgan Gibbs-White who limped off the pitch with an injury