MANCHESTER UNITED are leading Charlton in their Carabao Cup quarter-final RIGHT NOW!
Antony opened the scoring with a long-range stunner at Old Trafford.
And the headline team news was 17-year-old Kobbie Mainoo is STARTING the game to make his United debut.
Erik ten Hag’s side are in fine form, with seven wins on the bounce in all competitions to boast about as they climbed into the Premier League’s top four.
- Kick-off: 8pm
- TV channel/ live stream: This game is NOT being broadcast in the UK
- Sky Sports are instead showing Newcastle vs Leicester
- Man Utd XI: Heaton, Dalot, Maguire, Martínez, Malacia, McTominay, Fred, Garnacho, Mainoo, Antony, Elanga
- Charlton XI: Maynard-Brewer, Clare, Inniss, Ness, Sessegnon, Dobson, Morgan, Fraser, Rak-Sakyi, Leaburn, Blackett-Taylor
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
86. United are putting the pressure on now.
More importantly, it is keeping the ball up the right end of the pitch with time running out.
Malacia is receiving some treatment for a stray arm to the face.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
84. Garnacho has been a thorn in the side of Charlton this evening.
Again finding Eriksen in a good position, Maynard-Brewer makes a fantastic save.
Getting down well to save to his left, tipping it around the post for a corner.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton – Eriksen chance
82. United come charging forward with the impressive Garnacho.
He tries to shoot but his effort is blocked and breaks to Eriksen with the goal at his mercy.
The Danish playmaker shoots but again there is a Charlton defender sliding in to make a block once again.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
80. As we enter the closing stages of this game, United are still open to the ultimate sucker punch.
Charlton have made a name for themselves winning penalty shootouts in this trophy this season.
Having scored 15 of the 17 penalties taken so far, United would do well to put this game to bed.
Maguire is shown a yellow card for a clumsy foul.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
78. Fraser stands over the free kick once again.
He gets it over the wall and back down but it is straight at Heaton who makes a very comfortable save.
Should have done better with that one.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton – Malacia yellow card
76. United are playing short passes around trying to tire their opponents.
Charlton break and Malacia is penalised for a foul just on the edge of the Man Utd penalty area.
Big chance for Charlton here.
Malacia is shown a yellow card for the challenge.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
74. Sessegnon is causing Wan-Bissaka all sots of problems down the right-hand side of United’s defence.
On this occasion he dummies a cross before dropping the shoulder and taking it past the United full back.
Heaton is able to gather the cross before Charlton can get a head to it.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
72. Garnacho holds the ball up, waiting for someone to offer themselves as an option.
He slides a lovely ball into Christian Eriksen who whips the ball across the box looking for a touch.
There are no United players in the six yard box to do so.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
70. While the score stays at one-nil, the visitors are only one counter-attack away from taking this to penalties.
Casemiro sees the keeper off his line and tries to beat him from inside his own half.
That is as close as that got to troubling the Charlton goal.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
68. United are probing the Charlton, just on the edge of their box, trying to find a way to unlock them.
They cannot seem to work the ball through the numbers.
Dean Holden’s side are trying to press more in this half.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
66. Charlton feel they should have a free-kick just outside the United box but the referee waves play on.
The home side break at pace and the ball is fed into Garnacho.
He drops the shoulder and cuts inside with a perfect sight of goal as he looks for the top corner.
Great save from Maynard-Brewer as he tips it wide.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
64. Charlton are showing more attacking intent in this half.
They are causing United problems when they do.
Not so much testing Heaton but stretching the back four.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
62. Garnacho is fouled in a wide position.
Maguire is loving these crossfield balls today.
On this occasion the young winger is adjudged to be offside.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
60. Mainoo, Antony and Fred come off for United.
They are replaced by Rashford, Eriksen and Casemiro.
Meanwhile, Charlton bring off Blackett-Taylor for O’Connell.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
58. Charlton break and Blackett-Taylor does well to beat Wan-Bissaka to clip a cross towards the back post.
Martinez heads it behind for a corner but rolls around on the floor afterwards holding his head.
The South American, tough tackling defender, does go down awful easily.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
56. United are trying a lot of flicks and backheels in this half.
We didn’t see any of this from them in the first half.
Maybe a bit too soon for showboating when you are only one goal to the good.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
54. Charlton are trying to put the pressure on United.
The attack breaks down and ten Hag’s side break at pace.
Mainoo tries a cheeky backheel in the box but his team mates were not reading that one at all.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
52. United have yet to find their groove in this half.
It is quite an untidy start to the half.
The midfield areas are very scrappy.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
50. Elanga puts the ball in the Charlton net.
Immediately the linesman raises his flag for offside.
We don’t have the use of VAR until the semi-final stage but the replay shows that even the visually impaired could have decided that one.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
48. An early glimpse of goal for Charlton.
Fraser runs the ball across the edge of the box before working space to get a shot off at Heaton’s goal.
He doesn’t catch it right and it is always on the rise.
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Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
46. United will be looking to seal their place in the semi-finals.
Another goal will put the game out of reach of the visitors.
Erik ten Hag will have relayed that to his team at half time.
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Kick-off: Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
We are back underway at Old Trafford.
Man Utd get the second half started.
All to do for the visitors.
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HT: Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
Much maligned Fred has been pulling the strings in the first half this evening at Old Trafford.
Looking to link play in final third and unlock the Charlton defence.
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HT: Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
As the stats show, United have been in full-flow in this first half, dominating possession.
Charlton are putting their bodies on the line looking to block any United attempt on their goal.
They will need to work Heaton a lot more if they harbour any hope of coming back into this tie.
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HT: Man Utd 1-0 Charlton
The referee brings the half to a close.
Antony’s strike separates the sides at the break.
United dominate but Charlton stay in the game with only a one goal deficit.
