Red Devils wallop Wolves
London, Oct. 27: Javier Hernandez struck a last-gasp winner as holders Manchester United booked their place in the League Cup quarterfinals with a 3-2 victory over Wolves on Tuesday.
Hernandez — who scored both goals in United’s dramatic late victory over Stoke on Sunday — rode to the Red Devils rescue one more after coming on as a substitute nine minutes from time at Old Trafford. The 22-year-old striker looked threatening from the moment he was introduced before surging into the Wolves area, wrongfooting his marker and rifling in a 90th minute winner.
The Mexican international’s match-winning cameo came after United had twice taken the lead in the second half through Portuguese signing Bebe and Park Ji-Sung only for Wolves to level through George Elokobi and Kevin Foley. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson lavished praise on Hernandez after a victory which keeps the English giants on course for a third successive League Cup.
“We tend to build up heroes very quickly here but the boy’s justifying the praise at the moment,” Ferguson said. “He’s such a great professional, the kid. He’s first in, last out at the training ground every day. His goalscoring is getting him a lot of credit and quite rightly.”
In other fourth round matches on Tuesday, Northampton’s dreams of a place in the quarterfinals ended in a 3-1 defeat by Ipswich at Portman Road. Northampton — who had accounted for Liverpool in the previous round — looked set to extend their giant-killing run when Liam Davis fired the Cobblers into the lead on 16 minutes.
West Bromwich Albion booked their place in the last eight with a 4-1 victory at Leicester. At the DW Stadium, Wigan boss Roberto Martinez saw the Latics ease into the last eight with a 2-0 victory over Swansea.
Argentinian signing Mauro Boselli’s first goal for Wigan set the Premier League side on the way to victory before Ben Watson sealed the victory in injury time with a penalty. At St Andrews, Birmingham had Kevin Phillips to thank as they squeezed through 4-3 on penalties against Brentford after the two sides finished deadlocked at 1-1 after extra time.
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