The jubilant atmosphere in the City Ground lasted just 5 minutes however, as Marcus Rashford ran from his own half and took advantage of some lacklustre defending in the heart of the Forest defence to hand United the lead in the opening moments.
Marcus Rashford CANNOT STOP SCORING! 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/WH2TuWtFgH
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) January 25, 2023
And it looked as though it could be over in the first half, with United cutting through Forest almost at will in the opening minutes. The hosts grew into the tie, however, and looked as though they had drawn level when Sam Surridge fired past David De Gea, only for VAR to rule the goal out for offside.
Forest continued to grow into the game, and United threatened to lose control, as Morgan Gibbs-White in particular caused the Red Devils plenty of problems. They were dealt a sucker punch moments before half time, however, as Wout Weghorst grabbed his first Manchester United goal as he seized upon a parried effort to double his side’s lead.
That did not stop some from having serious question marks over one of their star men.
The player in question? 100m euro addition Antony, who has flattered to deceive since arriving in England from Ajax over the summer. As can be seen below, fans were yet again underwhelmed with his showing in the first half.
Antony is genuinely useless
— IckoUTD🇧🇬/🇺🇦 (@IckoUTD) January 25, 2023
Antony is starting to make Nicolas Pepe look like the bargain of the century.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) January 25, 2023
Antony please, stop curling every ball you get like it’s a shot from 25 yards out
— Casey Evans (@Casey_Evans_) January 25, 2023
Antony should be sold
— Havertz enjoyer (@archiie_k) January 25, 2023
Antony is a waste of space, Rashford final pass is still very terrible, I don’t know what’s going on with Bruno so far.#CarabaoCup
— ThatGuy (@I_am_yourLord) January 25, 2023
Antony so useless
— 17 (@17Dami_) January 25, 2023
Garnacho on NOW take antony off
— Lana fake man utd fan (@cactusapphic) January 25, 2023
Garnacho should be starting ahead of Antony at this point…
— Mark M (@wolfpackmarkus) January 25, 2023
Antony having another Stinker
— The Truth 🇸🇱 (@AJ_1092) January 25, 2023
