Harry Maguire urges Manchester United to start winning trophies again after defeating Everton in the Carabao Cup

Manchester United progressed to the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup and set up a clash with neighbours Manchester City. This will be the second Manchester derby with the third being played later in the Premier League. The two teams will play a one-legged tie at the Old Trafford to progress towards the finals in April.

Manchester United are facing a trophy drought

It’s been three years since Manchester United won a trophy, which includes the Community Shield, which they haven’t won in the last three years. They have a chance to win the Carabao Cup as they find themselves facing Manchester City in a one-legged tie. The winner gets to play in the final against either Tottenham or Brentford in April.

Harry Maguire said to Sky Sports “We play for Manchester United, we’re expected to win trophies. We got to three semi-finals last year, this year we’ve reached our first semi-final in our first competition”.

Manchester United have a chance to catch up with Liverpool as they are five points behind them but have a match at hand. Now they face Leicester first and will look to get past them in the points table to second place.  After this the ultimate test comes in 17^th January when Liverpool host Manchester United at Anfield. Liverpool and Everton are the only teams allowed to have fans in their own stadium after new rules saw Southampton and Brighton be shifted to Tier 4.

While there is fear that the city of Liverpool will shift into Tier 3 after the year end because of the new strain of COVID-19. For now Liverpool will have their fans in the stadium for West Bromwich Albion and if all things go well, Liverpool can welcome Manchester United with fans in Anfield.

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