MANCHESTER: Carlos Tevez scored four times to lead Manchester United into the Carling Cup semi-finals. Tevez headed in from close-range and then set up Nani to fire home, before Benni McCarthy's shot pulled one back. Tevez struck next from the spot after he was fouled by Martin Olsson, before tapping in another to seal his treble. McCarthy set up Matt Derbyshire to slot in and McCarthy struck himself from four yards out, before Tevez hammered in a cracker to seal it in injury time. Tevez's magnificent display is sure to cause selection problems for boss Sir Alex Ferguson, who has left him on the bench for much of the season in the league. As for Blackburn, their poor performance will not ease the pressure on under-fire manager Paul Ince, who has seen his sideslip into the Premier League drop zone in recent weeks. United were rampant and Tevez completed his first hat trick in a United shirt with a quite wonderful team goal after 53 minutes. Giggs was the architect of the move with a stunning pass to Anderson, who passed up the chance to score his first United goal to set up Tevez to tap into an empty net. Ferguson gave Paul Scholes a run out, the midfielder's first since picking up a knee injury on 30 September, and he twice shot wide. Rovers did get on the scoresheet again as Derbyshire collected McCarthy's pass to score and moments later Derbyshire returned the favour for McCarthy to make it 4-3. But Tevez rifled in another belter from the edge of the box and it was the Argentine who deservedly secured United's place in Saturday's semi-finals draw alongside Tottenham, Burnley and Derby County.
MANCHESTER: Carlos Tevez scored four times to lead Manchester United into the Carling Cup semi-finals. Tevez headed in from close-range and then set up Nani to fire home, before Benni McCarthy's shot pulled one back. Tevez struck next from the spot after he was fouled by Martin Olsson, before tapping in another to seal his treble. McCarthy set up Matt Derbyshire to slot in and McCarthy struck himself from four yards out, before Tevez hammered in a cracker to seal it in injury time. Tevez's magnificent display is sure to cause selection problems for boss Sir Alex Ferguson, who has left him on the bench for much of the season in the league. As for Blackburn, their poor performance will not ease the pressure on under-fire manager Paul Ince, who has seen his sideslip into the Premier League drop zone in recent weeks. United were rampant and Tevez completed his first hat trick in a United shirt with a quite wonderful team goal after 53 minutes. Giggs was the architect of the move with a stunning pass to Anderson, who passed up the chance to score his first United goal to set up Tevez to tap into an empty net. Ferguson gave Paul Scholes a run out, the midfielder's first since picking up a knee injury on 30 September, and he twice shot wide. Rovers did get on the scoresheet again as Derbyshire collected McCarthy's pass to score and moments later Derbyshire returned the favour for McCarthy to make it 4-3. But Tevez rifled in another belter from the edge of the box and it was the Argentine who deservedly secured United's place in Saturday's semi-finals draw alongside Tottenham, Burnley and Derby County.
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