Manchester giants set up League Cup showdown

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho and his Manchester City rival Pep Guardiola were dealt an English Football League Cup rendezvous after both teams came through their third-round ties on Wednesday . United won 3-1 at third-tier Northampton Town to ease some of the pressure building on Mourinho following three consecutive defeats, while holders City prevailed 2-1 at Swansea City .

Tottenham Hotspur were rewarded with a trip to L ive r p o o l a f t e r crushing Gillingham 5-0 and West Ham United will face Chelsea after scraping past fourth-tier Accrington Stanley. Premier League pace-setters Manchester City made it nine wins from nine games under Guardiola with victory at Swansea.

RESULTS:

LEAGUE CUP (THIRD ROUND): Northampton 1 (Revell 42-pen) lost to Manchester United 3 (Carrick 17, Herrera 68, Rashford 75); Queens Park Rangers 1 (Sandro 60) lost to Sunderland 2 (McNair 70, 80); Southampton 2 (Austin 33-pen, Hesketh 63) bt Crystal Palace 0; Swansea 1 (Sigurdsson 90+3) lost to Manchester City 2 (Clichy 49, Garcia 67); Tottenham 5 (Eriksen 31, 48, Janssen 51-pen, Onomah 65, Lamela 68) bt Gillingham 0.

MOURINHO SLAMS FOOTBALL `EINSTEINS'

London: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has hit back at the “football Einsteins“ who have criticised him during the club's recent run of three straight defeats. “I know that some football Einsteins -football is full of Einsteins -I know that they tried to delete 16 years of my career,“ Mourinho said.

“They tried to delete an unbelievable history of Man United football club and to focus on a bad week with three bad results.“

(TOI)