Watch :Nottingham Forest 0 vs 3 Manchester United LIVE highlights and reaction as Fernandes, Weghorst and Rashford score

 Man United defeated Nottingham Forest 3-0 in the semi-final of the League Cup on Wednesday and here is what happened

United play Forest on Wednesday.

Manchester United marked their return to the City Ground with a 3-0 win against Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night.

United were defeated 3-2 against Arsenal at the weekend, but Erik ten Hag insisted that performance has been 'left behind' in preparation for the first leg of the League Cup against Nottingham Forest, who have improved in recent weeks.

Ten Hag's prediction was proven to be true, as United recorded a stylish 3-0 win against Forest in the first leg of the semi-final thanks to goals from Marcus Rashford, Wout Weghorst and Bruno Fernandes, to essentially kill off the tie.

The second leg will be played at Old Trafford on February 1 but a trip to Wembley already seems inevitable for United.

Ten Hag has a huge chance to win a trophy in his first season in charge and to end the club's trophy drought.

A recap of events from the City Ground.

KEY EVENTS

Antony responds to Ten Hag's advice in United win

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United player ratings vs Forest as Rashford and Martinez good

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FULL-TIME!

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GOAL! 3-0 UNITED!

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GOAL! 2-0 UNITED!

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GOAL DISALLOWED

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GOAL! 1-1 FOREST!

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22:30STEVEN RAILSTON

Martinez explains what Weghorst has done to impress

Lisandro Martinez has revealed Wout Weghorst has been training well since signing for United.

Weghorst was on loan at Besiktas until the end of this season, but United paid the Turkish club £2.6million, via Burnley, this January to terminate their agreement with the Clarets early, which allowed him to complete the switch to Old Trafford.

The 30-year-old has joined United on a six-month loan deal, which does not include an option to make it permanent, and he's started in every game since his arrival, making the line up against Crystal Palace, Arsenal and Nottingham Forest.

Read what Martinez said here.

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22:05KEY EVENT

Antony responds to Ten Hag's advice in United win

Bruno Fernandes rifled the ball into the corner and had no choice but to savour the moment with the throng of Manchester United supporters in the Bridgford Stand. They were so overjoyed an advertising hoarding collapsed.

Their overzealousness is forgivable. It has been a while since "We're the famous Man United and we're going to Wem-ber-ley" was chanted with such gusto and United are 90 minutes away from scheduling a hotel in London for the final weekend of February.

Fernandes's 89th minute piledriver is as good as a contest-killer ahead of next week's second leg at Old Trafford. United were good and their fans great. Fernand

es was the last to applaud them, handing one his shirt.