Malta Independent

Juan Mata, Marcus Rashford seal 3-0 win for Man United

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Manchester United are through to the next round of the EFL Cup with a 3-0 win over Luton Town.

Juan Mata opened the scoring for the visitors from the penalty spot after Brandon Williams was brought down just inside the box.

Luton were unable to find the equaliser and struggled to find shots on target.

Goalkeeper Dean Henderson, who was given the starting role by boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, was only tested a couple of times, and then Marcus Rashford sealed the result for Manchester United with a few minutes to go, and then Mason Greenwood added one of his own in stoppage time to add insult to injury.

The coronaviru­s dominated Tuesday's English League Cup schedule as West Ham played despite its coach and two players having tested positive, while Tottenham's game was called off.

West Ham said manager David Moyes and players Issa Diop and Josh Cullen only found out their test results after they had arrived at the London Stadium to play against Hull. Diop and Cullen had been named in the starting lineup.

"The manager and both players immediatel­y left the stadium and have returned home," West Ham said. "All three, who are asymptomat­ic, will now follow Public Health England and Premier League guidelines and protocols."

Assistant coach Alan Irvine took charge of West Ham in Moyes' absence.

West Ham won the game 5-1 as Robert Snodgrass scored the opening goal before Sébastien Haller and Andriy Yarmolenko scored two each.

West Ham did not say when its players and coaches gave their samples to be tested or how much contact Moyes and the two players had with the rest of the team since then. West Ham's last game was a 2-1 loss to Arsenal on Saturday.

The Premier League coronaviru­s protocols state Moyes, Diop and Cullen will have to isolate for 10 days. That would mean they miss the Premier League game against Wolverhamp­ton on Sunday.

Newly promoted Premier League club West Bromwich Albion lost 5-4 on penalties against second-tier Brentford after the game ended 2-2, with goalkeeper David Raya making the deciding save in the shootout. Defender Branislav Ivanovic made his

West Brom debut in the game. Newport produced another surprise result to beat Watford 3-1.

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