Forgotten Manuel Ugarte moment showed why Manchester United waited all summer for £42m signing

Manchester United cruised into the Carabao Cup fourth round after dismantling Barnsley 7-0 at Old Trafford to record the biggest win of the Erik ten Hag era.

Ten Hag made eight changes for the game but saw his side produce a devastating attacking play to leave the League One side shellshocked. Two goals apiece for Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho and Christian Eriksen and an Antony penalty sealed victory.

Rashford's return to form continued with a fine performance as a striker while Garnacho has taken his tally of goal involvements this season to seven despite only starting once. Eriksen's double added the final two goals while Antony netted in the first half after winning the penalty.

United will have to wait until next Wednesday to find out their opponents in round four.

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Ugarte's influence

As a snapshot of Manuel Ugarte's game it worked pretty well. The aggressive, no-nonsense holding midfielder committed a third foul of the first half just before the break and drew blood. His own.

The collision with Luca Connell was one of those duels for the ball that could have gone either way in real-time. It went against United's new £42m man but he rolled around the floor in agony and you could see why. A substantial gash on his knee had blood pouring from it.

Maybe the decision went against Ugarte because he had already left his calling card on his full debut. He left a little bit on Vimal Yoganathan and Connell before this incident and you could see the aggression he will bring to this team. Ugarte has described football as a game when you have the ball and a battle when you don't and you could see that here, even against League