Manchester United striker Wout Weghorst admitted that he and his teammates were not happy with their first half performance during Wednesday night's 3-0 Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg victory over Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.
United, who have taken a giant stride towards reaching their first domestic cup final since 2018, went into the half-time interval two goals to the good, thanks to strikes from Marcus Rashford and Weghorst's first for the club. Rashford opened the scoring in stunning fashion with just six minutes on the clock, before the latter doubled their tally shortly before the interval.
But despite heading back to the dressing room with a commanding lead at the break, United had lacked the control in the first 45 minutes that manager Erik ten Hag is so often looking for. Forest grew into the contest after Rashford's opener and were only denied an equaliser thanks to VAR.
