2013-14 Capital One Cup SF Second Leg Wednesday Jan 22,2014

Manchester United Vs Sunderland

Note - Sunderland beats Manchester United 2-1 in the first leg 

Manchester United will be without captain Nemanja Vidic as he begins a three-match suspension following his sending off against Chelsea

Head-to-head

• Sunderland have only won two of their last 25 meetings with Manchester United in all competitions (L18 D5), though both of these victories have come in the League Cup (the first leg of this tie and in 2000-01) .
• The Black Cats have not won at Old Trafford in a major competition since May 1968 (D9 L16).
• Sunderland and Manchester United have both won one of two previous League Cup ties between the sides; the Red Devils won a third round second replay in 1976-77 before the Black Cats won 2-1 in a fourth-round tie in 2000-01. 

Manchester United

• Manchester United have won eight of their last nine League Cup semi-final ties, losing only to Chelsea in the 2004-05 season.
• They have scored in all but one of their last 18 League Cup games, scoring a total of 40 goals in those matches.
• The Red Devils have not lost consecutive League Cup games since September 2007.
• Eight of the last nine teams to win the first-leg of a League Cup semi-final 2-1 at home have been eliminated. Manchester United overturned a 2-1 deficit against Manchester City in 2009-10, winning 3-1 in the second leg at Old Trafford.
• They have won the League Cup four times in 1992, 2006, 2009 and 2010.

Sunderland

• They have only scored more than one goal in just five of their 22 league matches this season, but have scored at least two goals in all five of their League Cup ties this season.
• The Black Cats have only managed two wins in their last 10 League Cup games away from home at top flight sides (D2 L6) and are without a clean sheet in 11.
• They were runners-up in 1985, losing 1-0 Norwich.

Sunderland beats Manchester United on penalties 

Sunderland will play Manchester City in the March 2 final at Wembley Stadium after goalkeeper Vito Mannone saved Rafael da Silva's decisive spot kick to seal a 2-1 victory in the shootout, after the semifinal finished 3-3 on aggregate after 120 minutes

In a blizzard of wild misses and fine saves, only three of the 10 spot-kicks were scored

It was only Manchester United's second defeat in their last 10 League Cup semi-final ties. They last lost at this stage in 2004-05

It is the first time Sunderland have reached the League Cup final since 1985, and will mark their first appearance at the new Wembley

 Goal Scorers

For Manchester United -Jonny Evans(37)and Javier Hernandez(120)

For Sunderland - Phil Bardsley(119)

Sunderland will meet Manchester City in the finals to be held at the Wembley Stadium on March 02,2014 

 

Penalty Shoot-Out Details

For Manchester United

Danny Welbeck and Phil Jones were off target

Adnan Januzaj and Rafael's shot saved by the Sunderland GK  Vito Mannone

Darren Fletcher  scored

For Sunderlands

Craig Gardner and Steven Fletcher were off target

Adam Johnson's shot saved by the Manchester United's GK De Gea 

Marcos Alonso and Ki Sung-Yueng scored