Manchester United vs Newcastle live updates: Carabao Cup team ...

Max Mathews and Ed Mackey

November 1, 2023 at 11:06 AM EDT

Jadon Sancho is showing no sign of backing down in his dispute with Erik ten Hag, prompting discussions at Old Trafford of a January exit strategy. After the loss at Arsenal, Ten Hag had said of Sancho: “On his performance in training, we didn’t select him. You have to reach the level every day at Manchester United.”

Sancho snapped back later that evening on social media, writing that any suggestions his training was not up to standard were “completely untrue”. He claimed he had been made a “scapegoat” for a long time.

Such a direct response was viewed within United as Sancho calling Ten Hag a liar, and the only remedy for that would be deleting the post — which happened — and an apology — which did not.

Ten Hag wanted an apology to his face, which the club would then communicate publicly as a means of contextualising Sancho’s return to the squad. United then released a statement on September 14 saying Sancho would be training away from the first team for the foreseeable future, “pending resolution of a squad discipline issue”.

Since then Ten Hag’s position has not softened, with Sancho also unwavering.

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Newcastle reached the fourth round after beating Manchester City 1-0 at St James’ Park. Alexander Isak’s second half goal was enough to beat Pep Guardiola’s side.

United, meanwhile, beat Crystal Palace 3-0 at Old Trafford to secure their place in the next round. The fixture will be a repeat of last season’s Carabao Cup final, which United won 2-0 at Wembley through goals from Casemiro and Marcus Rashford.

Elsewhere, Declan Rice could play his former club as Arsenal will travel to West Ham United, while Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool face a trip to Bournemouth after beating Leicester City 3-1 at Anfield.

Chelsea, who won their third game in all competitions this season after beating Brighton & Hove Albion, will play Championship side Blackburn Rovers at Stamford Bridge. Mansfield Town, who are in League Two and the lowest-ranked side in the draw, will host Port Vale.

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Newcastle's form has been a bit iffy recently.

They drew 2-2 against West Ham, beat Crystal Palace 4-0 at home but then lost at St James' Park against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.

And their most recent match, on Saturday, saw them face mid-table Wolves at Molineux, where they twice took the lead but were twice pegged back by the Midlands side.

Even then, they were fortunate to get a second-half penalty, converted by Callum Wilson. It didn't look like a spot-kick and they could easily have lost the game. Eddie Howe will know that and will want to see an improvement tonight.

Their last game was a disappointing 3-0 loss, also at home, against fierce cross-city rivals Manchester City.

A double from Erling Haaland and Phil Foden's tap-in, set up by Haaland, sealed a comfortable three points for Pep Guardiola and Co.

It only served to underline the gulf in quality between the two sides.

They will want to, and perhaps need to, bounce back tonight. Not even necessarily with a result: a good performance, at the very least.

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The mood music emanating from Manchester (at least, the red side) is melancholic and morose at the moment, after United were soundly beaten 3-0 by bitter rivals City in the derby on Sunday.

Tonight they host Newcastle United in the last 16 of the League Cup.

The good news? It offers a quick opportunity to win and put the derby defeat behind them.

The bad news? Newcastle are quite good at football.

Let's see how we get on tonight then!