“Doing everything we can to bring a trophy in” - says United manager

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is saying that his side will be “doing everything we can to bring a trophy in” as his side prepare to take on Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup tomorrow night.

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United are currently the only English side remaining in all four competitions (Carabao Cup, FA Cup, Europa League and Premier League) and they are aiming to end their five-year wait for a major trophy and success in the Carabao Cup gives them their best shot of doing so as they are in the last four.

With United’s last success coming in 2017 back in Stockholm in the Europa League after defeating Ajax 2-0, the United manager is hoping that his side can write their name in the Manchester United history books and help the club bring back silverware back to Old Trafford.

“It’s about that, it’s about winning trophies,” Ten Hag said. “We have a good opportunity but we have to go from game to game. So now we play Forest, two legs, so focus on the first leg and don’t think further ahead because that will distract. So the aim for tomorrow is to win that game” [via Man Utd]

“It was the best feeling what you can have, winning a trophy,” he told reporters. “I had the luck in my career to win some trophies and it was magnificent, especially for the fans. It’s so great.

“The fans here, they have some experience, especially the older fans. And now it’s a period when Manchester United didn’t win any trophies and it’s too long ago, so we are aware of that fact. We are doing everything we can to bring a trophy in” [via The Athletic].

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The game against Steve Cooper’s side is an important one for United because if they win the game at the City Ground, then they will put themselves in a good position to reach the final of the Carabao Cup at Wembley with the second leg to come at Old Trafford next week.

United and Forest meet at the City Ground for the first time in 23 years, with the game scheduled to kick off at 8pm UK time.

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