Nottingham Forest and Manchester United meet in the first leg of the League Cup semifinals. Manchester United has reached the semifinals of the competition for the third time in four years — they were knocked out at that stage by Manchester City in 2020 and 2021 — as the club looks to claim a first major trophy since 2017. (More Football News)
Manchester United was on a nine-match winning run in all competitions before last week, when it drew at Crystal Palace and then lost at Arsenal in the league.
As for Nottingham Forest, which hosts the first leg at the City Ground, was a four-time League Cup winner under Brian Clough between 1978-90 and is in the semifinals for the first time in 31 years. Steve Cooper's side has lost only two of its last 11 games in all competitions as its slew of new signings start to gel. One of those losses was against United, though, 3-0 in the Premier League. (With AP inputs)