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Carabao Cup: Manchester United face Nottingham Forest in semi-finals

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Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 in the Premier League on 27 December./Courtesy

Manchester United will play Nottingham Forest while Southampton face Newcastle in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup.

Steve Cooper’s Forest side will host the first leg against United after beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 in a penalty shootout on Wednesday following a 1-1 draw.

Southampton, bottom of the Premier League, stunned Manchester City 2-0 to reach the last four.

The two legs will be played in the weeks commencing 23 and 30 January.

Manchester United secured their place in the semi-finals by beating League One Charlton 3-0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday.

They have won the EFL Cup five times, most recently in 2017, and beat Forest in the final back in 1992.

Newcastle, who are third in the Premier League, beat Leicester 2-0 to progress to the last four.

BBC Sport

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Milton Nyakundi is a veteran multimedia journalist with over 20 years of experience across broadcast, digital, and print media, who relocated to the United States in 2022 and is now the Senior International Correspondent for Kurunzi News based in Washington, DC, USA. He has previously worked with the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), among other high-profile roles with Kenya's first privately-owned media outlet - Kenya Television Network. His experience also include prominent roles as Media Consultant for Football Kenya Federation (FKF), and StarTimes Kenya. His career spans high‑stakes political reporting covering legislative and constitutional issues, elections, governance, and accountability across Kenya, Africa, and global arenas. He also boasts extensive sports journalism experience, covering local and international sports events, including leagues, tournaments and sports governance. He is well-known for his investigative depth, editorial leadership, and evidence-driven journalism that guides his consistent delivery of public‑interest storytelling across platforms.

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