Manchester United knocked out Blackburn Rovers in the quarter-final of the Carling Cup. Carlos Tevez proved that he deserves a parement contract with Man United as he detroyed Paul Robinson with hat-trick. Tevez tried to score another, but replays suggest Aaron Mokoena scored an own-goal, while Nani was also on target. Benni McCarthy (two) and Matt Derbyshire scored for Rovers.

Manchester United Goals:

Sir Alex Ferguson has surprised United fans today by adding Wayne Rooney to his starting lineup which could win today against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. Two Goals from Wes Brown and Wayne Rooney gave the Red Devils their third victory in the Barclays Premier League.

Man United have continued their good display after Liverpool defeat in Match day 3 and they sent a warning that they are ready to keep the Premier League trophy at Old Trafford.

The first threat came from Darren Fletcher who could not score to Dimitar Berbatov’s sublime pass, United gained in control as the game went on.

Then, Wes Brown was at the centre of controversy when United took the lead just after the half hour. He produced a magnificent save to deny Ryan Giggs, who had advanced onto Berbatov’s square ball with relish. But from the resulting corner, Rooney curled over a cross to the far post which virtually dropped on Wes Brown’s head and bounced in. Read the full story

Dimitar Berbatov, who opened his scoring account with United last game, and Carlos Tevez, who will replace Rooney, are looking forward to face Blackburn away at Ewood Park tomorrow. Wayne Rooney will be fit for England next week, even though he is still a doubt to play tomorrow.

Rooney has only just returned to training after injuring his ankle in Aalborg last Tuesday, but Sir Alex Ferguson has “no issues” with the 22-year-old joining up with Fabio Capello’s England squad for the World Cup double-header with Kazakhstan and Belarus next week.

United’s Captain Gary Neville is also a doubt with a minor thigh injury, while Owen Hargreaves and Michael Carrick join Paul Scholes (knee) on the sidelines.

Traveling squad: Van der Sar, Amos, Neville, Brown, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Ronaldo, O’Shea, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Nani, Tevez, Berbatov, Rooney, Welbeck.