Man United 4
Tevez (36, 50, 54, 90), Nani (39)
Blackburn 3
McCarthy (47, 91), Derbyshire (84)

A Carlos Tevez quadruple sealed an impressive 5-3 victory over Blackburn Rovers and sent the Reds into the last four of the Carling Cup.

Sir Alex Ferguson made 10 changes to the United team who won at Manchester City on Sunday but they were still too strong for Rovers at Old Trafford.

The Argentine opened the scoring in the first half, before netting a further three times after the break. Nani also got in on the act to ensure United’s place in the semi-finals.

Sir Alex Ferguson, who watched from the stands to mark the start of his two-game touchline ban, once again opted for a youthful line-up, including a first Old Trafford appearance in a red shirt for goalkeeper Ben Foster. There was a sprinkling of experience within the side, however, with skipper Gary Neville lining up alongside Jonny Evans at centre-half, while John O’Shea took up the left-back spot. Ryan Giggs and Carlos Tevez provided the combined threat up front.

As United fans chanted “Argentina’’, Tevez seemed on a mission to show why the club need to hold on to him, playing a part in United’s first two goals and scoring the third, a penalty, and fourth, a real beauty. This performance will doubtless colour thoughts during ongoing contract talks over whether Tevez’s strange loan deal should be made permanent, a move that would cost United £32 million (minus the £6m already paid for his current rental).

Wednesday night highlighted Tevez’s usefulness. The sharp spearhead of United’s 4-2-3-1 formation, Tevez happily ran everywhere, dropping deep, exchanging passes, building moves as well as trying to get the end of them – Telegraph.co.uk.

Great performances from Teves! 4 goals??? oh..great! This match not only haunt Paul Ince but also Sir Alex as well. Should he let Teves go?? With this 4 goals…he must think about it again.

But this huge win still worry me about United performances. Give away another 3 goals at Old Trafford…emmm…its remind me of Hull.