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Thu 09 Sep 2009Welbeck tames Wolves
ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP: Manchester Utd 1 Wolves 0: MANCHESTER UNITED may not regard the League Cup with enduring affection but the holders still seem to regard it as a matter of duty not to relinquish the trophy.
Alex Ferguson’s team had to play for an hour last night with 10 men after Fabio da Silva’s first-half sending-off but still managed to navigate a safe passage into the fourth round courtesy of Danny Welbeck’s 66th-minute strike.
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