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Alex Richards

Wayne Rooney joins Ryan Giggs and Nicky Butt as Man Utd fall to Man City defeat

Wayne Rooney was back at Old Trafford as Manchester United fell to a 3-1 loss to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg on Tuesday night.

United's all-time record goalscorer sat alongside former teammates Nicky Butt and Ryan Giggs, as United fell to defeat.

Rooney, who recently returned to English football with Derby County as player-coach, joined the Class of '92 pair in the stands.

But the trio can't have been impressed with what they saw from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side, as City took a big step towards a return to the League Cup final for the third successive season.

City outclassed their neighbours in the first half, going in 3-0 at the break before Solskjaer's side regrouped and avoided what could have been a more emphatic defeat.

A brilliant strike from Bernardo Silva put City ahead in the 17th minute, the winger cutting in from the right before unleashing a superb shot into the far, top corner.

Giggs, Butt and Rooney in the stands (PETER POWELL/EPA-EFE/REX)

The busy Portugal international then created City's second, collecting a poor headed clearance from Victor Lindelof and dancing past a challenge before threading the ball to Riyad Mahrez who rounded goalkeeper David de Gea and slotted home.

City then punished United on a counter-attack, which ended with Kevin De Bruyne blasting goalwards before De Gea's parry ricocheted off United midfielder Andreas Pereira into the net.

United looked more solid after the introduction of midfielder Nemanja Matic at the break and got a foothold in the tie through a 70th minute goal from Marcus Rashford.

Leicester City face Aston Villa in the first leg of the other semi-final on Wednesday.

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