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Ten-man United go through
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} A Danny Welbeck goal saw ten-man Manchester United progress into the last 16 of the Carling Cup at the expense of Wolves.[LNB] The holders went down to ten men on the half-hour mark when Fabio da Silva was sent off for bringing down Michael Kightly on the edge of the box.[LNB]They then took the lead in the 66th minute when Welbeck played a one-two with Michael Owen before burying the ball into the right corner, giving Wolves keeper Marcus Hahnemann no chance.[LNB]Wolves substitute Kevin Doyle had a couple of half-chances but United put in a professional performance to easily hold their opponents at Old Trafford.[LNB]As expected, United boss Sir Alex Ferguson changed his entire starting line-up from Sunday's dramatic derby win over Manchester City.[LNB]This meant opportunities for Michael Carrick and Nani, who both missed out at the weekend, plus Owen and keeper Tomasz Kuszczak who, in their own individual way, had something to prove.[LNB]Owen has now shown his goalscoring instinct remains but, as a 90-minute player, he remains a bit of an unknown.[LNB]FairnessIn fairness to the veteran forward, the presence of Federico Macheda and Welbeck alongside him meant he had to do more tracking back than he would normally expect and it was only after United's numbers were reduced that he really came into his own.[LNB]Kuszczak must have sensed a Premier League start at Stoke would follow an eye-catching display given Ben Foster's pitiful experience against the Blues, when he was directly responsible for one goal and hardly covered himself in glory with the last.[LNB]The Pole benefited from Fabio's departure too, producing a fine fingertip save to deny former United midfielder David Jones with the resultant free-kick.[LNB]All in all then, with the contest turning into a keenly-fought affair instead of the sterile stalemate that had gone before, the sending-off was no bad thing, except for poor Fabio, who cut a dejected figure as he made his way off the field.[LNB]In truth, the Brazilian could have no complaints.[LNB]Put in trouble by Jonny Evans' failure to win an aerial duel with the robust Stefan Maierhofer and Wes Brown over-running the loose ball which momentarily escaped his vision, Fabio looked like getting back to challenge Kightly.[LNB]UnluckilyUnluckily, he slipped just at the wrong moment, so in sticking out a despairing arm to prevent Kightly charging clear into the box, he brought the Wolves man down for what was ruled a professional foul.[LNB]Owen had United's best chance before the interval but could only turn a header straight at Hahnemann, who experienced his own Foster moment just before the break when his attempted clearance was charged down by Welbeck but fortunately for the veteran American, it bounced to safety.[LNB]A surging Welbeck run created an opportunity Darron Gibson should have done more with, and only Nani's poor cross prevented him setting up Carrick after Gary Neville had sent the Portugal wide-man racing forward.[LNB]The goal, when it eventually came, just emphasised the gulf in class.[LNB]Wolves thought they had the situation under control when Gibson rolled a sideways pass to Carrick 30 yards out.[LNB]But within an instant, the England midfielder had created space for Welbeck, whose first time pass was returned in equally promising manner by Owen before he buried the ball straight into the bottom corner, as befits a player currently making the graduation from England Under-19 to Under-21 duty and surely destined for even higher honours one day.[LNB]Welbeck departed to a standing ovation from United's lowest crowd for four years - which still exceeded 50,000 - for another teenager, Norwegian Joshua King, of whom very big things are expected.[LNB]With a bit more composure and a little bit of luck, King might have marked his debut with a goal too, although ultimately one proved to be enough.[LNB][LNB]Manchester UnitedTeam StatisticsWolverhampton Wanderers1Goals001st Half Goals05Shots on Target45Shots off Target65Blocked Shots03Corners77Fouls125Offsides10Yellow Cards01Red Cards054.4Possession45.6
