Anthony Martial stepped off the bench and scored his fourth goal in four matches as Manchester United strolled into the fourth round of the Capital One Cup with a 3-0 win over Ipswich.

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United’s 4-0 defeat to MK Dons in this competition last year is regarded as the worst loss of Dutchman Louis van Gaal’s tenure and there was no way he was going to let Ipswich record a similar result last night.

The United boss sent out a near full-strength side, and they spared little energy dispatching an Ipswich team that contained 11 changes.

Wayne Rooney scored his first goal in domestic competition this season, taking down Daley Blind’s exquisite long pass with a fantastic touch before beating Ipswich goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski. It was Rooney’s first goal in the League Cup since 2010. 

Andreas Pereira, making his first start, netted his maiden strike for the club – a dipping free-kick from 20 yards after Juan Mata had been fouled by Kevin Bru.

Martial had no trouble beating Town goalkeeper Bialkowski, racing through on goal before prodding the ball past him 20 minutes after his introduction from the bench to continue his excellent start to life at Old Trafford.

Given that Ipswich had 10 free signings and one player who cost just £8,500 (Dh47,000) in their starting line-up, Van Gaal’s £207 million (Dh1.1m) star-studded XI was always going to come out on top.

As soon as the team sheets were handed in, Ipswich knew they would be in for a hard night and so it would prove.