Manchester United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers Final Score and Betting Result

MANCHESTER, UK - Manchester United overcame a resilient Wolves last night thanks to the help of a late winner from rising star Xavier Hernandez, to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup - a competition they have won for the last two years. United were pre-match favourites, priced at 1/4 (bet £4 to make £1 profit) but were made to work for the win by Wolves, who were priced at 11/1 before the game.

Hernandez had only been on for eight minutes when he settled a thrilling tie by firing in off Wayne Hennessey. His goal was harsh on Wolves, and backers of the draw, as it came in the last minute of the match with too little time left for a Wolves comeback.

United`s last match in the Carling Cup finished 5-2 with a whopping seven goals away to Scunthorpe. Last night`s encounter could only muster five goals but it was enough to see over 2.5 goals come good, priced at 4/7.

Bebe had put United ahead on his first start with a deflected strike before George Elokobi headed in to equalise. Park Ji-Sung lashed home to make it 2-1 but Kevin Foley`s turn and low finish levelled again before Hernandez won it.

It was an exciting climax to the game but perhaps harsh on the visitors, who more than played their part in a second half of wonderful end-to-end football. The game flowed with Manchester United having much of the early going but Wolves quickly found their feet and proved more than a match for the Red Devils.

United were the first to pour forward as Macheda curled over and then Park fired at the legs of Hennessey, but they went ahead when Bebe`s shot from an angle on the right deflected cruelly off Elokobi and looped over Hennessey, with Foley narrowly failing to head the ball off the line.

Wolves had not scored at Old Trafford since February 1980 but they were not to be denied this time, and after Fabio brilliantly deflected Stephen Hunt`s goalbound drive over the bar, the visitors equalised when Elokobi nodded in the resulting corner.

The tie was ripped open by those exchanges early in the second half, so it was no real surprise when the teams exchanged goals once more, both efforts superbly crafted.

United took lead again again when Park burst forward from midfield and after an unwitting touch from Steven Mouyokolo, the South Korean slammed into the corner, before Steven Fletcher`s neat flick teed up Foley to shoot low beyond United keeper Ben Amos, making only his second start for the club.

With Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City all out of the competition Manchester United are clear favourites to go on and win the Carling Cup for a third year in a row, quoted at best odds of 7/4 with Ladbrokes.

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