Sunderland grabbed the upper hand over Manchester United by winning their League Cup semifinal, first leg 2-1 on Tuesday to compound a testing week for visiting manager David Moyes.
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Fabio Borini scored a second-half penalty to give the Premier League’s bottom club a one-goal lead ahead of the return match at Old Trafford after a 52nd minute Nemanja Vidic header cancelled out Ryan Giggs’s own goal in first-half stoppage time.
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It was United’s third straight defeat after they were beaten in the FA Cup third round by Swansea City on Sunday and by Tottenham Hotspur in the league the previous week.
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The second leg will be played on January 22 to decide who will face either Manchester City or West Ham United in the final.
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