But when there was a quarter-final in the league cup against Charlton on Tuesday, the Swedish national team player was in the starting eleven. The 20-year-old striker had a ball in the net at the start of the second half, a goal which was however ruled out for offside. Otherwise, Elanga didn’t make a big impression and was replaced with a few minutes left in regular time.
National team mate Victor Nilsson Lindelöf remained on the bench for the entire match, which Manchester United won 3–0.
However, Alexander Isak had to jump in for his Newcastle. The Swedish attacking star, who recently made a comeback after a long injury absence, got just under 20 minutes on the pitch in the 2-0 win against Leicester.
On Wednesday, the remaining two quarter-finals will be played between Nottingham and Wolverhampton and Southampton and Manchester City.