Stoke City vs. Manchester United: Live Player Ratings for the Red Devils

Stoke City 0 - 0 Manchester United (Half time)

David Moyes has said he aims to win this competition, as he does every other in which his Manchester United side compete.

The side he has named nonetheless includes a few changes to the starting 11.

Will United progress in the Capital One Cup? We'll find out soon.

Manchester United Player Ratings

Player	Half-time	Full-time
De Gea	6	6
Rafael	7	6
Smalling	6	7
Evans	6	7
Evra	6	8
Valencia	5	5
Cleverley	7	7
Jones	6	6
Anderson	5	5
Young	5	8
Welbeck	7	6

First Half Analysis 

De Gea: Had almost nothing to do.

Rafael: Impressive showing, the Brazilian was defensively sound and bombed forward on occasion.

Smalling: Solid enough in defense, he did well to neutralize the threat of Crouch.

Evans: Tidied up at the back when Stoke made forward progress. His distribution was also clean.

Evra: Could get involved more but looked classy whenever he did participate.

Valencia: Was also only involved sporadically. Offered a little bit of a spark when he drove forward.

Cleverley: Did his best in tough conditions to conduct from deep. Played with some urgency and intent.

Jones: Looked strong in defense, was not bothered too much by Stoke's attacking midfielders.

Anderson: Sloppy at times, he did not appear to be handling the conditions well.

Young: Started brightly when he sent a shot against netting but overall not penetrating enough and fairly wasteful at times.

Welbeck: Tried to make something happen, he was lively and keen to get involved by dropping deep.

Second Half Analysis

De Gea: Had a bit more to do after the break but never really tested.

Rafael: Continued to push forward but, like everyone else, his crosses failed to hit the mark.

Smalling: Maintained his error-free defensive work from the first 45 minutes. 

Evans: Put in some last-ditch efforts to thwart Stoke attacks and, like Smalling, handled everything with aplomb.

Evra: Kept his cool when Stoke were pushing for an equalizer, then scored a brilliant second. 

Valencia: Overall he should have looked to involve himself a little more, especially with United missing some of their attacking stars.

Cleverley: Ran the show calmly from his deep-lying position. He can be happy with his effort tonight.

Jones: Helped United dominate the middle of the pitch without ever looking too flashy.

Anderson: Combined slightly better with his attacking cohorts, but in general a weak performance before he was substituted.

Young: Had already shown signs of an improved performance before he scored a cracking goal and set up the second for Evra. Great second-half response.

Welbeck: Toiled away but saw less of the ball in the second half.

Hernandez (7): The lively Mexican contributed much more than the man he replaced, Anderson. He teed up Young for his goal as well.