M. United and Arsenal Advance at League Cup

Manchester United rebounded from its humiliating league loss to Manchester City by cruising to a 3-0 victory over fourth-tier club Aldershot in the League Cup on Tuesday night, while Arsenal overcame Premier League rival Bolton 2-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.

Dimitar Berbatov, Michael Owen and Antonio Valencia scored United's goals at Aldershot after being left out of the lineup that lost 6-1 Sunday.

"Sometimes you need a kick in the teeth to get going again," Owen said. We were under a little bit of pressure after the result at the weekend. We had United's reputation to look after."

Arsenal, which lost last season's League Cup final to Birmingham, rallied against visiting Bolton on goals by Andrei Arshavin and Chu-Young Park. Fabrice Muamba had put Bolton ahead.

Arsenal center back Thomas Vermaelen played his first match in two months following ankle surgery, but picked up a calf injury toward the end of the match. Manager Arsene Wenger said he didn't think the injury was serious, but that Vermaelen would likely miss the Premier League match against Chelsea on Saturday.

In Tuesday's other cup matches, Cardiff beat Burnley 1-0 while second-tier leader Southampton lost 2-0 to Crystal Palace.

There are four all-Premier League matches in the competition on Wednesday.

Man City, which is five points clear at the top of the Premier League, travels to Wolverhampton Wanderers, Chelsea is at Everton, Stoke hosts Liverpool and Blackburn faces Newcastle.

AP LONDON