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Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Nani fired in a fierce opener from long range in the 16th minute, O'Shea slotted a second six minutes later, and Tevez headed a third before half-time.

Ronaldo scored from the spot late on either side of two goals from Giles Barnes, one a penalty the other a free-kick, which gave the scoreline more credibility than the Coca-Cola Championship side warranted.

United opened the scoring as Nani was offered far too much space to run at the Derby defence after collecting Anderson's pass, the Portuguese galloped 30 yards and then unleashed a curling shot that former United goalkeeper Roy Carroll could only push further into the corner.

And it was 2-0 as Danny Welbeck played a pass to O'Shea as the Derby defence appealed for offside and the Irishman calmly beat Carroll.

Tevez added a close-range third, powering home a header after Rafael had supplied the perfect inswinging cross to emphasise the hosts' superiority as they obliterated Derby's gains from a fortnight ago.

Rafael then had to limp off and United's defensive problems increased when Jonny Evans also sustained an injury 18 minutes from time that left him limping badly.

Derby took Evans' lack of movement as the cue to have one final assault on the United goal and it was no surprise the Northern Ireland defender was the man to upend Paul Green, allowing Barnes to tuck home the penalty that left United with 11 minutes to hold on.

Carroll produced a fine double save to deny Ronaldo and Nani, but when he brought down Tevez on United's next attack, Ronaldo ended a domestic scoring drought stretching back to November 15 from the penalty spot.

But as Nani limped off and Anderson ended the contest hobbling badly, it was hardly an unqualified success for the home side even before another Barnes consolation.