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- Manchester United 1-0 West Ham in extra time
Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Manchester United hosted West Ham in the fifth round of the FA Cup tonight.
The team was the best in both rounds but failed to score, mostly thanks to a brilliant West Ham goalkeeper, Lukasz Fabianski.
Then after 97 minutes, the decision fell. Substitute Scott McTominay thundered at 1-0 after the transition play and a little back and forth in the West Ham defense. 1-0 was also the final result.
– We check it first. In the second half, there were more fights, sums up Solskjær.
– When we go up to 1-0 we waste several occasions. You know that anything can happen towards the end. But we go. And that is what counts. McTominay concluded with authority. More can learn from him. We need to become more clinical.
RED ECSTASE: Scott McTominay is congratulated by his teammates after the 1-0. Photo: NTB
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Now he awaits the FA Cup quarter-finals. But the extra innings were the least the team needed on a tight schedule. The fight was not good.
“I think the quality was bad,” former Tottenham player Jermaine Jenas told BBC One.
Even in the V sport studio, expert Bojan Djordjic was not impressed with Solskjær’s change. I thought people like Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani were too late.
– What disappointed me the most was the quality of the passing game. This is not a match you will remember for long, says fellow expert John Arne Riise.
TO EXCHANGE: Bruno Fernandes replaced Donny van de Beek after 73 minutes. Photo: NTB
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Manchester United are starting to despair for a title, but now they may be heading for something in the FA Cup.
– Of course we will go to the final. That is why we are at United. But we must do it step by step, says Solskjær.
The last time the team won the silver medal was in the Europa League in 2017. Four years with nothing is well below Old Trafford standards.
The home team was the best first. Midfielder Victor Lindelöf had the biggest chance in the 27th minute.
Alex Telles put in a nice corner that hit the Swede in the head. He headed for the goal and, on the way, the ball went through Craig Dawson. However, Lukasz Fabianski made a spectacular save.
MASTER’S DEGREE: Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski made sure to keep West Ham in the game with a super save after 27 minutes. Photo: NTB
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The first half was not a fluke. The most dramatic were two injury situations.
After 16 minutes, West Ham’s Angelo Ogbonna had to be carried on a stretcher in agony. He also looked ugly when substitute Issa Diop stabbed Anthony Martial in the head just before half-time. They both managed to shake off the pain and continue the round.
But Diop was replaced by half-time, which may be due to a head injury.
BACK: David Moyes (right) returned to Old Trafford tonight. He was fired from Manchester United in 2014. Photo: NTB
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Solskjær made no substitutions.
The team struggled to start after the break, but after eight minutes Marcus Rashford had a great opportunity. He got the ball on the back post and knew how to place it in goal. But again, Fabianski showed a first-class goalkeeper.
Several waited for Solskjær to make changes that could bring the game to life. And from minute 73 came in turn: First Scott McTominay and Bruno Fernandes. Then Edinson Cavani.
The game was still extended in extra innings.
See the Anthony Martial Massacre by Bojan Djordjic below.
Seven minutes after the first extra inning, McTominay thought enough was enough. A transitional situation finally ended with the midfielder hitting the ball into the goal.
West Ham had a few attempts in the finals, but failed to equalize.
