Fulham only have themselves to blame for their FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Manchester United - who are going back to Wembley. twoht
Well, Manchester United are through to the semi-finals of the FA Cup, but they needed both a literal and metaphorical helping hand from their opponents to get there. With twenty minutes to play of their quarter-final game against Fulham at Old Trafford, they were well and truly back to being stodgy old United, the version of the team which has shown itself to varying degrees but with increasing regularity in recent weeks.
Under other circumstances, an FA Cup weekend might have been an appropriate point for Erik ten Hag to rest a few players. But when you’re at the quarter-final stage of the competition, have a slightly tricky-looking tie against opponents who have been playing well, and are still chasing a silverware double, these cup matches can’t really be treated as some form of an afterthought.
But those who were given an opportunity to prove themselves to Ten Hag really came up wanting. Wout Weghorst had one tame shot which was easily gathered by Bernd Leno. Jadon Sancho, who is starting to get to a point at which he needs a run of good performances when he’s given the opportunity, was again apparently on the pitch, as anonymous as he has appeared throughout much of the rest of the season.
Ten Hag’s response was to introduce Antony for Scott McTominay, a more attacking formation to try and take better control of the game in midfield. It didn’t yield any immediate improvement. Midway through the half, De Gea had to leap to pull off an outstanding save from Mitrovic’s header. The header came from a free-kick awarded as the result of a completely unnecessary foul from Maguire, who doesn’t help himself in his bids to clamber out of meme status.
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