Juan Mata's superb second-half goal sends Manchester United into the FA Cup fourth round as they beat Wolves 1-0.
Match Report
Manchester United lost Marcus Rashford to injury as they beat Wolves 1-0 in an FA Cup third-round replay at Old Trafford.
Star striker Rashford started from the bench just four days before a crunch Premier League clash with leaders Liverpool, but he was introduced as a substitute three minutes before Juan Mata scored the only goal on Wednesday.
The England international appeared to be nursing his back and, after initially attempting to play on, had to be replaced with 10 minutes remaining.
Match Events
3' Daniel James misses a golden chance!
Mata lifts a dangerous ball over the top for the run of James. Ruddy rushes off his line and gets a hand to the ball as the winger tries to round him. Doherty is on hand to clear behind for a corner.
8' CLOSE! Romero denies Jimenez's effort
CHANCE! Traore surges down the left flank and delivers a dangerous cross into the middle. Jimenez takes it out of the air with a fine piece of skill and then he turns two men to create room for a strike. The forward has the entire net to aim at, but he places a tame effort straight at Romero.
10' Neto's goal disallowed by VAR due to Jimenez's handball
DISALLOWED GOAL! Neto believes that he has put Wolves ahead from close range after Jimenez charges down a clearance from Maguire following a mistake by Fred. The winger dispatches his finish past Romero, but the goal is disallowed as the ball struck the hand of Jimenez on its way to Neto. A let off for United.
28' SAVE! Ruddy parries Mata's shot
SAVE! Space opens up in the Wolves box for Mata to turn and strike with power, but he cannot get his effort away from Ruddy, who makes a solid stop for the visitors.
30' OFFSIDE! Doherty hits the post but Jimenez is offside
OFF THE POST! Wolves attempt another tricky corner routine and United are caught out as Neves clips a cross to the back post. Doherty breaks behind Williams and directs a header towards goal, only to see it clip the inside of the post and bounce out. Jimenez tries to latch on to it, but the offside flag is raised against the forward.
42' Daniel James's shot wide out
SAVE! Fred releases James in behind the Wolves backline and the winger takes the ball in stride. He takes on the strike with his left foot, but Ruddy stays big and makes fine stop with his body to deny the Wales international.
43' Conflict between Neto and Brandon Williams!
Williams and Neto have a mild melee for the ball after a free-kick is awarded to United. The referee has a word with both players, although no further action is taken.
53' Daniel James's shot inches wide!
CLOSE! Williams slides a pass into the feet of James, who takes a good first touch to surge into the left inside channel. He fires his effort across goal, but it just drifts past the bottom-right post.
67' GOAL! Man Utd 1-0 Wolves (Mata)
GOAL! MATA BREAKS THE DEADLOCK! 1-0! The home side have the breakthrough as Mata latches on to a throughball from Martial and clips his effort over Ruddy into the net. The Frenchman gathers the ball on the half-way line and spots the run of his team-mate on the charge. He plays a precise pass to Mata to put him one-on-one with Ruddy. Mata holds his composure to lift a strike over Ruddy and it has enough pace to roll over the line.
76' Injured! Lingard replaces Rashford
A huge concern for Solskjaer as Rashford goes down following a challenge by Doherty. He was withdrawn at the weekend and he may have to be brought off here.
AndreSmart
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Mata is the Matter who mattered to United the most when he is needed in the Matter of stopping the Giant Killers Wolves 😄
yawjnr
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🙆😂
mzeereal
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When Wolves gave man united some matters...Ole sent Mata to kill the matter..💥💥
mdfahad_12
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Things we learnt today 1 - Romero is Better than De Gea 2 - Williams is better than Shaw 3 - Mata is Vital for United 4 - Matic was class, provided stability and control, Lastly 5 - Lingard must play as a LW to express himself and not play as a CAM
Kg4991
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If VAR was a girl then she already divorced Wolves several times.
mzeereal
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Four wolves against one man.. MATA light up the chip in bomb💥💥
Bendiga
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Win is a win but it’s Still not an impressive the team performance as to what Manchester United fans are accustomed to, we move the ball way too slow from the back to the midfield and from the midfield to the forwards, no playing style and still the team is crying out for a creative midfielder..
Flatmo
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“Solskjaer’s note? List of grocery shopping. Bread, milk and all these things.”
Tshoda
530
man united won tonight tho but everyone saw how they suffer to do it. I mean they couldn't hold possession for a longer period.
EAsoft
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Martial stays silent the whole match and then at the last he does something which leads us to a goal and make him a hero.. We need another striker to start from a bench because Martial is very very inconsistent
Vadabdeiuy
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I'm happy with the victory but i think as it was cup game, ole' should rest some key players and give chance to youngsters to keep key players fresh for Liverpool. In 2 games, mata has more goals and assists than lingard in 2019 but ole ' still believing in lingard
condition
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Here is the GIF, click: http://bit.ly/2QVIz5g
Akechandy
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Man Utd are called Red Devils which is a little bit scary. Manchester City are called the citizens which can't even threaten an Indian. Liverpool are called the red which is just a color. Arsenal are called Gunners though they have ran out of bullets nowadays. Chelsea remains Blues which is the same as Red. Now Wolves are called Giant killers... wait let me repeat it clearly GIANT KILLERS how did the VAR survive.
TanIsRed
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AM9 -> JM8 = Magic .. That's why you need player like special Juan Mata in the squad... Get Going Manchester United
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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Mata has really stepped it up and United fans had the audacity to call him a finished player. Have some respect this guy was once the best number 10 in the league for 3 seasons straight. He was even better than KDB but only United can take special players and make them worse. Years of playing right wing ruined his abilities otherwise this man is the best CAM in the united team without question no competition at all from either of fake Brazilian Periera, Gomes or Lingardinho. Even Bruno would have to adjust to the league and tactics to get Mata out the squad based in his recent form but knowing Ole he will look at price or sentiment and throw players in rather than what he needs. Notice how Matic and Mata being in the side suddenly returned stability to their play? Form is temporary class is permanent and no player at United has ever been better than Mata or Matic at their best in their own respective position other than David De Gea...
JamesWalker
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All this time, Ligardinho has been overshadowing Mata 😮
Yen13
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Things we learnt today 1 - Romero is Better than De Gea 2 - Williams is better than Shaw 3 - Mata is Vital for United 4 - Matic was class, provided stability and control, Lastly 5 - Lingard must play as a LW to express himself and not play as a CAM
You sure you barca people watch football? De Gea carries Man Utd ass for many seasons, saves man utd so many times, if not because of DDG, man utd probably won't even in Europa, i am chelsea 100%, but Romero is not better than De Gea. if just a match to decide a player is better, even ansu fati is better than messi when messi on bench.