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Manchester United defeated Nottingham Forest 1-0 within the FA Cup fifth spherical on Wednesday to arrange a blockbuster quarter-final conflict towards arch-rivals Liverpool.
The aim got here shortly after 90 minutes when Casemiro headed in a harmful free-kick into the field from Bruno Fernandes from shut vary.
This recreation was one other instance the place the Purple Devils have been tied for many of the recreation, however prevailed ultimately. Supervisor Eric ten Hag's job might probably be in jeopardy if his workforce have been eradicated from the competitors at Forest's floor.
The Dutchman is aware of this competitors is his finest likelihood to maintain the job as qualifying for the highest 4 within the Premier League appears to be like like a troublesome problem in the intervening time.
Rashi struggles once more
The large damage checklist hasn't completed the Dutchman any favors, however extra is predicted from such an costly workforce.
Marcus Rashford is trying utterly out of contact and rumors of the Mancunian probably becoming a member of Sir Jim Ratcliffe's deliberate summer time exit appear justified.
Not solely was he poor, however his physique language indicated a participant who had given up and it appeared as if the striker didn’t know learn how to deal with himself in a troublesome state of affairs.
Not one of the attacking stars have been significantly good and ultimately it took the skilled duo of Fernandes and Casemiro to steer the workforce to victory.
It turned out that the Portuguese have been struggling in preparation for the sport and the supervisor hinted at resting his captain who hardly ever misses video games.
However as Ten Hag identified in his pre-match quote, it is rather troublesome to maintain the Portugal worldwide out and he was determined to be included.
bruno's flexibility
He wasn't significantly good on the evening and missed presentable possibilities within the second half, but it surely's his willingness to maintain going {that a} participant like Rashford can study rather a lot from.
Fernandes has by no means been shy and may draw the ire of his teammates, however in actuality he is among the solely world-class gamers on this workforce in the intervening time.
The supervisor will probably be anticipating extra from his captain within the subsequent Premier League derby in Manchester.
Ought to the supervisor select to focus solely on the FA Cup, it will likely be fascinating to see if his workforce suffers a defeat towards Pep Guardiola's facet.