Marching on to the FA cup semi-finals

Norwich City 1 - 2 Manchester United (ET)

Ole made eight changes to his starting eleven as they faced bottom of the league Norwich City in the quarter-finals of this year's FA cup; Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw and Bruno Fernanded retained their places. Fringe players like Jesse Lingard and Diogo Dalot were gifted an opportunity to impress but failed to impose their mark on the game. United were lackluster with the quality evidently missing.  The entire first half went Norwich's way. Stubbornly sitting back seeing the reds struggling to break them down and creating opportunities for themselves on the counter. Nil-nil at the break.

Odion Ighalo puts it past Tim Krul.

The second half saw a change in momentum. Manchester United looked increasingly threatening and a goal finally came their way when Juan Mata chipped the Norwich defense for Odion Ighalo to direct it into the back of the net.

Both teams continued to seek out chances but it was Norwich's Todd Cantwell who slammed the ball from long range to score and give themselves a fighting chance. Moments from full time, City defender  Timm Klose pulled back Odion Ighalo from shooting. The referee immediately brandished a red card.  The free-kick was ineffective but moments later Pogba made a dangerous run into the box latching on to a through ball by Marcus Rashford and the firing of a shot from a tight angle. Tim Krul used his legs to deflect the ball away. Mason Greenwood tried to volley it back in but Krul punched the ball out of play. Shortly after, the whistle sounded to signal the end of 90 minutes. And a little while later, once again, to signal the beginning of extra-time.

With one man down the hosts were forced back and the Red Devils mounted their attack. The breakthrough came just 2 minutes away from the penalty shoot out. Pogba plays the ball into the box, Ighalo receives and deflects it to Martial who then rolls it to Maguire, the United skipper making no mistake and bundling it into the goal. Thankfully we didn't have to go to the penalty shootouts as we know Tim Krul is a master having already saved two of the Reds' penalty earlier this season.