MANCHESTER UNITED beat West Ham 1-0 in the 5th round of the FA Cup thanks to an extra-time goal from Scott McTominay.
- RESULT: Man Utd 1-0 West Ham
- Man Utd XI: Henderson, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Telles, Matic, Van De Beek, Fred, Greenwood, Martial, Rashford
- West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Noble, Soucek, Fornals, Bowen, Yarmolenko
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GOODBYE!
Sorry it wasn’t the net-bulging, eyebrow-raising goal-fest we were all hoping for, but the two sides did their best for us.
In the end it was Scott McTominay’s extra-time volley which secured United a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
But a bit of a hapless night for the Hammers, who will be kicking themselves for failing to nab a striker in the January transfer window.
Oh well, they’ve always got the summer.
Have a good evening and we’ll catch you back here tomorrow evening for our coverage of Everton vs Tottenham!
Night.
OLE SPEAKS
It wasn’t the prettiest of victories tonight but Ole knows of the importance of bouncing back from Saturday’s draw with Everton.
“I felt we dominated. I thought we were in complete control of the first half.
“In the second half it became more of a game. When it’s only one nil and we are wasteful, anything can happen to us – we knew that from the last game [Everton]. It’s just about finishing the game off but we’re through. We’re in the hat and that’s what we wanted.
“I think we got about 15 to 17 shots in the end but we need to be more clinical. We should’ve finished the game off earlier and finished in 90 minutes but sometimes it doesn’t happen.
“We needed to have a good result and a good feeling after today because we were low after Everton game. It’s hard to take but they were really focused and did the job.
“Of course you want to win every game. We want to challenge and we want to go to the final. That’s what we’re here at Man United for. Sometimes you’re lucky with draw in the cup – we haven’t been that lucky – but obviously we move another step closer to the final.”
Harry Maguire
REPORT
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ANOTHER LOOK
At the match-winning moment from Scott McTominay.
He’s emerged as an important cog in the Man Utd wheel and you suspect he’ll be a big part of Scotland’s Euros campaign in the summer too!
LOOKING AHEAD
Manchester United reach the last-8 for the seventh consecutive season.
But who could they play in the quarter-finals? It’ll be one of the teams below.
Ties still to be played
Bournemouth
Sheffield United OR Bristol City
Wolves OR Southampton
Barnsley OR Chelsea
Everton OR Tottenham
Swansea OR Manchester City
Leicester OR Brighton
THE NUMBERS BEHIND THE SUCCESS
The full-time stats from Manchester United’s 1-0 win over West Ham.
Two hours of football and two shots at goal for the in-form Hammers.
Without Antonio, were they daft to let Haller go too?
Paul Tierney not using his cards tonight either!
MAGUIRE REACTS
Harry Maguire was given Man of the Match tonight and he praised the side’s spirit to win tonight after a sucker-punch on Saturday night against Everton.
I thought the performance was good, I feel we could’ve been a bit more clinical.
We should have been ahead at the break and they had a spell after it but we defended better than we did against Everton at the weekend.
We dug in and I felt we got the win we deserved.
We were so disappointed on Saturday so it shows great spirit and mentality to get our heads back up for tonight.Harry Maguire
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM
It wasn’t pretty. In fact it was far from it.
But it was a quality goal that separated the teams and it was a classy finish from Scott McTominay to settle the tie.
West Ham will be disappointed they didn’t create anything and in truth didn’t give it a go.
PEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!
IT’S ALL OVER
MANCHESTER UNITED ARE THROUGH TO THE LAST-8 OF THE FA CUP
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM – EXTRA-TIME
ET 30′ Martial is played in by Cavani and only has Fabianski to beat but strikes it straight at the keeper.
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM – EXTRA-TIME
ET 30′ Benrahma has it on the left side of the United box and looks for a cross.
Williams slides in perfectly to win it back and Rashford picks up the loose ball and runs 70 yards up the park and into the corner.
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM – EXTRA-TIME
ONE MINUTE ADDED ON!
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM – EXTRA-TIME
ET 29′ Henderson gets a backpass caught under his feet and does really well not to panic.
Little Cruyff turn and clears away. Tidy.
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM – EXTRA-TIME
ET 28′ Benrahma swings a ball into the back post which stretches Coufal and he does well to keep it in but hits it straight to Henderson.
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM – EXTRA-TIME
ET 27′ McTominay finds Martial on the left.
He has Luke Shaw bursting a gut to get on his outside but Martial ducks inside and hits a tired shot right at Fabianski.
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM – EXTRA-TIME
Five minutes left of extra-time. Will Man Utd see it out, or can West Ham take us to penalties?
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM – EXTRA-TIME
ET 24′ Lanzini is into the action straight away and feeds Johnson on the left.
His clipped ball in finds Benrahma 10 yards out with a free header but it’s straight at Henderson.
He might have been offside.
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM – EXTRA-TIME
BIG CHANCE FOR WEST HAM!
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM – EXTRA-TIME
A sore one for the youngster Odubeko as he is subbed, after getting subbed on earlier himself.
Not sure he touched the ball but it’s still a shame for the young lad.
- OFF – Ademipo Odubeko
- ON – Manuel Lanzini
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM – EXTRA-TIME
ET 20′ Martial wins a 50/50 against Coufal on the touchline – one that neither player looked like they wanted to win.
Suddenly, the hosts are away 5v2 but Martial’s attempted pass for Rashford is very poor and the Hammers get it back.
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM – EXTRA-TIME
ET 19′ Shaw fires a pass into Cavani who tries a clever flick through for Fernandes but it spins straight through to Fabianski.
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM – EXTRA-TIME
ET 17′ Close to a second there.
Shaw turns on the ball in midfield, feeds Martial then makes his way into the box.
Martial holds onto it for a few seconds then slides it through for Shaw who times his run perfectly.
Fabianski reads it and rushes off his line to slide in and gather.
MAN UTD 1-0 WEST HAM – EXTRA-TIME
ET 16′ Got to expect West Ham to come out and give it a go.
It promises to be a lively 15 minutes in store
UNITED GET US BACK UNDERWAY
PEEEEEEEEEP!
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