FT: Man United put four goals past Yeovil Town to book their place in the fifth round the FA Cup.
GOAL!!
Romelu Lukaku gets his name on the scoresheet to make it 4-0. Lovely counter-attack, with Marcos Rojo slipping the ball across to Lukaku to apply the finish.
Three minutes of added time to be played, but United have more than secured their spot in the next stage of the FA Cup.
GOAL!!!
Lingard makes it three. He tears through the Yeovil defence, and keeps his composure before unleashing a powerful strike into the bottom corner to make it 3-0.
Man United substitution: Angel Gomes is on for the opening goal-scorer Marcus Rashford.
Yeovil substitution: Irish player Connor Smith has just come on Lewis Wing for the last six minutes of normal time.
McTominay receives a yellow card and Yeovil have a free-kick in a threatening position.
Another decent effort by James albeit with an unorthodox way of striking the ball. But the shot loses power on the way into Romero’s arms.
When the DJ drops a banger and it all just goes off in the club
SAVE!!
Not a bad effort from Yeovil to pull one back, but Romero gets behind the shot and comfortably takes the ball in.
The pace in this game has dropped somewhat as United start to take over.
Yeovil still trying to put on a performance for the home fans, but the gulf in quality has manifested itself in the second half.
Man United: Alexis Sanchez makes away after bagging two assists. Jesse Lingard comes in to take over from the new signing.
Pretty decent night for Sanchez overall.
OFFSIDE!!
Mata looked to have made it 3-0 there. Nice cross from Darmian after collecting a pass from Mctominay.
But the resultant shot from Mata is ruled out for offside.
GOAL!!!
Ander Herrera scores on the end of a counter-attack with a thundering shot into the bottom corner.
Sanchez plays a big role in the score, and feeds the ball to him at the edge of the area for his second assist of the night.
Yeovil fall into a 2-0 deficit.
Celebrating the lead
Yeovil Town Substitution: Jared Bird makes way for Rhys Browne in the 56th minute.
Early opportunity for Rashford, but Smith gets his body into position to block the shot and put it out for a corner.
Sanchez is down after get a knick on the boot from Sowunmi, who gets a yellow card for the challenge.
Both sides are coming back onto the pitch, and the word is that there are no changes for the second half.
Despite the first half blunder that led to the goal, Yeovil Town are very much in the game and could still snatch an equaliser after the restart.
HT: Marcus Rashford gives Man United a 1-0 lead against Yeovil Town at the break.
1 minute of added time to play here, and crucially, United have the 1-0 advantage heading into the break.
Jose Mourinho looks satisfied on the sideline.
And that goal comes just in time for half-time. It’s a terrbile blow for the host side after putting together a string of promising attacks.
GOAL!!!!
Marcus Rashford capitalises on a silly mistake in the Yeovil defence. An attack that looked like it was rolling into the keeper’s hands comes to Rashford and he crashes the ball home.
Herrera picks out Sanchez with a pass. His first touch is good but his shot is really lacking in accuracy.
He’s making plenty of chances but can’t take them.
Eye on the ball
He puts alot of power behind the shot but it doesn’t threaten Romero, who probably could have caught it rather than punch it away.
Yeovil gather up the scraps and try to launch another attack as we head into the final few minutes of normal time in the first half.
Michael Carrick is furious after the referee gives a free for his tackle just outside the penalty box.
Yeovil’s Tom James is gearing up to take it.
The Chile International tries to place the shot but credit to Krysiak, he’s equal to the effort and gets down low in time to gather the ball easily.
Yeovil’s Nathan Smith gets a yellow card for upending Sanchez with a badly timed challenge. The free-kick is in a intriguing position. And Sanchez will take it.
Nice link-up play between Sanchez and Juan Mata, but the move is killed off by the Yeovil defence.
The League Two side are more than holding their own against the Premier League giants.
It’s a great occasion for the fans to see this.
CLOSE!!
First real clear-cut chance for Man United falls to McTominay. But his shot from close-range just dribbles the wrong side of the post.
Marcus Rahsford tries to dance through the Yeovil cover, but the ball is poked away.
Lindelof commits another foul in a dangerous area for Yeovil Town to capitalise from. The delivery is good but a Yeovil player falls in the penalty box.
CLOSE!!
Darmian concedes a free-kick in a promising position for Yeovil. The ball is whipped into the box and Sowunmi gets his head on it, but doesn’t make proper contact and Romero gathers possession.
Another great opportunity created by the underdog side this evening.
The pre-match pleasantries
Sanchez steps up to take United’s first corner of the game but Krysiak collects the ball with ease.
First corner of the game to Yeovil after another pacey run down the channel from Green.
Nice cross in from James of Yeovil Town, but United clear the danger. The hosts are showing well in the opening 10 minutes.
Early chance for Yeovil Town, but it’s kept out by Romero. He kept himself low to keep out the shot.
But a decent effort from Green.
Bit of a mixed reception for Sanchez this evening. A few boos coming from the stand when he’s on the ball.
A minute’s applause rings around the Somerset stadium in honour of Jimmy Armfield.
I’m a happy camper!!
Liverpool U23 captain and Ireland U21 International Corey Whelan is also on the Yeovil Town bench, after joining the club on loan earlier this month to help him gain some experience playing senior football.
He previously earned a new contract with the Merseyside club shortly after turning 20.
The Chester-born defender qualifies for the Republic of Ireland through his two Irish parents. His versatility in the back-line makes him a real prospect for the future, and he might get the opportunity to take on some Premier League attackers this evening.
Speaking of Connor Smith, have you had a chance to read Eoin O’Callaghan’s brilliant interview with him on The42?
Here’s a teaser for you, and you can read the article in full here before kick-off:
“But for us lower-league teams, we go into the competition trying to win every game and get as much of a run going as we can and we take it so seriously. You want United to play their big players but if they don’t you start thinking, ‘Hang on, maybe we can get a result’. If they come with all their big-hitters like Pogba and Lukaku, you’re delighted to play against players like that.”
Yeovil Town Starting XI:
Irishman Connor Smith is on the bench this evening. Will he get a chance to take on the Red Devils?
Manchester United Starting XI:
As expected, the new recruit Alexis Sanchez is named to start for Manchester United.
Hello and welcome to The42 coverage of this FA Cup fourth round tie between Yeovil Town and Manchester United.
It’s a massive occasion for the League Two side as they welcome a Premier League club to their grounds in Somerset in a bid to take another step in their FA Cup journey.
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Battled nobly but missed a crucial kick to tie the game which cost dearly, but good to watch in comparison to Leinster.
@Martin McKenna: I don’t how long more it will take to realise that we have big problems at ten countless times these kicks have cost us games. Hopefully Deegan can step up because if they want to be challenging the big teams on a consistant basis you need a reliable goal kicker and someone who can control the game a lot better.
Better by Connacht, although we did overplay at times, there was a general purpose and incision to it. McKeown at 8 and TOH on wing were massive. Bundee had a poor game by his standards. We just cannot close out game at moment but a marked improvement on last week.
Best performance of the season so far and should have secured a draw after scoring the 4th try. The back row were fantastic and Butler looks like a class signing. Farrell was very good again as was TOH and caused the Scarlets a lot of problems in defence. Hopefully we can build on this performance now because we’ve been very poor so far and have a good crack at Ulster next week.
I’m lovin the way Keane has Connacht playin. Can’t wait to see them play Leinster of the park later in the season
Connacht look like a well coached side with a discernible game plan. Tom Farrell’s game has come on a ton since he left Leinster which raises a few questions as to why this is so.
@Tom Reilly: Are you talking about the same Connacht that have lost four out of the last five games? Okaaaayyyyy.
Kelleher, Farrel and McKeon ran a combined 290m and beat 16 defenders between them! Outrageous stats
Beirne made the big difference in the end. He was responsible for a couple of big turnovers and a try out of nothing. Kinda crazy how he slipped through the cracks at Leinster given that they’ve been short on quality second rows for a few years. A lot of the Welsh fans are saying they wish he could play for Wales, hopefully he has a big future back here.
As for the game, it was one of those strange loses were I came out feeling pretty positive, maybe because I had written Connacht off against the champions after the bad start to the season. A few guys stood up, McKeon had a huge game, O’Halloran was his usual excellent self, but for me Tom Farrell has been a revelation. I thought he looked pormising when he joined last season, but I think we might have a real gem there. He always seems to have an offloading option, but he’s clever about when he does it, he’s got decent footwork before contact and he’s strong.
The most disappointing things were the place kicking and losing the LBP. Carty has a lot of good qualities, but we need someone who can kick to tie up a game with a few mins left. Really disappointing to go from a possible 3 match point draw to just a try bonus point.
Great game. Connacht getting there.
Sloppy just before halftime to concede the try was a turning point.
Looks like the highly rated defence coach we got from from Edinburgh has alot to answer for??? Too many soft trys and missed tackles
What a difference a week makes. Mckeon was chronic last week and this week he was fantastic. However caolin blade is just pants. He cant even tackle.
@Brian Jones: McKeon didn’t play last week?
@Elton Heffernan: He came off the bench and gave away two braindead penalties.
Keane is still getting to know our best squad, the second half of the cardiff match and this performance show some offense improvement but our defense is poor, the new defense coach needs to get to grips ,expecting a big performance v munster,