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Cup: Manchester United ends up eliminating Norwich – Foot – ANG – Cup

The calendar is tight and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had therefore chosen to spare several executives for this quarter-final of Cup on the field of Norwich City, last of the Premier League. The Manchester United coach did without Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial at the start, but he can count on a replacement who can do the job when given the opportunity. Recruited in January, Odion Ighalo particularly likes the Cup and he always scores when he starts.

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He proved it again this Saturday by opening the score (0-1, 51st) with a shot from acrobatic law, which was his first shot of the match. If the Nigerian was inspired by Zlatan Ibrahimovic to give MU a head start, Ben Godfrey has in spite of himself imitated another former Parisian, Eric Choupo-Moting, who had annihilated a ready-made goal by diverting the ball in front of the line. This is what happened to the unfortunate defender of Norwich, surprised by the head of Tettey who bounced on him (70th), and we saw him mulling over this error until the clear strike of Cantwell who fled the gloves of Romero to fail in the nets (1-1, 75th)

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Maguire as Savior

After having launched several young people from the 51st minute, such as Williams and Greenwood, Solskjaer wanted to regain control thanks to the entries of Matic and Pogba which further revitalized the midfield by notably serving Greenwood in depth (80th). Klose was then sent off for a foul on Ighalo (88th) and the overtime was going to be long for the Canaries. But their goalkeeper Krul, who had been the hero of the previous round against Tottenham (1-1, 4-3 tab), has multiplied perfectly to compensate for the numerical inferiority.

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His parades disgusted in turn Pogba, Greenwood (90th + 6), Rashford (94th), and Maguire (111th) who took revenge with a tackle in the heart of a mess (1-2, 118th). It was not very beautiful but Krul was finally beaten and the Red Devils laugh at the artistic note: they got out of the trap and are the first qualified for the semifinals of the Cup.

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