The FA Cup tie of the round is yet to come but how will Manchester United attack it? They head to Chelsea on Monday night as they aim to win the competition for the 13th time. But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knows if they are to be sipping champagne at Wembley in May then they’re going to have to do it the hard way. They had to get past Arsenal in the last round and now another huge test awaits.
United go to the FA Cup holders on the back of their Champions League disappointment against Paris Saint-Germain. The manager is backing his team to put their Old Trafford frustration to one side. The United players arrived at Carrington on Sunday to prepare for their visit to west London. Ole Gunnar isn’t helped by injuries to key players two in particular who have shone for he since he took over from Jose Mourinho. Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard have been ruled out for up to three weeks.
But with the caretaker desperate to lift a trophy in his first campaign at the helm, don’t expect any big names to be left back in Manchester. Our man David McDonnell believes all the star names to be in London as United look to win the FA Cup for the first time since 2016. With the possible exception of David de Gea left on the bench, there doesn’t appear to be any let-up from Solskjaer as they aim to make the quarter finals. Manchester shall have Romero, Young, Lindelof, Jones, Shaw, Matic, Herrera, Pogba, Sanchez, Lukaku, Rashford.