- Manchester United on Friday night defeated Yeovil Town 4-0 in the FA Cup fourth round
- Marcus Rashford and Ander Herrera scored the first two goals for Manchester United
Premier League giants Manchester United have qualified for the fifth round of the 2018 English FA Cup after beating lower League side Yeovil Town 4-0 on Friday night, January 26.
United however gave their coach Jose Mourinho a nice birthday gift as the former Chelsea and Real Madrid gaffer turns 55 on Friday.
New signing Alexis Sanchez also made his debut for Manchester United and he started the match as Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku was kept on the bench.
Manchester United defeat Yeovil Town in FA Cup fourth round (photo: UK Guardian)
Yeovil Town were impressive in the first 30th minute of the match as they gave Manchester United defenders serious threat in front of their faithfuls.
But United clipped their wings in the 41st minute when Marcus Rashford scored the first goal for the Red Devils after being assisted by Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez.
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Sanchez was also instrumental in the second goal when he supplied a superb pass for Ander Herrera who wasted no time to score in the 61st minute.
Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku later came in and he had a chance to increase the scoreline for Manchester United, but he was unable to score before Jesse Lingard scored the third goal for United at the death.
Romelu Lukaku finally added his name on the scorers' sheet when he scored the fourth goal at stoppage time as the match ended 4-0 in favor of the Red Devils.
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Source: Sports.naija.ng