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Manchester United far from convincing as Romelu Lukaku scores twice to beat Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup

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HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 2

On the evidence of Huddersfield Town’s valiant efforts in the FA Cup against Manchester United they can expect better results from the encouraging work they put in tonight in against teams around them in their battle against relegation. 

A lacklustre Manchester United, who created little on the night, soaked up the pressure from Town and scored early in both halves – both goals scored by Romelu Lukaku – to dump the Terriers out of the FA Cup.

There was even time for half time ‘entertainment’ as VAR disallowed a Juan Mata goal for offside just before the break but the Reds will be concerned about a lack of midfield imagination going into the business end of the season as they look towards the Champions League against Sevilla next week.

Matt Ritchie’s strike condemns Manchester United to defeat after Chris Smalling’s foolish dive at Newcastle dents the Reds title hopes

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NEWCASTLE UNITED 1, MANCHESTER UNITED 0

Matt Ritchie scored the only goal in a contest that might have terminally ended Manchester United’s title challenge for this season as Newcastle United beat the Reds 1-0 to win their first home game in the Premier League since October 21.

By Jose Mourinho’s own admission, Newcastle “fought like animals” to outperform the Reds and earn a vital three points which dragged them out of the relegation zone.

Mourinho still hasn’t won at St James’ Park in the Premier League and defeat leaves Manchester United 16 points behind City with 11 games to go and with an increasing prospect of playing for the title at the Etihad in the Manchester Derby on April 7 depending on results.

Manchester United beat Huddersfield Town on day Reds mark 60th anniversary of Munich air disaster

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MAN UNITED 2, HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 0

An emotionally charged afternoon in which Manchester United marked the 60th anniversary of the Munich air disaster was followed by a Reds’ victory against Huddersfield Town at Old Trafford.

It wasn’t pretty on the eye, but United did enough to find a way past the battling Terriers through second-half goals from Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez on his home debut.

And with leaders Manchester City surprisingly held at Burnley, United cut City’s lead from 16 to 13 points.

It was a satisfactory performance from United – nothing more than that – as they bounced back from the midweek defeat at Tottenham.

And Reds’ goalkeeper David De Gea, making his 300th appearance for the Reds, could not have had an easier ride as he didn’t have a shot to save.

Poor defending as Manchester United slip-up at Wembley under Tottenham assault

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TOTTENHAM 2, MANCHESTER UNITED 0

With Manchester City racing off into the horizon with the league this season the race for the top four took a twist at Wembley after Manchester United went down to a poor defeat against Tottenham Hotspur in front of a record Premier League crowd of 81,978.

A goal from the kick-off by Christian Eriksen and an own goal by Phil Jones deflated the Reds who couldn’t prevent wave after wave of Spurs attacks despite testing Hugo Lloris in the Spurs goal themselves although less effectively.