Twelve-time FA Cup winners United were below par as they followed up last week’s Premier League defeat at Arsenal with a meek exit at Molineux. Raul Jimenez and Diogo Jota sent Wolves into the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the first time in 21 years with two goals in six second-half minutes, with United only having Marcus Rashford’s late consolation to show for their efforts. United never convinced and could have lost by more, with Sergio Romero turning Jimenez’s header on to the bar and denying Jota. “I’m very proud of the players. We had composure, shape, good running,” said Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo. “It means a lot because we know how big Wolves were in the 1950s and 1960s and there are people in the stadium who have memories of that. To try to achieve the same is much, much harder now but we will try step by step.” Disappointed Solskjaer, who had only suffered two defeats in 18 games before the Wolves match, described the performance as “a big step backwards”. “We’ve had a great run and now we’ve had two defeats. Against Arsenal we just couldn’t score and today was poor, the poorest we’ve played,” he said. “I’m here until the summer, we’ve got loads to play for in the league and the Champions League.”
Published in Daily Times, March 18th 2019.
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