Manchester United qualified for the FA Cup 1/4-finals after winning 2: 0 Huddersfield at John Smith Stadium. Both hits made Rommel Lukaku (3 ', 55'). The goals of Juan Matta and Nemanja Matic were canceled because of ambushes, the first decision came after VAR. The system, which is still tested in some Cup matches, has again raised a lot of debates, and the repetitions have not clearly shown whether the decision made with her was accurate.
David Wagner's boys had once defeated the "red devils" this season. This happened in the first clash between the two Premier League teams. But today they did not succeed in repeating this result, although in big moments of the game they played better. Manchester United showed remarkable efficiency, reaching two goals after two straight strokes in the match.
The Terriers Manager had made four adjustments. Terence Connolly, Philippe Billing, Danny Williams and Colin Quanner started out as the title holders.
Jose Mourinho had made six changes. Paul Pogba missed the match for illness, while David de Hea, Antonio Valencia, and Phil Jones did not travel with the team. Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard were on the bench for the beginning. Sergio Romero, Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw, Juan Matta, Michael Carrick and Scott McTomini began.
In the third minute, the guests took the lead. Lukaku did double with Mata, who brought him very well behind the Terriers. The Belgian kept well, handled Schindler and fired at the near corner. The hosts could only catch up after three minutes after Ins was behind United's defense, but the midfielder hurried and shot improperly. Ins could hand over to Van La Parra, who was in a clear position.
Shortly thereafter, the cameras caught a play by Chris Smalling in the penalty area. The hand was lifted in an unnatural position toward the body, but the shot was close. A signal did not follow. As already mentioned, there was a video assistant referee in this game (the system is used in some of the Cup games). According to the information from the UK, the assistant has reviewed the situation, even though the game was not stopped, but has judged that there is no reason for a penalty and therefore has not signaled to the chief referee Kevin Friends.
Huddersfield continued to be the more active team after the goal. In the 21st minute, Romero saved a blow to Kanner's head. A little later, the guest's guards also managed a 25-meter shot at Williams.
At the very end of the first part, Juan Matta scored the second goal but ... the shot was canceled. This time, the situation was reviewed by video-assistant Neal Bobrick, who felt the Spaniard was in an ambush when filing him.
The strange thing was that the graph that had to show if there was an ambush was ridiculous, as the lines marking the players' positions were pretty curvy. The situation was very thin, perhaps only Mata's knee was in an ambush position.
In the added time, another Manchester United goal set by Nemanja Matice was canceled for an ambush. This time she was tagged by the side referee and did not need VAR intervention.
Ten minutes after the resumption of the game, Luque doubled after this time was drawn by Alexis, advanced with a ball to his foot and fired at a close angle
In the added time in the game, Eric Bailey, who missed the last three months for injury, appeared for the guests.
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