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This encounter was the very definition of a game of two halves: Manchester United and Aston Villa produced a borefest before the break and a classic cup thriller after it which featured six goals and ended with Bruno Fernandes’ and Scott McTominay’s strikes taking Erik ten Hag’s team through.Robin Olsen was Villa’s culprit for the Fernandes goal that made it 3-2: his slipshod pass went straight to Alejandro Garnacho and when the Portuguese collected from the winger his effort deflected in off of Tyrone Mings. Then, in added time, McTominay slid home and, after Unai Emery’s men had twice taken the lead, Ten Hag can rightly hail the spirit shown by his team in refusing to be beaten and then going for the jugular. Continue reading...