Prenton Park promised a depressing pitfall for Ole Gunnar Solskjær but instead it provided respite. His Manchester United team eased into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a comprehensive victory at Tranmere Rovers – the club’s biggest since the 8-2 defeat of Arsenal in 2011 – as a troubled week at Old Trafford ended without a fresh sense of crisis.
Tranmere, 21st in League One and tiring throughout, were no match for United from the moment Harry Maguire struck his first goal for the club in the 10th minute. The visitors were three up by the 16th minute and any trepidation that Solskjær may have felt at visiting a lower league opponent operating on a mud bath of a pitch evaporated.
Written by Andy Hunter at Prenton Park
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/26/tranmere-rovers-manchester-united-fa-cup-fourth-round-match-report under the title “Solskjær finds FA Cup respite as Manchester United hit Tranmere for six”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
