FA Cup: Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester United - 5 Talking Points

#1 How will Manchester United set up against Sevilla?

McTominay was in good touch against the Terriers and could push to be involved against Sevilla

Based on today’s performance, Jose Mourinho may well accept that playing a 4-3-3 formation and giving the two number eights (midfielders either side of the defensive midfielder) the freedom to express themselves going forward suits this United side more than the conservative double-sitting midfielder based 4-2-3-1 style.

Pogba – should he fully recover from illness – is most likely to benefit from this formation as he has proved in the past. McTominay – with a bright performance both in an attacking sense and defensively – may just have made a late bid for the third midfielder’s slot in a 4-3-3 against Sevilla.

The academy graduate drove forward, was composed on the ball and looked the least likely to give in to Huddersfield pressure in the middle of the park. He got in crucial interceptions and tackles when Huddersfield dominated in the first half and when they made desperate attempts to salvage a comeback late on.

United’s biggest positive was the sight of defender Eric Bailly coming on as an injury-time substitute with the proceedings academic by then. The Ivorian defender, who has missed the majority of the season as he required surgery on his ankle, is expected to bring some solidity and robustness into a United defence that has been suspect in recent away reverses against Tottenham and Newcastle United.

Young could return to left-back after Luke Shaw struggled to track back Hadergjonaj on various occasions as he ran the flank, while the likes of Phil Jones, Antonio Valencia and David De Gea are set to be restored into the starting XI for United’s first Champions League knockout clash in nearly four years since they were eliminated by Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich at the quarter-final stage in 2014.