Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Manchester United: FA Cup, 5 players who were poor for United

#4 Chris Smalling

He afforded Jiminez the time and space to make a turn and score the decisive opener

The Englishman has been stellar of late and has managed to bully opposition strikers with ease. He was the steel in the defence alongside the silky Lindelof. However, it was the Swede who brought the crunch tackles and the defining headers into the game, while his defensive partner failed to assert his authority in the game.

Smalling is generally known to be pretty strong inside his own box, but he afforded Jiminez the time and space to make a turn and score the decisive opener. The Englishman failed to close down the striker and United paid the price. It gave wind to Wolves' sails and the home team grew in confidence.

United had to chase the game from then on and it opened up spaces for the home team to run into. They used counter-attacking strategies and United who had thrown bodies forward in the hopes of getting the equaliser, paid the price when Diogo Jota scored the second.