EPL sides restore order in FA Cup

United booked their place in the last eight by edging Championship strugglers Blackburn 2-1 yesterday morning (Singapore time) after Zlatan Ibrahimovic stepped off the bench to score the victor after goals from Danny Graham and Marcus Rashford.

On learning that they have drawn Chelsea, Mourinho had a few interesting things to say about his former employers.

“They have one over on us so we will definitely be going there to win the game”, vowed the England worldwide on MUTV. When he has a game when he is not so happy and doesn’t perform well, pundits and even supporters go strong on him. We had to play well and we had to play with attitude to be ready and get a result.

“They really felt it was a hard match”, he said. Given the proximity to Manchester and the large ticket allocation, Blackburn is always a favourite away game for United fans.

In today’s FA Cup, Blackburn vs Man United will be live at Ewood Park, at 4:15 PM.

“And when he is on the pitch again he has to try to give me that step by step because he is still only a young player”.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho never doubted Zlatan Ibrahimovic would have a “massive” impact this season.

Rashford scored to make sure United were level at the half-time break before super sub Zlatan Ibrahimovic bagged the victor at Ewood Park. Ibrahimovic has 24 goals from 36 appearances, four of them as a sub, as at Blackburn.

“Chelsea can only think about that (the FA Cup) because they are champions and they have nothing else to fight for”.

Coyle’s side are sitting second from bottom in the Championship, three points adrift of safety, having won only seven of their 31 games this term.

City and United have been forced to postpone this weekend’s Manchester derby at the Etihad Stadium due to United’s involvement in Sunday’s EFL Cup final against Southampton at Wembley and no date has yet been set for the rescheduled game. “Wemberlee! We’re the famous Man United and we’re going to Wemberlee!”