The Premier League runner-up hosted Ismaila Sarr’s Watford at home in the FA Cup 3rd round. The Red Devils started in 4-2-3-1 with a deeply reshaped team including Juan Mata, Lingard, and Van de Beek in midfield and Mason Greenwood aligned at the forefront. And it started strong for MU with an opening of the score of the head from the 5th minute of captain Scott McTominay well served by Alex Telles from a corner.
In an uninspiring meeting and despite the coming into play of Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford, the score did not move and ended with this short 1-0 success by MU over Watford. But the main thing was there for Ole Gunner Solsjkaer’s men, namely the qualification for the fourth round of the FA Cup