Lukaku shows ruthless streak as Man United put Huddersfield to the sword

It’s not grey. Huddersfield is really important because it’s a knockout match.

There has been massive speculation over the past few weeks regarding the future of the French global, who recently held an hour long meeting with manager Jose Mourinho.

But questions remain over the availability of Ander Herrera and Marcus Rashford for that game, so too midfielder Paul Pogba after pulling out of the starting line-up at Huddersfield through illness.

“I didn’t rest one single player so we had today every player available here”, Mourinho said after the 2-0 win over Huddersfield at the John Smith’s Stadium. But we know it is experimental and I am speaking after a 2-0 victory. Paul, I don’t know.

“I think you are nice with your words – because when you say lot of speculation you should say a lot of lies”.

“I’m up for it and I think it is needed, especially when it is a clear decision”, said Mata. And we have a strong team mentality.

“So, be objective and say what we all know: in the last couple of matches he didn’t play well”.

The goal had initially been given after the linesman had kept his flag down, but after long-winded deliberations with the video assistant, referee Kevin Friend scrapped his original decision. And the second one being Michael Carrick’s retirement at the end of the season. Played through by Mata’s precise through ball, Belgian striker Lukaku showed tremendous composure and strength to hold off Christopher Schindler, before slotting past Jonas Lossl in the home goal.

Pogba has struggled for form in recent weeks.

However, the Yorkshire club’s s focus will now return to ensuring Premier League survival.

The Andalusian side is having problems with scoring goals this season.

“Top teams are going to be in the quarter-final”.

United soaked up the pressure well and thought they had snatched a second goal just before half-time, when Mata rounded Lossl and finished after being picked out by Ashley Young, but the goal was disallowed after a VAR referral judged him offside by virtue of his knee.

The arrival of Nemanja Matic over the summer has given Pogba a bit of a situation where, tactically, he gets caught between two minds; should he be holding back alongside Matic, or should he be roaming forward to join in the attacking third? Other than that, I like it.

“I think it should be the referees to decide”. The VAR experiment continues to cause more controversy than it meant to get rid of.

But there was enough confidence and enterprise in their performance to suggest that David Wagner’s side can beat relegation.

Scholes made 21 appearances in his final season at Old Trafford, helping United win their 20th league title in 2013 before finally retiring for good.

“But I heard comments that maybe the linesman was right and not the studio”.

He later added: “Yesterday he was working normally with us”.

But if we’re going to play like this in the last 11 games, we stand a good chance’.