Rooney spares Man Utd blushes after woeful Sheff Utd tie

A very dull opening half finally came to an end, which featured chanting of “Jose Mourinho” from the Man Utd fans and “are you Wednesday in disguise?” from the away section, but not before Daley Blind could sky over a shot from a free-kick.

Memphis introduction brightened up performance

Substitute Memphis Depay presented Man Utd’s first chance after the break in the 65th minute, which resulted in ironic cheers from the home crowd, though couldn’t test the opposition keeper.

That did seem to spur on the hosts, however, and they carried on thier quest to finally break the deadlock. Matteo Darmian this time had an effort, despite being tame.

As if things couldn’t get any worse for Louis van Gaal, there were fears that Bastian Schweinsteiger had suffered a serious knee injury, but thankfully the German shook it off and soon returned to the field.

Anthony Martial threatened to score with just minutes to go, after a free-kick into the box, but his shot was blocked and Chris Smalling was unable to connect from the rebound.

An almost embarrassed Old Trafford did get their goal very late on in extra time, as Dean Hammond brought down Memphis in the area to give the hosts the penalty. Rooney was the man to hit home as he sent the goalie the wrong way to slot into the bottom left of the net.

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