Huddersfield 0 Manchester United 2: VAR scrutinised again as Romelu Lukaku goals book quarter-final place

Manchester United made it through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup after they beat Huddersfield Town fairly comfortably albeit, playing far from their best.

Romelu Lukaku scored both goals in a 2-0 win, showing great strength and composure to score twice with just the keeper to be on both occasions. 

The game could well have been a ‘banana skin’ tie with a confident Huddersfield side after their first league win of 2018, but David Wagner made four changes to the team that defeated Bournemouth last weekend.

But the talking point of the game was the use of VAR technology. 

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Juan Mata seemed to be onside when Ashley Young played In the Spaniard to put United 2-0 up, but Neil Swarbrick advised referee Kevin Friend to disallow the goal for offside. 

Questions remain over the decision with it looking incredibly tight, but with Huddersfield responding well to Lukaku’s opening goal, the decision meant the Terriers weren’t killed off and retained a decent balance to the game. 

In the end, the incident didn’t affect the result in the end anyway, and United’s name are in the hat for the quarter-final draw, with Chelsea, Manchester City, and Spurs possible opponents for the games on the weekend of 16th March.