4:2!100 million parallel pass to break the 287-day goal drought, Manchester United narrowly overturned, Ten Hag avoided shame

Heading into 2024, United have entered a rare adjustment period, with the Reds playing just two games in January and still 11 points clear of the Champions League places after drawing with Tottenham in the previous round of the league. In the round of 32 of the English FA Cup, Manchester United played away to Newport, and Antony, who had been in a slump, rarely played well, relying on his passing and the first goal of the teenager Menou and the icing on the cake of Hoylun, Manchester United won 4:2 to advance to the next round.

Newport is a team from League Two, and the team is worth only 3.9 million euros, a far cry from Manchester United's 730 million euros. As Onana played in the Africa Cup of Nations, Baindel made his season debut, Diogo Dalot, Lisandro Martinez, Raphael Varane and Luke Shaw defended the backline, Casemiro returned to play with Mainou and Fernandes in midfield, and Garnacho, Hoylen and Antony formed the attacking line.

In the 3rd minute, Anthony held the ball on the right side and cut into a long shot, the ball was off the bottom line; in the 7th minute, Luke Shaw passed straight from the left, Antony inserted the left side and knocked back the triangle, B Fei met the ball and pushed the goal, 1:0! Manchester United captain opened the scoring, Antony finally opened the embarrassment of creating goals that were hanging zero. In the 11th minute, B Fei passed the ball with the outside of his instep, Dalot sent a cross cross, and Antony stopped the ball and hit the goal high.

 In the 13th minute, Diogo Dalot stepped on his bicycle to get rid of the knockback, Menou pushed the ball directly without stopping, Newport goalkeeper Townsend could not react and could only watch the ball go into the net, 2:0! Menou was Manchester United's biggest discovery in midfield this season, which was also his first goal in the first team. In the 18th minute, Lima sent a long ball and Garnacho hit the crossbar with a powerful shot into the box, and in the 25th minute, Newport had a rare chance when Evans' volley was blocked by Lima and followed by a follow-up shot that was blocked by Bayndier.

In the 31st minute, Antony cut two steps inside on the right side and shot again, Townsend held the ball out with one hand; in the 36th minute, Varane cleared the ball and did not go far for Newport to seize the opportunity, Morris volleyed into the dead corner, 2:1! Newport recovered a goal. In stoppage time of the half, Antony slashed, Dalot crossed, and B Fee's push was saved sideways by Townsend.

In the 47th minute, Lewis crossed from the left, and Evans scrambled to shoot Varane into the goal, 2:2! Manchester United conceded two goals in a row and was equalized. In the 54th minute, Anthony saved the ball from the bottom line, Hoylen returned to B Fei to hit the goal, Townsend flew to take the ball off, in order to avoid shame, Manchester United still responded on the field, in the 68th minute, Luke Shaone cut his pocket shot at the post, Anthony quickly shot in front of the goal, 3:2! It is worth mentioning that this is the first time Antony has scored for Manchester United in 287 days, and his last goal for the Red Devils was against Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on 16 April last year, when Antony also scored with a goal that ended a 31-game goal drought.

After taking the lead again, Ten Hag replaced Maguire, McTominay and others to strengthen the defense, and at the same time, in the fifth minute of injury time, Garnacho sent a through ball, and after Forson's push was blocked, Hoylen made two consecutive follow-up shots to help Manchester United seal the victory. In the end, Manchester United advanced to the FA Cup round of 16 4-2, but in the eyes of the outside world, Manchester United even played a League Two team so difficult, fans are complaining that Xavi knows that he can't bring anything to help the team and chooses to leave at the end of the season, Ten Hag somehow can still be cheeky to continue to stay in the Red Devils' position.