Well, seven goals wasn't a huge surprise... I just thought we might only get one or two of them! But by 30 mins in, I thought some United teams in the past would have had the game won, Liverpool were that ordinary.
The fact that heads didn't drop (making a nice change) was great but it was an odd game: as a team we were not great but so many really good performances individually: Onana (although I do wonder about the save before the second goal; it needed pushing away from the danger area), Dalot, who was fantastic, McT (most will disagree, I'm sure) he actually was a box-to-box midfielder with some excellent blocks and defensive headers, and the MoM for me Garnacho, who drove their defence mad. And Mainoo would get into their team... just needs to get a bit stronger.
Also pretty good from Rashford by recent standards and even Antony made a difference. plus Maguire's attitude was spot on. Lindelof did well too despite having to play in abut three different positions, AWB some good things some bad. As for Varane, i've been a huge fan but and he's always made up for a slight lack of pace by reading the game so well, but he may be done sadly.
And then there was Amad.. don't want to get carried away but he does look good player and it was a top-class finish because he ball from Garno wasn't perfect.
The boss? Well, he gambled and won - not that he had much choice. But the line-up by the end was hilarious. When Rashford missed right at the end, ii couldn't see how we could play the 30 minutes with so many players out of position. But I repeat, Liverpool just weren't that good. We actually had more (and, in general, better) chances.
Can we beat City in the final? I don' think so... just have to hope Chelsea play out of their skins. And trivia time: has the FA Cup Final ever been played by the same two clubs in successive years? i can' remember it happening.
PS - I didn't even notice until just now that Mount got on! and whichever pen-pusher thought it was a good idea to book players for taking their shirt off (especially if they've got another one underneath), is a sad little f*ck)
