Manchester United's proliferating attacking prowess under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was witnessed once more in Friday's FA Cup tie at the Emirates against Arsenal. Following a slow start, the Red Devils upped the ante by bagging two quick-fire goals.
The first was engineered by Romelu Lukaku, whose well-weighted through-pass was chased down by former Arsenal superstar Alexis Sanchez. The Chilean winger quickly rounded Petr Cech before dinking the ball into the net from a very tight angle in the 31st minute.
Credit where credit is due: Lukaku has been phenomenal. Two sensational assists. What a playmaker.
— Liam Canning (@LiamPaulCanning) January 25, 2019
Lukaku subsequently made it two assists in the night's encounter by providing Jesse Lingard with the final ball in a swift counter-attacking move. The pass across was calmly slotted past Cech by the Englishman for his side's second goal inside the 33rd minute.
As a result, he took his goal tally against the Londoners to four – the most he has managed against a single club in his career. Watch both goals below:
GOAL | Lukaku sees Sanchez and the striker scores against his former club pic.twitter.com/KAGMWFk3sQ
— Eleven Sports (NL) (@ElevenBE_nl) January 25, 2019
Less than three minutes after Alexis Sánchez's opener, Jesse Lingard got his goal: pic.twitter.com/jdRhjHMrXw
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) January 25, 2019
The two-goal advantage was, however, cut down to just one with two minutes left in the first-half after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang tabbed home a pass from Alexander Lacazette. The tale could have possibly been different had the Gunners not lost center-back earlier in the first half.
GOAL | Aubameyang brings Arsenal back in the game! 1-2 #ARSMAN pic.twitter.com/zOifkB88J5
— Eleven Sports (NL) (@ElevenBE_nl) January 25, 2019
