‘Certain’ Manchester United players knew they would expose an ‘awful’ Arsenal defence on Friday.
United beat Arsenal 3-1 in the fourth round of the FA Cup to maintain their excellent run under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The visitors opened the scoring through Alexis Sanchez before a fine counter-attack helped them Jesse Lingard double their lead.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pulled one goal back but Anthony Martial secured the victory in the second half.
The Manchester Evening News claims that ‘certain’ United players ‘were confident’ they could beat the Gunners due to their porous defence.
The inimitable Samuel Luckhurst writes: