Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United: 5 takeaways as Solskjaer's winning run continues | FA Cup 2018-19

Manchester United makes it eight wins out of eight under Solskjaer
Manchester United makes it eight wins out of eight under Solskjaer

#4 Manchester United are devastating on the counter

Manchester United are a force on the counter
Manchester United are a force on the counter

Manchester United yet again showed their devastating pace on the counter as Martial and Lingard scored after a brilliant counter-attacking move.

If the first United goal was more about Lukaku's pass, the next two goals were more about the devastating pace of the Manchester United front three. It was a brilliant ball from Luke Shaw that set off Romelu Lukaku on the run in the build-up to the second goal after Arsenal tried to level it up immediately after going a goal down.

Shaw brilliant ball across the field caught the Arsenal off guard as Koscielny failed to catch the marauding Lukaku who simply played a ball into the box to the find an unmarked Jesse Lingard in the 33rd minute to double the lead for Manchester United.

The third goal was another example of their devasting pace as Paul Pogba drove through midfield, after cutting off a square ball from the midfield, before shooting almost 20 yards out only to see Petr Cech parrying the ball into the feet of an on running Anthony Martial in the 82nd minute. Martial made no mistake as he sealed the game for United.

#5 Romelu Lukaku the playmaker

Lukaku had one of his best matches of the season today.
Lukaku had one of his best matches of the season today.

Deployed on the right instead of his usual central role, Romelu Lukaku had one of his best matches of the season so far. Solskjaer ploy to deploy the Belgian international on the flanks worked wonders for United.

Though he hasn't scored on the night, he provided two vital assists. Just over the half-hour mark, Romelu Lukaku found Alexis Sanchez with a brilliant pass from the edge of the box, who calmly rounded the goalkeeper to score his first United goal under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

The second goal of the match was once again provided by the Belgian as Lukaku brilliantly ran through the right side of the pitch before squaring it to find an unmarked Jesse Lingard, who had ample time to find the back of the net.

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