David De Gea – Spectator for much of the night but blundered horrendously for Phil Bardsley’s 118th minute goal. Shootout saves not enough. 6
Rafael – Decent going forward and wasn’t tested defensively, missed the critical penalty. 6
Jonny Evans – Looked solid and opened the scoring with a well-taken header. 7
Chris Smalling – Made a lot of clearing headers and well timed tackles, generally sound defensively. 7
Alexander Buttner – Found out defensively despite glimpses of decent attacking play. Substituted for Evra. 5
Michael Carrick – Kept possession but without being too incisive, went off with injury. 6
Darren Fletcher – Composed and offered energy in midfield, hit the post and scored our only penalty. 7
Shinji Kagawa – Largely anonymous, again afraid to say. Correctly withdrawn, what is his future with Juan Mata arriving? 5
Adnan Januzaj – Our brightest spark yet again. Gave their defenders a torrid time, provided both goals. 8 MOTM
Danny Welbeck – His sliced effort fell to Evans to score, didn’t really carry on his recent form, always provided an outlet regardless. 6
Chicharito – Always a threat with his movement and pace, took the game to penalties with virtually the last kick. But why did he not take a penalty? Even if he had cramp… 7
SUBSTITUTES
Antonio Valencia – Looked dangerous with his pace and strength but his crossing was still AWOL. 6
Patrice Evra – Looked solid enough defensively, but didn’t offer much going forward. 6
Phil Jones – No real time to make an impact, dreadful penalty to cap it off. 5
