A game that went on 30 minutes longer than it should have. There were more than enough chances to go through in the 2nd half, naturally we fluffed all of them.
I really think the entire team suffered tonight with Ibrahimovic at striker. I'm not exactly sure what he was trying to do for a lot of the game. In the 1st half, he spent most of his time so far from goal that he couldn't pose any kind of a serious threat. It looked as if he was playing mainly to service Rashford but he visibly had trouble keeping pace with everything Rashers was doing. His performance in the 2nd half, when he began to get positions in front of goal, was even worse. I'm sorry to see him get injured but his play before that was worthy of him being dropped. I'm on the fence ATM on whether Ibra should be kept for next season.
Rashford was far and away the best player on the pitch, absolutely superb even with the open run at goal that he fluffed. He is ready for greater responsibilities in the team and I look forward to seeing him get a run at striker with Ibra out.
Outside of the poor finishing, I think we were quite solid. The goal we allowed was the obvious blemish. It looked as if we might be able to grab another 1 or 2 after Mkhitaryan's goal but Rojo going off disrupted the back 4 and for a spell we let Anderlecht back into it. Blind was atrocious after coming on and it's clear to see why Mourinho doesn't like playing him. He improved as the game went on, to be fair, but it usually takes him time to settle into a game and we just saw the results of that. Mourinho apparently doesn't trust him, so I think his days are numbered with us.
Mkhitaryan gave another energetic performance and I think he'll be key to us winning this competition or not. Martial I thought was excellent after he came on, he helped to open up the game. Very pleased with Shaw. Valencia a beast again. Romero with a fine match in goal.
I'm still skeptical that we can do this trophy. The other 3 teams are very tough and the chance-wasting may finish us in the end. I'll give us a 7 out of 10 since I thought we played a very professional game with some mettle shown in extra time.