Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted they needed more match sharpness. And again for much of the Luton Town game on Tuesday night United were a little sluggish, spared a potential upset by Mata's penalty and Dean Henderson's superb reaction save, before Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood came off the bench to make it 3-0.
There is no relenting in United's schedule now as they prepare to face Brighton in the league on Saturday, though Ighalo believes Solskjaer's men will take confidence from their first win of the campaign.On the Palace defeat, he said ”We only had one week to prepare for that game; I think they had been preparing for four weeks.
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