Shameful Defeat - Leeds sink United in FA Cup

Any FA Cup upset these days usually has to come with a caveat, with the top managers tending to withhold their heavy artillery as much as possible, but this was a Manchester United team containing eight full internationals, among them Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov, against a Leeds side from two divisions below.

It was the first time that Ferguson had tasted defeat by a club from a lower division since he took charge of Manchester United in 1986. Indeed it was the first time since a humiliating defeat in 1984 by Bournemouth, managed by Harry Redknapp, that the club have suffered the ignominy of losing in the third round of the FA Cup.

The moment Gibson decided to go for glory instead of a pass to Rooney in the early minutes determined the mood of the game. Poor, shameful and awful. Wellbeck and Obertan were a joke. When Giggs and Valencia came on, we started to had chances, but overall, we know that United is not having the depth. Without Fletcher, Carrick, Giggs (and sometimes Scholes), the midfield is just not good enough, even for Leeds.