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How Manchester United rated in their FA Cup victory over Blackburn Rovers

Zlatan Ibrahimovic came off the bench to score the winner as Manchester United fought their way past the challenge of Championship side Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup fifth-round on Sunday.

Blackburn took a shock lead at Ewood Park when Danny Graham slipped past Marcos Rojo to fire a superb strike into the top corner, giving United goalkeeper Sergio Romero no chance.

The visitors responded before half-time when Marcus Rashford slotted home from Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s exceptional pass, before second-half substitutes Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba combined for the former to strike into the far corner to give the current FA Cup holders the lead.

Rovers nearly earnt themselves a deserved replay late on when Anthony Stokes turned the ball home after a superb double stop from Romero, only to be denied by the offside flag.

See below for how The Boot Room rated Jose Mourinho’s side during their FA Cup victory…

Sergio Romero – Made a good save from Emnes early on but there was nothing he could do about Graham’s stunning strike on the turn. Conceded his first goal in 595 minutes of football for United but it didn’t affect him, making an exceptional late double save after his initial error. 7.