• Player left pitch area after being taken off against Ipswich
• Amorim: ‘The perception in a big club is really important’

Ruben Amorim has said Alejandro Garnacho will “pay for a dinner” for his Manchester United teammates to say sorry for heading straight to the tunnel on being substituted in Wednesday’s 3-2 win over Ipswich at Old Trafford.

After Patrick Dorgu was sent off Amorim sacrificed Garnacho and brought on the defender Noussair Mazraoui, prompting the winger to head straight for the dressing room. On Thursday Garnacho sought Amorim out to address his reaction.

Squad containing 15- and 16-year-olds will have stadium experience in FA Youth Cup tie against Manchester United

‘The players are on the floor in the changing room but youth football is never make or break,” Jack Wilshere reflected. “It’s important that they continue to develop but whether they can make it to the first team will be down to them.”

It has not been two years since Arsenal’s Under-18s were thrashed 5-1 by West Ham at the Emirates in the FA Youth Cup final but the former England midfielder’s prediction has come true. Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly were two of the players who had to be consoled that night by their manager, Wilshere, and both are established as first-team regulars even though they are still eligible to play in the competition that has served as a springboard for so many young stars.

VAR is back (to save us all), Plymouth are plotting another upset and Cardiff’s Anwar El Ghazi returns to Villa Park

The trip to Aston Villa looks tricky for Cardiff City, whose main focus is avoiding relegation to League One. Anwar El Ghazi, at least, was delighted with the draw. The Dutchman spent four years at Villa, clinching promotion at Wembley at the end of a loan season in 2018-19 before a permanent move from Lille. El Ghazi scored Villa’s first goal in a playoff final victory over Derby, with John McGinn and Tyrone Mings the only survivors from that team. Both clubs’ futures hinged on that game under the arch: Derby spiralled and faced administration before dropping into the third tier. El Ghazi can count on a hero’s welcome at Villa Park on Friday. Villa, who will visit Club Brugge for a Champions League last 16 first-leg tie on Tuesday, hope to advance to the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time since ending as runners-up to Arsenal 10 years ago. Ben Fisher

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• United winger stomps down tunnel against Ipswich
• ‘We have to choose someone to go out … it was Garnacho’

Ruben Amorim will talk to Alejandro Garnacho after the winger stomped down the tunnel on being sacrificed by the head coach following Patrick Dorgu’s red card in Manchester United’s 3-2 win against Ipswich.

Darren England sent the wing-back Dorgu off for a 43rd-minute stamp on Omari Hutchinson after the referee consulted the pitchside screen. This prompted Amorim to introduce Noussair Mazraoui for Garnacho but the latter’s upset at the decision moved him to head straight for the dressing room. It is unclear if Garnacho reappeared for the second half.

This riveting affair took in the pantomime of Ipswich Town’s goals, Patrick Dorgu’s early bath for an industrial challenge and a trio of set-piece Manchester United finishes to deliver three points that lifts Ruben Amorim’s charges to 14th.

Ipswich departed as they arrived – in third-bottom – and the United soap opera now moves on to Fulham’s FA Cup fifth-round visit on Sunday.

• Dutchman admits ‘more tact and more love’ needed
• Ten Hag enjoyed Manchester United spell ‘very much’

Erik ten Hag says the current generation of players “usually find it difficult to deal with criticism” and that the one he grew up as part of had “much thicker skin”.

The 55-year-old Dutchman’s time as Manchester United manager, which came to an end with his sacking in October, saw some high-profile cases of his players expressing unhappiness at their treatment.

• Manager says recruitment and team needs to improve
• Return of Luke Shaw and Mason Mount unknown

Ruben Amorim believes ­Manchester United employees made ­redundant are “paying the price” for poor on‑field performance and that recruitment has to improve to address the problem.

Omar Berrada, United’s chief ­exe­cutive, confirmed on Monday that Sir Jim Ratcliffe is to cut up to another 200 jobs after 250 people were made unemployed last year. Amorim was asked how the ­remaining staff and fans could be confident this will help the club to prosper.

• Sir Jim Ratcliffe also trims food offering at training base
• CEO apologises over U-turn on further redundancies

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is to close the staff canteen at Old Trafford and replace the free lunches currently on offer with fruit.

The club’s largest single minority shareholder is also set to implement a similar move at United’s Carrington training base, with only players receiving lunch as gratis. The remainder of staff there will be offered soup and bread.

Gunners lose their heads while Mohamed Salah outperforms Kevin De Bruyne in Liverpool’s triumph

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Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah have mirrored each other as leading men in the Premier League. They even share the status of being discarded by Chelsea, but Sunday’s match may be where their paths finally diverge. Salah delivered a goal and an assist while De Bruyne was a shock selection, unused by Manchester City in Madrid. On Friday Pep Guardiola hinted the Belgian’s time at the club was done. If Sunday was a last hurrah, De Bruyne misfiring passes and chasing shadows was a brutal reminder of how time catches up with even the very best. Where the Belgian exhibits physical decline from sheer miles on the clock, Salah, just a year younger, played to his peak, often buzz-sawing into midfield areas De Bruyne once commanded. The Egyptian king’s contract situation remains at an impasse, the sense being he awaits the right offer from Liverpool. De Bruyne may now be reduced to mere cameos as Guardiola rebuilds, a sad coda. John Brewin

Match report: Manchester City 0-2 Liverpool

Match report: Arsenal 0-1 West Ham

Match report: Everton 2-2 Manchester United

Match report: Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea

A rousing fightback does not camouflage the extent to which Ruben Amorim and Manchester United were reprieved at Goodison Park. The visitors recovered from two goals down to salvage a point against in-form Everton, but only after a penalty awarded to David Moyes’ team was controversially overturned in the 96th minute.

Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte, the latter with his first United goal, appeared to have rescued Amorim’s team from a dire first-half performance in which Beto and Abdoulaye Doucouré gave Everton a merited lead. Moyes’ side were comfortable until Fernandes converted a free-kick in the 72nd minute but were given the chance to regain the lead in stoppage time. After André Onana had saved from Idrissa Gueye, Ashley Young appeared to be impeded by both Matthijs de Ligt and Harry Maguire before he could reach the rebound. Referee Andrew Madley immediately awarded a spot-kick but overturned his decision after being sent to the pitchside monitor by VAR. It was a huge and debatable let-off for United.

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Referee: Andy Madley

Assistants: Mat Wilkes and Craig Taylor.

Fourth official: Anthony Taylor.

VAR: Matt Donohue.

Assistant VAR: Derek Eaton.

• Scot is preparing Everton to face his former club
• Moyes says he is ‘a bit calmer’ now than earlier in career

David Moyes has said he wanted to “fight the world” when he first joined Everton and Manchester United but his calmer demeanour today should not be mistaken for a drop in passion.

The Everton manager insists it will be just another game when he faces United at Goodison Park on Saturday having competed against his former club several times with West Ham. Moyes was sacked only 10 months after succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford and described the setback as “part of life as a football manager. You have to find a way back and that’s what I had to do after the disappointment of losing my job at Manchester United.”

• Everton host United at Goodison Park on Saturday
• Ruben Amorim ‘frustrated and angry’ by run of poor form

Ruben Amorim’s succinct explanation for why Everton have enjoyed the kind of new manager bounce which has eluded him at Manchester United was that “David Moyes is doing a better job” than him.

Amorim, who has overseen just four wins from his 14 league games in charge, takes United to Goodison Park on Saturday. Everton have picked up 13 points from a possible 18 since Moyes, the former United manager, replaced Sean Dyche in mid-January. It has been a far less seamless transition at United with Amorim struggling to implement his tactics amid a litany of problems on and off the pitch.

• Chief executive Omar Berrada’s warning email leaked
• Club to talk to staff about changes in meeting on Monday

Manchester United employees have been warned by the chief executive, Omar Berrada, that they are committing “gross misconduct” if they leak confidential information, with staff potentially losing their jobs if found guilty of doing so.

Berrada sent an email, which has been seen by the Guardian, to all staff on Monday and indicated the club has launched an investigation into leaks.

• Arsenal get PSV and Aston Villa play Club Brugge
• Europa League: Spurs v AZ, Man Utd v Real Sociedad
• Rangers face Fenerbahce; Chelsea draw Copenhagen

Liverpool will face Paris Saint-Germain in a Champions League last-16 tie that provides a significant hurdle in their attempt to lift the trophy for the first time since 2019.

It is the toughest-looking assignment of those presented to the Premier League’s three representatives. Arsenal will fancy their chances of overcoming PSV Eindhoven over two legs, while Aston Villa will be favoured to navigate a rematch with the surprise packages Club Brugge for a place in the quarter-finals. The standout tie by some distance, though, is a Madrid derby between age-old rivals Real and Atlético.

Everton’s decision to change managers midway through the season is working out a lot better than Manchester United’s

By Ben McAleer for WhoScored

They say never go back to an old love, but look at David Moyes. Everton have picked up 13 points in his six games in charge. Only Liverpool and Arsenal, with 14, have more from their last half-dozen. Considering Everton’s form when Moyes was given the job – they were 16th in the Premier League, a point above the relegation zone – it’s a reunion that has gone according to plan.

Everton are now looking up rather than down the table. They have won 2.17 points per game under Moyes, up from a pitiful 0.89. Sean Dyche won three of his 19 games in charge this season, a total Moyes has already surpassed in six matches, having watched his team beat Tottenham, Brighton, Leicester and Crystal Palace.

David Moyes faces a former club, Djed Spence’s difficult duel and Chris Wood could haunt his old employers

The winter arrival of Woyo Coulibaly from Parma underwhelmed Leicester fans as the left-back’s CV did not exactly suggest he was able to turn their season around single-handedly. The Frenchman has made four substitute appearances, his latest coming off the bench against Arsenal after James Justin was forced off in the first half, facing up to Raheem Sterling on the right-hand side of Leicester’s defence. If Justin does not recover in time for Brentford’s visit, it seems likely that Coulibaly will once again be thrust into action because Ruud van Nistelrooy has very limited options. Considering the form of Brentford’s Kevin Schade, the French defender can expect to have a difficult afternoon. Still, it is also an opportunity to prove he is worthy of being a Premier League player but if it does not work out, there will be even greater pressure on the much-criticised director of football, Jon Rudkin. Will Unwin

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Former Manchester United goalkeeper on Cantona, Keane, his double-agent dad and the hurt of Old Trafford misery

“There’s no doubt that I was born with a special talent,” Peter Schmeichel says as he avoids wasting time with false modesty. After a remarkable career in which he won the Champions League, five Premier League titles and three FA Cups with Manchester United, as well as the European Championship with Denmark in 1992, Schmeichel speaks with the conviction which characterised his performances in goal.

Yet, during our revealing and surprisingly moving hour together, Schmeichel also explores the complex layers of his family history and tangled character as one of the world’s great keepers and now, at 61, a much more reflective man.

Goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel reflects on his Champions League triumph, on-pitch aggression, double-agent dad and son Kasper in a fan-friendly documentary

This is a pretty respectable entry in the current corporate-landfill era of sports documentaries. It’s the customary slavishly admiring portrait of its subject, the Danish goalkeeper who anchored Manchester United to a string of league titles and Denmark to the European Championships, but you are left with a sense that, somehow, Peter Schmeichel is a big enough character to justify it. Inevitably, the film also acts as yet another outpost of the “Football, bloody hell!” documentary industrial complex, with one more airing of the footage of United’s Champions League final triumph.

Admittedly, there’s now an extra dimension to Clive Tyldesley’s strangulated shrieks as United scored their winner: this was Schmeichel’s last game for the side, having unexpectedly announced his exit from the team earlier in the season. It’s a piquant moment when he raises the cup as his last act. And while he’s talked about it before, it’s still a little sad to hear him say: “Of course it was a massive mistake leaving Manchester United.” Schmeichel talks about how changing his mind might have been interpreted as a sign of weakness by manager Alex Ferguson, and perhaps he might be right, but you can feel the jolt when he shows up to play against United for Manchester City, and gets the cold shoulder from former compadre Gary Neville.

• Former sporting director lasted five months at United
• Club made £27.7m loss over three months to end of 2024

Manchester United have revealed that hiring Dan Ashworth and parting ways five months later cost them £4.1m. That figure covers the compensation paid to Newcastle and the payoff the sporting director received when he departed in early December but not his wages.

Ashworth’s exit came after the sacking of Erik ten Hag and his staff in October, which cost United £10.4m. United made great effort to prise Ashworth away from Newcastle but a decision was made for him to depart after a summer of underwhelming recruitment and amid a difficult relationship with the minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.