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Shrewsbury Town 0-3 Manchester United: Routine win eases pressure on Van Gaal

Goals from Chris Smalling, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard saw Manchester United beat Shrewsbury Town 3-0 in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Manchester United eased into the FA Cup quarterfinals with a 3-0 win over League One side Shrewsbury Town on Monday, taking some of the pressure off under-fire manager Louis van Gaal.

On the back of last week's humiliating Europa League setback at Midtjylland, Van Gaal took few chances at Greenhous Meadow – naming arguably the strongest XI available amid United's injury crisis – and he was rewarded with a composed and clinical performance on Monday.