Fresh from securing their place at Wembley next month, which sees Jose Mourinho take Manchester United to their first final under the Portuguese boss, the Red Devils were looking fresh as they clashed with Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup.

On a weekend where Liverpool, Brighton & Hove Albion and Leeds United were all on the receiving end of a shock result, Manchester United had to have their wits about them to join rivals Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea in tomorrow night's fifth-round draw.

Fortunately, Mourinho's side were up to the task as they eased past Wigan at Old Trafford, despite following a similar route to what we've seen from other big sides this round and resting some big names.

The defending FA Cup champions will certainly fancy their chances of retaining the title this season and, with the League Cup final next month, there's the chance to do the double- and potentially the treble, if things go their way in Europe.

What pressure?

Manchester United's season hasn't quite been as good as fans would have hoped, with the Red Devils a long way off the pace in the Premier League, but Jose Mourinho was a confident man on the Old Trafford touch-line as he welcomed the Championship strugglers.

The Portuguese boss expected a victory, and he got it, but it wasn't a blistering start.

The breakthrough

Eventually, Manchester United found a breakthrough as Marouane Fellaini broke the deadlock with just minutes remaining in the first-half; certainly making Jose Mourinho's half-time team-talk a lot easier and kicking the stuffing out of a resilient Wigan side.

The goal from the Belgian midfielder was certainly the turning point in the game, as United strolled to victory from here.

Smalling heads home

Wigan will have had it drilled into them at half-time not to concede early in the second-half and to keep their chances of a comeback alive but the pipe dream lasted only 12 minutes; as Chris Smalling rose highest in the 57th minute to divert Anthony Martial's cross into the net.

There may have been over half an hour to go but the game was clearly beyond Wigan, who looked set to embark on the short journey home disappointed.

Mkhitaryan seals it

The game already looked beyond Wigan and Henrikh Mkhitaryan added to the second-tier side's woes just before the game entered the final 15 minutes, with Anthony Martial setting-up the Armenian ace for a tap-in.

After a slow start to life in Manchester, Mkhitaryan has certainly excelled following his arrival from Borussia Dortmund.

Schweinsteiger marks his return

At the start of the season, Bastian Schweinsteiger was surplus to requirements but the German World Cup winner has fought his way back into the side. Yesterday was a rare start for the veteran midfielder and he capped it off spectacularly, netting an overhead kick to seal the victory.

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