Ighalo double helps Man United ease past Rooney’s Derby

DERBY:ODION Ighalo scored twice as Manchester United beat second tier Derby County 3-0 on Thursday to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals and leave their alltime top scorer Wayne Rooney on the losing side. United will travel to Norwich City in the last eight after the Premier League’s bottom club beat Tottenham Hotspur on penalties on Wednesday.

Derby started well but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men took control when defender Luke Shaw broke the deadlock in the 33rd minute with a shot that bounced off the turf and over goalkeeper Kelle Roos.

Shaw then provided the assist for Ighalo to muscle through and poke home United’s second four minutes before halftime. The 30-year-old Nigerian striker, who arrived at Old Trafford in January on loan till the end of the season from China’s Shanghai Shenhua, doubled his tally in the 70th minute with a left-footed shot off a rebound.

HAZARD UNDERGOES ‘SUCCESSFUL’ SURGERY

MADRID: Real Madrid star and Belgian international Eden Hazard has undergone successful surgery on his broken right foot, the Spanish La Liga leaders said

Thursday. “Eden Hazard has successfully undergone surgery today in Dallas on a fracture in the fibula of his right foot,” Real said in a statement.

ATHLETIC BILBAO IN COPA DEL REY FINAL

MADRID: A goal nine minutes from time by defender Yuri Berchiche took Athletic Bilbao into an allbasque Copa del Rey final against Real Sociedad on Thursday when they edged Granada on away goals. Athletic had led 1-0 from the first leg of the semi-final but Granada levelled through Carlos Fernandez in the 48th minute. They went ahead in 76th minute before Berchiche sealed the issue.