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Video: Alexis Sanchez makes United debut in win over Yeovil

By Mutala Yakubu
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Alexis Sanchez made his United debut
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Alexis Sanchez played a hand in two goals as his Manchester United debut ended in a comfortable 4-0 FA Cup fourth-round victory at League Two strugglers Yeovil Town.

Chile forward Sanchez, who joined United from Arsenal in a swap deal for Armenia's Henrikh Mkhitaryan on Monday, started wide on the left at a packed Huish Park.

The 29-year-old was frequently involved for United and his passes found Marcus Rashford and Ander Herrera for their goals either side of half-time, before he was substituted on 72 minutes.

The Somerset side had started brightly as Jordan Green's early effort was saved by Sergio Romero  who came in as one of 10 United changes - but the lowest-ranked side left in this season's FA Cup rarely looked likely to produce one of the competitions greatest ever shocks.

 Sanchez was on the receiving end of several heavy tackles

Jesse Lingard slotted in a third before Romelu Lukaku volleyed a fourth in stoppage time for the visitors, for whom victory came on manager Jose Mourinho's 55th birthday and in his 100th match in charge of the Premier League side.

The Portuguese  who signed a new contract to 2020 with the Old Trafford club on Thursday - has now won 62 of his first 100 games.

Jose Mourinho praised "amazing addition" Alexis Sanchez after his man-of-the-match display on his Man Utd debut at Yeovil.

Mourinho said: "I think he needed to play, we spoke and he needed to play. He didn't play for Arsenal in the last two or three matches, his training was not good, when you have half of your body in the Emirates [Arsenal stadium] and half of your body in Manchester.

"He needed to train well like he did, and he needed to play. I was not sure about 90 minutes, I wanted to go for the 60, 70, 75, and it was good, because people understand his game better, and he can start to understand the way his fellow players play too."