Watford will not have been the only Premier League team that Tranmere upset at Prenton Park. This was a result to spread anxiety at Manchester United too. A trip to a weakened opponent on Sunday would have been preferable to Ole Gunnar Solskjær than to a team languishing 21st in League One and thriving on a bog of a pitch.Substitute Paul Mullin scored the extra-time winner that secured a date with United in round four. The striker, whose late goal completed Rovers’ comeback from three goals down at Vicarage Road, headed home from close range after the impressive Corey Blackett-Taylor had glanced on a cross from substitute Harvey Gilmour. Micky Mellon’s side, ahead through Manny Monthé but pegged back in normal time by Kaylen Hinds’ equaliser for Watford, should have won inside 90 minutes against a makeshift visiting team who laboured throughout. The victors will not mind going the extra mile for the opportunity to increase Solskjær’s torment, however. Continue readingreadfullarticle
