No matter how poorly they play, Louis van Gaal's Manchester United team are proving devilishly hard to beat. Here at a bouncing Deepdale, United were for long periods as feeble, as poor, as we have seen in recent times. A goal down as the hour mark came and went, United were in very real danger of being tossed out of the FA Cup by a team from League One. Without so much as a shot on goal to their name at half-time, there was no real reason to think United would survive the one from Preston left back Scott Laird that flew past David de Gea in the 47th minute.
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Scott Laird gave Preston the lead after 47 minutes when his deflected effort caught out David de Gea
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Ander Herrera equalised for the visitors on 65 minutes with a low, curling effort into the bottom corner
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Marouane Fellaini completed Manchester United's comeback when he poked home from close-range
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Wayne Rooney won a penalty late on and scored it to seal United's progress to the last eight of the FA Cup
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It was the first time he has scored in 952 minutes of action for United
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Radamel Falcao was replaced by Ashley Young on the hour mark after another disappointing performance
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United will host FA Cup holders Arsenal at Old Trafford in the quarter-finals of the competition
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Neither team managed to create anything in the first half but Preston surged from the blocks at the start of the second period to put the frighteners on @placeholder.