“Cheerio Michael - and one or two others" "Having accomplished his target of finishing second to runaway champions Manchester City,it looked inevitable that Jose Mourinho's much-changed side would end the Premiership campaign on a low key. And that's exactly how it turned out. On a day when club captain Michael Carrick bowed out after a magnificent career ,- justifiably earning a standing ovation in the final minutes- there will be one or two others anxiously awaiting news of their futures -Matteo Darmian, Daley Blind and, almost certainly, Luke Shaw amongst them. None of the above will feature in next Saturday's Cup Final and will learn their fate shortly afterwards . In a classic end -of-season encounter, a Marcus Rashford tap-in clinched all three points to leave United on 81 - still 19 behind the record-breaking Blues. The superb long ball over the Watford defence was delivered with pin- point accuracy by Carrick to the feet of Juan Mata who squared to the young England striker who couldn't miss. But any thoughts of a last day goal bonanza similar to those taking place at Anfield and Wembley were quickly abandoned as a lethargic performance, similar to a number of others in recent weeks, left most of the crowd feeling short-changed as the curtain came down on a campaign that promised so much but in the end delivered so little. Indeed it needed a couple of smart saves from Sergio Romero to keep the Hornets at bay. So its Chelsea standing in the way of a second F A Cup win in three seasons and a fervent hope that Lukaku's ankle injury will not force the giant Belgian to sit out the big day at the Venue of Legends." Text by Lew Fink SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/c/lifethebasicmanual?sub_confirmation=1 FIND LIFE THE BASIC MANUAL HERE http://lifethebasicmanual.com http://www.facebook.com/lifethebasicmanual http://instagram.com/lifethebasicmanual http://twitter.com/BasicManual