"We didn’t really get control of the game [in the first half], so the manager [Erik ten Hag] told us to be that bit more aggressive," explained Harry Maguire discussing the 4-3 win over Liverpool in an interview quoted by Yahoo Sports.
"He put on an attacker and basically said, ‘let’s go man for man’.
"I was up against the striker, with the full-backs up against the wingers.
"We just went man for man all over the pitch. It actually worked.
"It enabled us to get a bit higher up the pitch, put a bit more pressure on, because there was a period in the second half when I felt like we were letting the game drift away a little."
Maguire, who made a solid comeback from injury in the FA Cup quarter-final, continued: "Credit to the manager to see and recognise that.
"We scored the equaliser and I’m looking across thinking he might put on a centre-back to go a bit more safe again!
"But no, credit, he wanted to stay aggressive and all the way thought extra time he stuck with myself and Diogo [Dalot] being the only two proper defenders on the pitch.
"In extra time we really pushed them back. It was brave, but bold and it worked in the end."
Indeed, the Red Devils showed a hunger to win the game which was arguably missing from Liverpool towards the end of extra time.
Ten Hag also made the right call to persist with Diogo Dalot at right-back following Jonny Evans' injury, which meant Victor Lindelof started at centre-back.
In Lindelof's place at left-back, Aaron Wan-Bissaka was deployed and he dealt with Mohamed Salah admirably.
