Watch highlights of Town 0 Man United 3
Watch the match highlights as Shrewsbury Town bow out of the FA Cup to Manchester United after a spirited run to the fifth round.
The world's media descended on Greenhous Meadow with the scent of a famous upset and ready to sound the death knell of United boss Louis van Gaal.
In the end, neither happened, despite Town fans doing as Andy Mangan said and daring to dream, as the dream died last night.
Mellon's players gave everything and left nothing out on the pitch, yet it wasn't a game where they will look back and say they raised their game enough to threaten an upset.
Ultimately, first-half goals from captain Chris Smalling eight minutes before half-time and a Juan Mata free kick on the stroke of half-time barely acknowledged United's overwhelming supremacy.
Jesse Lingard expertly found a gap in Town's overworked defence to make it 3-0 just after the hour.
With that, any hope Shrewsbury had of salvaging a famous upset quickly extinguished into the cold night air.
