Manchester United’s defence has been the subject of criticism recently.Chris Smalling and Phil Jones have been under fire, with the absence of Eric Bailly being heavily felt.The Ivory Coast international had been on the sidelines since November with an ankle injury, which required surgery in December.The 23-year-old has proven to be a solid figure at the back, and since he was resigned to the treatment table, Jose Mourinho’s side have conceded 13 goals in 16 Premier League games.Pressure was on United when they headed into Saturday’s FA Cup fifth-round clash against Huddersfield Town due to the fact that they lost 1-0 to Newcastle United in their league encounter last weekend.The Red Devils managed to get the job done, though, as Romelu Lukaku scored twice to send the club into the quarter-finals of the competition.https://video.footballfancast.com/video-2015/earliest-plwins.mp4As well as getting the result, United fans had some good news when Bailly returned to action by making a very brief cameo as a 93rd-minute substitute.One man who was very happy to see the defender’s return was Luke Shaw, who took to Twitter after playing the full game at the John Smith’s stadium.