Manchester United beat Brighton on penalties to reach FA Cup final via IrishTimesSport
Once again at this venue, Brighton were broken, nobody more so than Solly March who had blasted the previous kick high over the crossbar – the only miss of a shoot-out that saw Jadon Sancho, on as a substitute, and Marcus Rashford score for United. Both had missed here for England in the Euro 2020 final shoot-out defeat against Italy. There was redemption for them here amid drama of the most excruciating nature.
It was one of the biggest games in Brighton’s history, only the third time they had reached a major semi-final after 1983 when they beat Sheffield Wednesday and 2019 when they lost to Manchester City, also in this competition. It was difficult for supporters above a certain age not to have 1983 in their thoughts and yet that was then and this was now, everything on the line, the knife-edge tension pulsing.
Ten Hag raged when Casemiro was booked on 36 minutes for going through the back of Mac Allister, taking the ball but leaving something on the man. It was a metaphor for United’s struggle for control up to that point. Fernandes would win possession again moments later after Dunk’s risky pass, leading to Anthony Martial failing to chip Sánchez from distance and the goalkeeper would save from Eriksen after a Rashford cross ran through to him. Eriksen had sparked the move with a fine ball out left.
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