(Football news) Tyson Fury, a lifelong Manchester United fan, attended Sunday’s match at Old Trafford to witness substitute Amad Diallo provide the decisive 120th-minute winner, sending the game to overtime and creating an FA Cup history.
The Red Devils got off to a fast start in regulation time, with Scott McTominay scoring the first goal within the first ten minutes from close range. However, two quick goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah at the end of the half completely changed the game in favour of the visitors.
Liverpool were on top after the break, but they could not take advantage of their second-half dominance, and that proved costly as Antony came off the substitutes’ bench to net an 87th-minute equaliser, ending his 24-match goal drought at Old Trafford to force the enthralling contest into an additional 30 minutes.
Jurgen Klopp’s men were back in front at the interval in extra time thanks to a deflected strike from Harvey Elliott, but Erik ten Hag’s spirited side came from behind to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, with Marcus Rashford’s composed equaliser followed by Diallo’s majestic match-winner on the counter-attack, setting up a semi-final clash with Coventry City at Wembley next month.
Klopp made three changes to the Liverpool side that thrashed Sparta Prague 6-1 in the Europa League on Thursday, with Mac Allister, Virgil van Dijk and Luis Diaz all returning, while Salah was handed his second successive start having only just recovered from injury.
The headline team news from Man United’s perspective was the return of both Rasmus Hojlund and Aaron Wan-Bissaka to the starting lineup after spells out with injury, while Mason Mount and Harry Maguire were fit to make the bench, although Casemiro missed out and is the latest name to enter the Red Devils treatment room.
It was the hosts that began in the ascendancy and Wan-Bissaka, who was somewhat surprisingly deployed as a left-back, found himself receiving the ball inside Liverpool’s penalty area within the first two minutes, but his effort on the stretch was comfortably saved by Caoimhin Kelleher.
Moments later, Liverpool’s goalkeeper was called upon once more, and this time, he made an excellent diving save to stop Rashford’s bending strike on the edge of the area.
The Merseysiders answered with a pair of their own chances at the other end. Salah fired a fantastic first-time volley from a tight angle just inches wide of the far post, after Dominik Szoboszlai was the first to shoot from range. But Andre Onana was equal to it.
