Aleksandar Mitrovic was despatched off for pushing referee Chris Kavanagh as Willian and supervisor Marco Silva additionally noticed purple within the house of a minute in Fulham’s 3-1 loss to Manchester United within the FA Cup on Sunday.
Earlier, Mitrovic had given the Cottagers a 1-0 lead and so they have been nonetheless forward within the 72nd minute when Willian blocked a goal-bound effort from Jadon Sancho.
Referee Kavanagh went to look at the incident on the pitchside monitor and despatched off Silva because the Fulham supervisor protested, earlier than exhibiting Willian the purple card as effectively after seeing he had blocked Sancho’s shot together with his arm.
Mitrovic was then despatched off as effectively in a mad minute as he barged into the referee, that means Fulham had obtained three purple playing cards within the house of 60 seconds.
In any case that, Bruno Fernandes scored from the spot to stage the scores and United quickly made their numerical benefit depend as Marcel Sabitzer netted their second a few minutes later.
ABSOLUTE SCENES AT OLD TRAFFORD!! 😳Tempers are flaring as Fulham go from 1-0 as much as conceding a penalty and taking place to 9-men… 🤯#ITVFootball | @EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/6vWTYNgRGTMarch 19, 2023
Fernandes then added a 3rd deep into added time to seal a 3-1 win which sees United seal a spot within the semi-finals, the place they are going to play towards Brighton.
Talking after the match on ITV, United legend Roy Keane mentioned: “A mad 90 seconds and it is price them the sport. I’ve no sympathy for Fulham. They will not get any plaudits from me. They’d a chance and so they blew it.”
