Manchester United crashed out of the FA Cup with a 7-8 penalty shootout defeat to Championship side Middlesbrough following an incident-packed 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.

Anthony Elanga blasted the decisive penalty over the bar and into the Stretford End to spark wild celebrations among the 9,000 travelling fans after the two sides had converted 15 consecutive spot kicks in a high-quality shootout.

United dominated the game for long periods before that, attempting 30 shots to Middlesbrough's six, but the tone was set for a wasteful performance when Cristiano Ronaldo dragged a 20th-minute penalty wide after a foul on the returning Paul Pogba.

Ralf Rangnick's side did take the lead shortly after that missed spot kick, Jadon Sancho collecting a long pass from Bruno Fernandes and firing home via a deflection (25), but they spurned a glut of other opportunities and were made to pay by the resilient visitors.

Middlesbrough's equaliser came in controversial circumstances when substitute Duncan Watmore miscontrolled a diagonal pass from Isaiah Jones inside the United box, causing the ball to bounce up onto his hand before he crossed for Matt Crooks to slide home from close range at the far post (64).

The goal would likely have been ruled out prior to this season, but VAR allowed it stand - despite furious United protests - in line with changes to the handball law brought in during the summer.

it's another bad day for the United Team...

congrats to Middlesbrough

Let's not forget the fake goat missed a penalty before Sancho scored for manutd. There was no greenwood for him to blame now as the fraud goat has blanked since December. A awful performance from pendu.


With this few points of mine I hope I am able to convince you that penaldo is the problem of manutd thank you.

Series of thread would have graced front page this morning if they knock PSG out and Messi miss pk.

OJEEMAH:
Series of thread would have graced front page this morning if they knock PSG out and Messi miss pk.

hahaha...U r right boss...obembet how far na?