Penalty kicks give Middlesbrough qualification at the expense of Manchester United in the FA Cup

 

Middlesbrough toppled its host Manchester United from the FA Cup in the fourth round, after beating them 8-7 on penalties on Friday evening, to qualify for the fifth round (round of sixteen) of the competition

 Manchester United advanced in the 25th minute through Jadon Sancho, before Middlesbrough equalized through Matty Cox in the 64th minute.

 Five minutes later, Marcus Rashford scored the second goal for Manchester United, but the referee canceled the goal for offside

 Middlesbrough tried to come out on counterattacks to threaten Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson, but the defense of the host team prevented this from happening, so the team managed to maintain its lead until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half with a 1-0 lead

 With the beginning of the second half, Middlesbrough tried to enter the atmosphere of the match and threaten Henderson's goal on more than one occasion without achieving anything new

 Over time, control returned to Manchester United, who launched a number of attacks through Rashford and Ronaldo, but without terminating his efforts by scoring a second goal.

 And in the 64th minute, Middlesbrough managed to score the equalizer through Matty Crooks, receiving a pass from his colleague Dukan Watmore to put the ball in Henderson's net, amid demands from Manchester United players to cancel the goal, given that Wattmore touched the ball with his hand before passing it to his colleague, but the referee resorted to the video referee technology The assistant (Var) decides to calculate the goal for the away team

 Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes hit the crossbar in the 72nd minute in a dangerous opportunity for the host team

 The efforts of the two teams to score another goal did not succeed, so the second half ended with a 1-1 draw, so two additional periods were resorted to

 Caution prevailed over the performance of the two teams in the overtime, except for some periods of it, which witnessed attempts by Manchester United to score a second goal.

 The first or second extra period did not witness anything new, so the penalty shootout was resorted to, which smiled for the Middlesbrough team, after Paddy McNair, Martin Bayrou, Jonathan Howson, Marcus Tavemayer, Dukan Watmore, Solimani Bamba, Del Fray and Lee Peltier scored for him, while Anthony Elanga missed the last blow for Manchester United after Scored by Juan Manuel Mata, Harry Maguire, Fred, Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandez, Scott McTominay and Diogo Dalot