Middlesbrough knock Manchester United out of FA Cup on penalties

On a night when Old Trafford’s concourse caterers went down, Manchester United made a complete hash of what had appeared a cruise of a victory over Middlesbrough. Ralf Rangnick’s side were knocked out 8-7 on penalties, the unfortunate Anthony Elanga missing the decisive kick but, really this was a defeat borne from them seriously losing the plot in the second half.

If Matt Crooks’s 64th-minute strike that levelled out Jadon Sancho’s opener was controversial as it came courtesy of a Duncan Watmore handball ruled accidental and thus legal, United’s serial missing of chances – including a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty - and inability to control the contest was to blame for the reverse.

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