Altay Bayindir and Joshua Zirkzee went from villains to heroes as they impressed Manchester United to victory over Arsenal.
The ten-man Purple Devils kickstarted their FA Cup defence by beating the Gunners on penalty on the Emirates Stadium.
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Zirkzee netted the profitable spot-kick after Bayindir had earlier saved from Kai Havertz from 12 yards.
United had taken the lead within the second half after a medical counter assault.
Bruno Fernandes’ emphatic end capped off the ruthless transfer for Ruben Amorim’s aspect.
Nevertheless, their lead was thrown into jeopardy by Diogo Dalot simply after the hour mark.
The Portuguese was proven a second yellow card for a wild lunge, decreasing his aspect to 10 males.
Arsenal instantly punished the error as Gabriel capitalised on a poor punch from Bayindir to equalise.
The United goalkeeper would redeem himself with a string of saves to maintain his aspect stage, although, because the match went the space.
Firstly, he saved Martin Odegaard’s penalty after a controversial spot-kick was awarded towards Harry Maguire.
Tensions virtually boiled over after the choice, with VAR not in use to overturn Andrew Madley on-field verdict.
A conflict between Manuel Ugarte and Havertz left the German ahead on the ground, however neither participant was punished.
Bayindir then brilliantly tipped over when Declan Rice seemed destined to attain.
They weren’t the one goalkeeping heroics, although, with David Raya additionally saving Zirkzee’s deflected strike in extra-time.
Nevertheless, Raya was powerless to maintain out any of United’s efforts in the course of the shootout.
As an alternative, Bayindir as soon as once more dove all the way down to his left to tip Havertz’s effort around the put up.
“Havertz’s nightmare will get worse and worse,” talkSPORT commentator Joe Shennan mentioned after Arsenal’s FA Cup goals went up in smoke.
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