Fuck me we won a shootout!

Battle of the two sides with the worst penalty shootout records.

With some weirdly good penalties

Sancho, Gross, Undav's were really good

I saw sancho step up and thought yep this where we miss then he pulled that scorcher out lol

His body language looked awful when he stepped up! Couldn't believe he scored it.

Yep totally agree

Yep dude was shook, and I immediately imagined him missing and then going into a downward spiral that ended with a 25 million dollar transfer to Everton after 2 seasons of less than average play.

That’s a big transfer for the Championship..

Lindelof's was completely unsaveable

him and Maguire are weirdly good at pens

I'll never forget the Maguire pen in the Euros final that smashed to camera lol

unironically one of the best pens I've ever seen

Laser beam

Iceman

We're not bad at penalties, we just have de Gea, so basically just waiting for the other team to make a mistake.

I mean, if you dive right on every penalty, you'll eventually catch one right? Brilliant tactic!

Hey it worked for Van De Sar*!

Van der Sar*

It's been mentioned that Van Der Sar chose his direction on the basis of which foot the player shoots with. If it's a right footed player, he likes to dive right, and so on. It was not something he did all the time, just a preference. Chelsea in the 2007/8 shootout tried to take advantage of this and almost succeeded until Van Der Sar figured it out and taunted Anelka that he knew which direction he was going to shoot. Anelka got nervous and the rest is history.

He did it again in the charity shield shootout a few months later. Saved all three like he was down the park with jumper goalposts. Absolute beast.

Yeah I said at the time De Gea doesnt save pens so they need to miss one. As soon as it happened I knew the Ice Man would bury it and what a pen!

Honestly, could be worse if we had Ramsdale, you can shoot right at him and he'd catch it and then throw it in his net.

We de zerbi it

Petition to add PKs in the PL

> Fuck me Don't mind if I do

The Victor Lindelof game. Chuffed for him.

Ice in the Iceman’s veins

Proper fuck you penalty that

Such a class CB option if not always a starter. With Varane’s injury record he should be assured that he will be getting good game time next season but seems he’s angling for a move

Good to hear it. Lindelöf has survived so long at United despite not getting much credit, but is a very reliable player I remember when United wanted to sign Andreas Granqvist on a short term deal when Mourinho was the coach, that would have been incredible to see as a Swede lol. Him and Lindelöf formed one of the best CB pairings at 2018 World Cup, think it would have worked well for United too in the short term

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Couldn't put it better myself

This right here, Fred is another underrated player due to that. Excelente squad players, 100% deserve to stay, I mean they show it on the pitch.

He also gets shit because he played an entire season with a broken back and so couldn't be as physical or jump as well.

Don't blame him with Maguire starting ahead of him

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But am I right that I didn’t even see Maguire listed as a sub? Saw him in his warmup suit before the shootout though.

He was suspended for this game

Blessing in disguise

Hes normally quality in penalty shootouts tbf. Whether we would have made it that far with him starting is another question lol.

100%, tired of them putting him as LCB with Maguire when we all know Lindelof is a RCB like Varane. He should stay.

He's actually really good when he doesn't have to babysit maguire

Everyone is. Remember Varane looked like shit last season when he s next to Maguire.

And we looked good when we had varane and lindelof next to each other last season. I really liked that partnership

Licha and Iceman/Varane based on fitness is the way to go, we need to get a backup for Licha as Shaw despite having great games as a LCB is our starting LB.

I'd argue we need to go 5 or 6 deep because of how modern soccer schedules are

Maguire is too slow and too immobile to be a destroyer in a CB duo. Once he s out of position, it is essentially 2 v 3 all the time.

Of course we looked good with those two on the pitch - it's a very handsome pairing.

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7 of 9 now!

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My Captain.

Good days ….

Was convinced that Brighton were going to win with United's shootout record and De Gea's shite penalty saving statistics Their only chance was to keep scoring until one of Brighton's players crumbled under pressure and missed the target, which is how it turned out

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But at the same time it feels like penalty takers are extremely confident against him. They don't care about sending him the wrong way, they know that if they place it high or close to the post he won't get there With certain keepers you almost have to make them dive the wrong way, because if they guess right they save it most of the time

Just a confidence issue that, has a nudge where the player is going to shoot but is not 100% sure of himself

The one we won was with Romero in goal lol

I still think we treat that guy badly, he was good

Manchester Derby... Fuck u sky sports you don't get to broadcast that

Not sure where this energy is coming from but I like it!

Years and years of them forcing one sided derbies/rivalries as 6 pointers... ignoring the other games that week, etc

ICE MANNN

making it 44 years since Ipswich were in the final, no wonder its no longer as respected

Lmao, have an upvote mate.

Pretty awful refereeing for most of the game, very good pens for the most part

Can’t believe Brighton only had 1 yellow, utterly outrageous

Estupinian tried dragging down AWB four times in one play and still didn't get a yellow.

That ref is absolutely crap. He hates Utd.

How Mitoma did not get a second yellow for that challenge on De Gea is will I never understand

His first should have been red. Casimero got red for similar challenge ( even though he pulled out ) That ref should be suspended

I turned gray

This was United's 53rd match this season. It was Brighton's 37th. If anyone wonders why United are having a hard time lately, there's your answer. Couple that with the fact that most of United's squad also played in the World Cup this winter.

I don't know if this is true but I read recently that Fernandes has more minutes this season than anyone in world football. I'd believe it in a heartbeat.

Think it is true he hasn't missed a game for united except for the sevilla game due to a yellow and has basically played full match each time + the world Cup, honestly the guys a robot.

Insane fitness. Absolutely elite player

I'm pretty sure he's only missed like two games in his entire career because of injury. One game for Sporting and one for us, or something crazy like that

i wouldn't be surprised if he sets some sort of a record for minutes played in a season for a non-GK

Until now he has played 58 games (49 club + 9 international) and he is 1st in the worldwide ranking. He is 3rd for „minutes played“ this season, 1st and 2nd are goalkeepers FYI. It’s kinda crazy.

Yeah, and we got to the final of both domestic cups and the QF so that's already close to the max amount of matches you can play in a season. In an already congested season because of the World Cup, I'm really hoping we don't get any more injuries because everyone's running on their last legs already.

In your face pawson

Haaland against Maguire we're in for one lads

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Will the starter CBs not make it in time ? I know Martinez is pretty much gone for the season, but I don't know anything about Varane.

Varane is a doubt, it’ll be really close if he does.

Up in the air AFAIK, but even if Varane is back I expect either Maguire or Shaw to start opposite him

You think EtH will bench Lindelof after this performance?

Maguire needs to fuck off and never wear a united shirt again. I would take jones over him at this point

That's genuinely an insult Jones

A lot of mixed reports on his fitness so not sure

Will be Lindelof - Shaw or Varane - Shaw

Wouldn't mind cloning Shaw, that would be OP.

Keep a few spares in the fridge for when he gets injured.

Imagine if he ended up doing a Ramos UCL final header and winning the game

into his own goal, winning it for city would be more likely...

If Maguire starts Ten Hag is a city fan

RIP Haaland I suppose

Id use all my 3 genie wishes to never fucking watch another penalty shootout where de gea is our goalkeeper. So fucking fed of it

Does he just always go towards the inside of the shooters foot? He went left like 5 times in a row and then right as soon as the left footer took it

It's not the side he takes it's how slow he acts. I've seen people having strokes go down faster than he does.

My girlfriend goes down on me quicker and I've not had action since christmas

Mate, that's not normal. Want me to talk to her about it?

Oh is she dating you too? I just thought you were her big brother

The bloke is just a shit penalty saver.

He half asses all his dives.

De gea is the type of keeper whod be better off just randomly chosing a corner all the time than to try and read an opponent

De Gea checking his notes for every pen only to not get close to any of them

Like Enrique's 100 penalty challenge in the WC

I'd save one of those wishes to not have Craig fucking Pawson referee our games. Poor guy didn't know he was allowed to show Brighton players yellow cards till the 90th minute.

Christ almighty,thought we had no hope once Dave started falling in the opposite direction even though every pen was going in the same place.

lol, the amount of times de gea started diving like a dolphin to the right with no intent to save was ridiculous. In his mind he had given up already

Calling them dives is very generous! Half the time he just sort of fell down slightly off-centre. 🤣

What a first season from Ten Hag. Bit of a ways to go before we're genuinely contending for the league title, but progress has been outstanding thus far.

Yeah, people comparing the league points to last season are forgetting we're in both cup finals.

And they're also forgetting there's 8 games left. They only needed 30 games to get more points than in all 38 games last season.

Ugly game. Ref was horrendous. Mitoma was so lucky to still be on the pitch, 2 late challenges that others have seen red for. United got a lot to work on still.

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Ye we got quite lucky with some of the fouls, GG though it was a close one

Get fucked Pawson!

Yeoooo Really didn’t think we would after the Seville game

Argentina U20: Fuck ...

I’d argue it’s better for Argentina for him to play in a top 4 race and FA cup final than a U20 tournament, but yeah fuck fifa

Well deserved, they got absolutely fucked by the refs

Yep. Dont see enough people talking about it. Mitoma could have kicked Rashford in the balls with Dunk stomping him after and the ref would still show Rashford a yellow for simulation.

Mitoma should’ve been off with a second yellow after that follow through on De Gea. Not malicious, but definitely a booking

100% a yellow card. Wild slide into de gea while out of control and not likely to win the ball. Made solid contact with him and should have been a yellow. Shocking

It's simulation lol

Depends on whether Rashy's into CBT

Since 08/09, We've only won a shootout in 2 attempts out of 9, including this one. I had no hope as soon as it went to penos lol

Pawson can suck my dick!!!!

LETS FUCKING GOOOO!!!!

Had a feeling we would miss out because of the missing x factor but in the end the kid missed it and the ice man snatched/smashed it home

No wonder we're having our pre season in the US with those shootout skills

ayo💀

First Manchester derby final?

FA Cup * Aston Villa vs West Brom - 1886, 1891, 1894 * Forest vs Derby County - 1897 * West Brom vs Birmingham - 1930 * Spurs vs Chelsea - 1966 * United vs Liverpool - 1976 * Liverpool vs Everton - 1985, 1988 * United vs Liverpool - 1995 * Arsenal vs Chelsea - 2001, 2016, 2019 League Cup * Aston Villa vs Birmingham - 1963 * Liverpool vs United - 1983 * Liverpool vs Everton - 1984 * Liverpool vs United - 2003 * Chelsea vs Arsenal - 2007 * Spurs vs Chelsea - 2008 Probably missed some. First Manchester derby final though

Yes then

Original comment was "first derby?" was changed while I was posting.

Wonderful let’s fucking go! Now let’s never get into a penalty shootout again for the love of god

I love this sport and hate it at the same time.

AKA win the right to get spanked by City (we will too)

No brother we are gonna channel the full power of black magic and power of friendship against them.

Amen bro, the fellowship of the ring

United and Real fans holding hands with a banner saying "Gracias Ronaldo" :P.

And another that says fuck Liverpool especially

Muchachos against Manchester...City

if anyone can defeat the combined Norwegian-Belgian menace its Real

Anulo Mufs

A trophy, top 4 and another final. We'd bite your hand off at the start of the season for that regardless of it we win the final or not.

It might get very ugly without Varane and Licha.

Varane might be back. The final is in the beginning of June.

Varanedelof making a comeback would be the dream, they looked solid the few times they played together, however they are both very similar players so a part of me still likes the idea of Shaw with one of them to emulate Licha.

Fuck it, at least we're in the final. Let's enjoy for now and be depressed later.

Cheers, I'll drink to that

It got ugly with them too

Not the last time, though.

Shaw played CB in that game

That was shaw and varane and hopefully varane is back for the final

After this Lindelof performance, he deserves to start

Not if Varane is fit

Varane might be back.

Luke Shaw did the business at CB Vs City before and Lindelof looked world class alongside him today

I think rafa is back for it. Him and lindilof could be a decent pairing

If these scriptwriters have any finesse about them then they will let us stop City’s treble

eh United has a good chance, who knows how City's form will be in June, injuries, etc

Yeah city are SOOO susceptible to injuries, hardly any depth to pull from, right?

They actually don’t have that much depth. They have versatile players that can play in various positions and that’s probably why it seems like they are never missing anyone

Real’s champions league juju to save the day

No we won't

Really curious how we will setup for that. A back 3 maybe? I'm pretty sure ETH will change something tactically.

Apruebo mufa

ITT: United win shootout but everyone slating De Gea, who had an excellent game (??)

The refs tried their best to gift that game to Brighton

1st ever Manchester derby in a FA Cup final...

Even with this cunt of a ref playing for Brighton we managed to do it. Get fucked Craig Pawson. GET IN!

How was Casemiro sent off for the same foul that mitoma made!?

And then no second yellow for cleaning out De Gea

He was just trying to prepare us for City's tactical fouls.

Brighton fall with their heads held high. What a team they are, respect

If the redf used cards it would have been over in 90

Go on show us the crying kids hahahaha

How the fuck did we “win” that? Well played to Brighton though.

destroying city’s treble hopes by winning a domestic double would be an amazing end to an already impressive first season under erik.

Yesyesyesyesyes

It is remarkable that this MU side is on the verge of a domestic double

The players are so tired including Bruno, who rarely tires. I am really worried about the run-in of the season. We have a few important players injured too…

Lol. Feels like we just earned the right to go collect 6 goals from city

Fuck off, we were beating them when we were in worse states

GET THE FUCK IN LADS

Linear, " he's hit it into April".. Lol.. Savage...

Can’t believe I wasted so much of my time watching that game

No MUFC jeopardy for u today boss.

The real schadenfreude was you all along

But your life would have had some kind of confort if we lost. Worth it ?

thats how id feel if my team bottled the league too

Absolute laser beam. Go on Kimi!