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Man Utd booked their place in the FA Cup last four with an extra-time victory over their old rivals.

Manchester United's Scott McTominay celebrates with team-mate Andre Onana. Pic: Martin Rickett/PA Wire

AMAD Diallo, one of a number of forgotten men in Manchester United’s under-achieving ranks, settled this astonishing FA Cup tie, with a 120th minute winner and an instant red card, summing up a contest which, quite simply, had everything.

“A massive game in the history of Manchester United,” Marcus Rashford called this quarter-final victory and, while that may have been emotion getting the better of the England striker, there was no denying the incredible drama of one of the ties of this, or any other recent, FA Cup season.