Manchester United knocked out of FA Cup by Middlesbrough after penalty shootout

Manchester United made an embarrassing early exit from the FA Cup after shedding to second-tier aspect Middlesbrough in a penalty shootout at Old Trafford.

🚨 𝙆𝙀𝙔 𝙈𝙊𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙎 🚨@Boro pull off an enormous cupset, knocking out @ManUtd at Old Trafford! 😱#EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/qfjh7gKHbt
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The fourth spherical received off to a shocking begin when the English Premier League large arguably noticed its final real looking hope of silverware this season extinguished by Chris Wilder’s Championship outfit.
Jadon Sancho opened the scoring for Ralf Rangnick’s star-studded aspect, however lifelong United fan Matt Crooks levelled and the match completed 1-1 after further time.
Every penalty discovered the online till Anthony Elanga missed his on the Stretford End, wrapping up an 8-7 spot-kick success for Boro and sending its 9,500 visiting followers wild.
Few may have seen the match going the space given the way in which United began.

Sancho hit the crossbar inside 80 seconds of a one-sided first half by which he would hearth the hosts forward by way of a slight Isaiah Jones defection shortly after Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty miss.
Boro regarded restricted however the host’s profligacy damage it, and Duncan Watmore crossed for fellow former United youth participant Crooks to attain in entrance of the raucous travelling Teessiders.
Most contained in the stadium anticipated the objective to be dominated out for Watmore’s handball within the build-up, nevertheless it was apparently deemed unintended by each referee and VAR.

Fernandes inexplicably managed to hit a submit with the objective at his mercy and the match went to further time after which penalties, the place Elanga shot over the crossbar after 15 successive objectives.