Gunners crash out of FA Cup on penalties to Manchester United

FA Cup third round

Arsenal 1 (Gabriel 63)

Manchester United 1 (Fernandes 52)

After extra time. Manchester United won 5-4 on penalties.

Arsenal are out of the FA Cup, beaten on penalties by a Manchester United team who had to play for an hour with 10 men after Diogo Dalot was sent off.

Bruno Fernandes gave the visitors the lead early in the second half, before Gabriel equalised for Arsenal.

Martin Odegaard had the chance to win it from the spot in regulation time, but his kick was excellently saved by Altay Bayindi.

And it was almost written in the stars that United would win after the Gunners missed a hatful of chances both in regulation and extra-time.

The main culprit was Kai Havertz, who was not only guilty of missing a number of easy chances - including one from just three yards out in the dying minutes of the 90 - but who was the only player of the 10 to miss from the spot, as United won it 5-4.

The game took time to come to life. Gabriel Martinelli had the ball in the net after 20 minutes, but referee Andrew Madley, then belatedly the linesman, adjudged he was offside - which he was.

United's first chance came midway through the half. Arsenal sat back and allowed Kobbie Mainoo space to shoot, but his effort was saved by David Raya.

Fernandes appeared to be pulled down on the edge of the box by Gabriel Jesus but the referee waved play on. And Jesus was stretchered off soon after, adding to Arsenal's already huge injury woes.

United took the lead early in the second half. Gabriel slipped and lost the ball to Alejandro Garnacho on the right, Garnacho ran through the Arsenal half and squared it for Fernandes, who curled a shot into the top right-hand corner of Raya's goal.

Havertz should have equalised just a couple of minutes later. A bouncing ball was controlled by Mikel Merino in the United area and laid on a plate for Havertz, who miskicked his shot high and wide.

Then came the red card. Dalot slid in on Merino and, already on a yellow, Madley had little choice but to issue a red.

And within a couple of minutes Arsenal were level. Martinelli's cross from the left was punched high into the air by Bayindi, and fell to Gabriel, who hooked his shot into the net for the equaliser.

Arsenal had come to life. Myles Lewis-Skelly's good work down the right led to a chance for Merino which was deflected wide.

Then came the penalty. It was a soft decision to start with. Harry Maguire was incensed after limited contact with Martinelli ended in the spot-kick decision. But Odegaard's kick was excellently saved by Bayindir low to his left.

Bayindir then kept out a header from Declan Rice, on as a sub for Merino.

Then in the dying seconds, Havertz somehow missed a sitter from just a few yards. Odegaard's cross from the right was knocked down and it looked as though all Havertz had to do was tap it past Bayindir, but his half volley flew over the bar.

Deep into injury time Rice saw a shot deflected just wide. And so to extra-time we went.

Arsenal continued to push. Again Rice came close with a shot from inside the box before Matthijs de Ligt somehow cleared Havertz's cross off the line. Leandro Trossard, on as a sub at full-time, then shot over.

But it was not quite all one-way traffic. When United worked the ball to Joshua Zirkzee on the left he almost crept the ball inside David Raya's near post, but the goalkeeper saved well low down.

Arsenal huffed and puffed, but in truth were out of puff. It was to be decided by spot kicks.

The penalties were taken at the Clock End - where the United fans stood for the 120 minutes. Havertz missed the fourth kick, and from there United didn't miss - Zirkzee winning it at 5-4.

Teams:

Arsenal: Raya, Saliba, Gabriel, Odegaard, Jesus (Sterling 40), Martinelli, Timber (100), Jorginho (Tierney 113), Merino (Rice 73), Havertz, Lewis-Skelly (Trossard f/t)

Manchester United: Bayindir, Mazraoui, de Ligt, Maguire (Yoro 104), Martinez, Fernandes, Hojlund (Zirkzee 81), Garnacho (Amad 81), Dalot, Ugarte (Malacia f/t), Mainoo (Collyer 81)

Referee: Andrew Madley

(Picture: Charlie Stong)