LONDON.- He Manchester Unitedwho played an hour with one less man, won the penalty shootout on his visit to the Arsenal(5-3 after a 1-1 draw) this Sunday in the stellar clash of the third round of the English Cup, in which Tottenham needed extra time against a fifth division club.
The ‘Red Devils’ scored their five shots of the round and Arsenal missed one, which substitute goalkeeper Altay Bayindir saved from German Kai Havertz, which ended up causing the ‘Gunners’ to be eliminated.
In the ninety minutes of regulation time, the Portuguese Bruno Fernandes, assisted by the Argentine Alejandro Garnacho, had put United ahead in the 52nd minute, but his team was injured in the 61st minute when the Portuguese Diogo Dayot was sent off after seeing a second yellow card. .
Arsenal were able to tie in the 63rd minute, with a volley from Brazilian Gabriel Magalhaes that deflected a visiting defender.
With half an hour ahead and with numerical superiority, Arsenal seemed to have a very favorable outlook, but they did not have the performance of Bayindir, United’s great savior at the Emirates Stadium.
The Turkish goalkeeper even saved a penalty from the Norwegian Martin Odegaard (72) and had a spectacular intervention against a header from Declan Rice (76), who again met the goalkeeper’s reflexes in a shot in the final stoppage time (90 +4).
In extra time the score did not move. In an action in which Bayindir was already defeated, it was defender Matthijs De Ligt who saved United by clearing almost over the line in the 101st minute.
In the 106th minute it was Arsenal’s Spanish goalkeeper David Raya who kept Arsenal on their feet against a shot from Joshua Zirkzee.
Surprise
In the rest of the games, Tottenham’s suffering stood out, having to go to extra time to defeat Tamworth (3-0), from the fifth category, the first non-professional level in England.