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Manchester United punished five minutes of madness from Fulham to book their place in the FA Cup semi-finals as they came from behind to win 3-1 at Old Trafford.
Fulham were full value for the lead that Aleksandar Mitrovic gave them five minutes into the second half, but the wheels came off with around 20 minutes left as manager Marco Silva, Willian and Mitrovic were all sent off within 40 seconds of one another.
Sportsmail's CHRIS WHEELER takes a look at some of the things you may have missed.
Bruno Fernandes scored twice as Manchester United beat Fulham on Sunday afternoon
Just when Gordon Smith thought his agonising FA Cup final miss had been consigned to history, Manchester United go and book a Wembley date with Brighton next month. Expect to it many more times in the coming weeks.
It will be exactly 40 years in May since the two clubs drew 2-2 in the 1983 final. It may have turned out differently had Smith not wasted a glorious late chance after BBC commentator Peter Jones uttered the famous words ‘and Smith must score’.
United won the replay 4-0 and Smith’s regret has
