Harry Maguire showcased precisely why he's the present Manchester United captain in Sunday's FA Cup win over Fulham when he confronted Issa Diop over scuffing the penalty spot. The England worldwide defender was livid when he seen that the Frenchman was tampering with the turf in an try and disrupt Bruno Fernandes' ensuing spot-kick.
United have been awarded a penalty following a VAR test after Willian had dealt with the ball off the road.
Jadon Sancho had cleverly labored his means round Bernd Leno earlier than firing in the direction of objective however ex-Arsenal and Chelsea winger Willan sneakily parried the ball away.
Regardless of claiming it hit his midriff, Willian was handed his marching orders by referee Chris Kavanagh earlier than Aleksandr Mitrovic was additionally proven a crimson card for pushing the official.
All whereas this was occurring, recent footage has since proven there was much more chaos unfolding within the penalty space as Maguire and Diop got here to blows.
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Have a look at Diop messing up the penalty spot! Maguire not having any of it!
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It seems the Fulham defender had been making an attempt to scuff the penalty spot whereas Kavanagh was addressing each Willian and Mitrovic and Maguire caught onto the sneaky antics after being notified by winger Antony.
The Brazilian had begun defending the penalty spot whereas striker Wout Weghorst tried to rectify the injury to the turf.
The United captain shortly got here bounding over and started to shout at Diop, wagging his finger and pushing Diop away.
Diop was having none of it although and pretended to disregard and dismiss Maguire whereas arguing with Marcel Sabitzer.
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As soon as he had completed, Diop then went again over to Maguire to handle the state of affairs, though it could matter little or no in the long run as Fernandes transformed the penalty.
Sadly for Fulham, United have been fast to capitalise on their moments of insanity as Sabitzer added a quick-fire second for the Purple Devils.
Fernandes then added some gloss to the scoreline when he rifled the ball house to make it 3-1 within the closing levels of the match.
United will now face Brighton within the semi-final at Wembley and will meet Manchester Metropolis or Sheffield United within the remaining ought to they be victorious.
Maguire will miss the semi-final in opposition to the Seagulls by means of suspension after he was booked for dragging down Mitrovic within the first half.
The United captain was a late substitute for Raphael Varane who was pressured to drop out of the matchday squad as a result of a late harm.
Talking after the sport, Erik ten Hag made it clear he felt VAR had a straightforward choice to ship Willian off as he backed using the video know-how: "It was so clear and apparent.
"Handball within the field is a transparent penalty. But it surely’s not for me to touch upon them. It’s for me to speak about Manchester United and that’s it."