Man United vs Fulham

Manchester United will continue their pursuit of a cup treble when they host Fulham at Old Trafford in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup on Sunday.

Fulham, on the other hand, find themselves suddenly in one of their worst moments all season, having lost back-to-back games while conceding six goals to Brentford and Arsenal. The Red Devils have lost just two of their last 26 games in all competitions (to Arsenal and Liverpool, in Premier League play). The fixtures continue to come thick and fast for Manchester United, who will play their 14th game since the start of February (47 days – a game every four days, on average, for a month and a half) before a brief respite in the form of the international break next week. Bruno converted his penalty as the Red Devils seized the control of the game they had wonted for so long. He was getting them focused on the alternatives and how they were just 15-20 minutes away from extra time, that their FA Cup Final dreams were still right there for them, especially with Mitrovic capable of anything up top? It was 2-1 to the hosts within minutes, as Fulham finished the match with nine (?!) men and a 3-1 loss.

Fulham had Aleksandar Mitrovic, Willian and manager Marco Silva sent off in the space of a minute as they imploded at Manchester United.The Cottagers.

“I saw the image of course and I already spoke with Mitro. “I don’t think so,” Silva said of a potential long ban. Kavanagh then signalled for a penalty and showed a red card to Willian.

In this week's VAR Review: Unpacking Fulham's meltdown at Manchester United and Newcastle's goal disallowed for offside at Nottingham Forest.

The ball deflected off the hand of [Jack Stephens](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/152475/Jack-Stephens) before flying over the bar for another corner. [Blackburn Rovers](/football/club/_/id/365/blackburn-rovers) against [Sheffield United](/football/club/_/id/398/sheffield-united) in the FA Cup, when [Jack Robinson](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/147255/jack-robinson) was penalised for blocking a shot by [Sam Gallagher](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/196098/sam-gallagher). [Marc Roca](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/242008/Marc-Roca) held on to his shirt for a moment, and Traore then lost out on possession to [Crysencio Summerville](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/284792/Crysencio-Summerville). [France](/football/team?id=478), [Aurelien Tchouameni](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/265919/Aurélien-Tchouaméni) played the ball into the area and [Antoine Griezmann](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/140416/Antoine-Griezmann) was stood yards offside. [Mohamed Salah](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/173896/Mohamed-Salah)'s goal for [Liverpool](/football/team?id=364) against [Wolverhampton Wanderers](/football/team?id=380) in the FA Cup. [Aston Villa](/football/team?id=362) won a corner in the 38th minute, it was worked to [Jacob Ramsey](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/286090/Jacob-Ramsey) for a shot on goal. [Leeds United](/football/team?id=357) scored their fourth goal in the 97th minute through [Rodrigo](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/144639/Rodrigo). Referee Simon Hooper had a good view of the incident and immediately pointed to the spot ( [watch here](https://youtu.be/mvBRBtYijRU?t=78).) [Alexander Isak](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/235662/Alexander-Isak) played a cross into the area which was cut out by [Nottingham Forest](/football/team?id=393) defender [Felipe](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/196843/Felipe). The ball was worked to [Jadon Sancho](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/259836/Jadon-Sancho), whose shot was blocked on the line by [Willian](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/178487/Willian). Defender [Montassar Talbi](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/265099/Montassar-Talbi) tried to head the ball, but he didn't get much on the clearance and it dropped to Griezmann, who scored an injury-time equaliser. The ball ran to Forest's [Moussa Niakhate](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/213181/Moussa-Niakhate), who hit it against [Sean Longstaff](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/251658/Sean-Longstaff), his first involvement in the move.

Man Utd's summer signings made the difference as they came from behind to beat Fulham in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

In years gone by, United would likely not have won that match and could have been even further behind before the red cards. Even without the two finest examples of that in Casemiro and Eriksen, it was still evident with those who ended up making the difference against Fulham. This was a match in which the absence of Ten Hag's signings was not only felt heavily, but in which they wouldn't have won without the contributions of two permanent additions to his side either.