Bernd Leno the shootout hero as holders crash out of FA Cup - Goalkeeper denies both Victor Lindelof and Joshua Zirkzee in dramatic shootout to secure quarter-final place

Bernd Leno played the spoiler role in FA Cup penalties on Sunday, making two saves to send holders Manchester United out of the tournament at Old Trafford.

The match ended 1-1 with goals from Fulham's Calvin Bassey and United's Bruno Fernandes. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Fulham secured their spot in the quarter-finals after the match ended 1-1 with goals from Fulham's Calvin Bassey and United's Bruno Fernandes.

Saves from penalties by Victor Lindelof and Joshua Zirkzee ensured it was the visitors who came through a tense shootout unscathed at the Stretford End. Fulham and holders Manchester United played out 120 minutes of nail-biting yet pretty mediocre football, and in the end it was Fulham for whom an FA Cup quarter-final awaits.

Leno was Fulham’s hero as the goalkeeper produced a pair of saves in a 4-3 shootout win after an end-to-end encounter finished 1-1 after extra-time.

Thirteen-time FA Cup winners United defeated Manchester City last season and lost to City in the 2022-2023 final, but Ruben Amorim’s men have struggled mightily this season, languishing 14th in the English Premier League, five places below Fulham.

It is Europa League or bust for Manchester United's season as the holders slipped out of the FA Cup in a penalty shootout defeat to Fulham. Joshua Zirkzee and Victor Lindelof were the two denied by Bernd Leno from 12 yards out,

Now, it’s ‘Bilbao or Bust’. Amorim’s men will have to find a way to win this season’s Europa League — the final is being held in the Basque city in May — to salvage a disastrous season.

As this FA Cup fifth-round penalty shoot-out reached its climax, Victor Lindelöf and Joshua Zirkzee were the unfortunate ones whose kicks were saved, ending Manchester United’s FA Cup defence and sending Fulham through.

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