Man United fans once again endured another goalless first half, and quickly descended into despair as Dimitri Payet’s free-kick looked set to put United out at the quarter-final stage of the Cup for the second year running.
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But with time running out, United’s young French starlet Martial hooked Ander Herrera’s cross on the volley back into the net from the narrowest of angles.
Hammers goalkeeper Darren Rudolph could just watch as the ball floated above his head to the far-post, and Martial smartly moved into the six-yard box and got the necessary touch in between the West Ham defenders for a fine strike.
But Payet launched the ball high over the Red Devils’ wall and it curled beautifully beyond outstretched De Gea into the left-hand corner of the net.
This means that Roberto Martinez’s side will be confident of winning against West Ham or United.
Anthony Martial’s late goal canceled out a remarkable free kick by Dimitri Payet as Manchester United and West Ham battled to a 1-1 draw on Sunday in the FA Cup quarterfinals.
Watford’s reward for knocking out FA Cup holders Arsenal is a semi-final date with Crystal Palace, while Everton will take on Manchester United or West Ham in the other tie at Wembley.
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The stand-out sixth-round performance, though, came from Everton’s Romelu Lukaku who made Chelsea rue the day they let him go, with the 28 million pounds ($40.26 million) discard scoring twice in five minutes on Saturday to knock his old team out 2-0.
