Last-gasp Diallo strike leads Manchester United past Liverpool in FA Cup thriller

Scott McTominay, Antony, Marcus Rashford, Amad Diallo, Mohamed Salah, Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliot all scored in an FA Cup classic

A tie against Coventry City was the reward for the winner at Old Trafford, with Amad Diallo's late strike deciding an FA Cup match for the ages as Manchester United beat Liverpool 4-3 on Sunday.

The opening goal of the dramatic match came in the 10th minute when a shot after a well-timed run by Alejandro Garnacho, was only pushed into ball into the air and Scott McTominay was on hand to score his ninth goal of the season.

But United couldn't hold the lead as Alexis Mac Allister managed to fire home the leveller in the 44th minute with the help of a deflection. DespiteAndre Onana's best efforts, the ball squirmed into the right corner to make it 1-1.

And then Liverpool seized the lead just a few minutes later as Darwin Nunez's shot was saved, but it fell directly to Salah, who gratefully tapped home into the empty goal for his 13th goal in 14 games in this fixture.

But the game is known for it's unpredictable changes and that happened in the dying embers when the endlessly-criticised Antony spun in the box, lost his markers, and fired low past the goalkeeper to make Old Trafford explode in joy on the 87th minute.

Then Marcus Rashford was faced one-vs-one with the goalkeeper and with all the goal, and all the time in the world, he could only roll the ball despairingly wide of the far-post in the 94th minute, just moments after Liverpool also hit the post.

The chance Rashford spurned really could be described as a «sitter» and he thought he was harshly punished for it in extra time when Liverpool took the lead again in the 105th minute when Harvey Elliot's long-range shot flew into the bottom