Man Utd 1-1 Fulham (AET: 3-4 pens)

Fulham into FA Cup quarter-final after beating Man Utd on penalties
Bernd Leno saved efforts from Victor Lindelof and Joshua Zirkzee
Calvin Bassey gave Fulham the lead before Bruno Fernandes equaliser

Manchester United's season of woe continued as they were dumped out of the FA Cup fifth round by Fulham at Old Trafford.

Ruben Amorim's Red Devils weren't able to come out on top of a penalty shootout, like they had done in the third round against Arsenal, and succumbed 4-3 after the game had finished 1-1 after 120 minutes of regulation play.

Calvin Bassey gave Fulham the lead from a corner just before half-time, with the scores levelled up in the second half by Bruno Fernandes. Neither side could find another breakthrough, leading to Bernd Leno heroics from 12 yards out.

How the game unfolded

If there was ever an occasion for Amorim's Manchester United to awaken from their slumber, you'd have hoped an FA Cup fifth round tie at Old Trafford would do the trick – potentially the club's only viable vehicle to securing European football next season.

But scripts involving the 13-time Premier League champions aren't written in the same way anymore, particularly when it comes to fast starts or any kind of first half quality.

Rasmus Hojlund's close-range effort – fired over the crossbar from outside of the front post after Christian Eriksen's low cross – was about as good as it got for United in the first 45, with the Red Devils instead left clutching at a semi-positive dynamic on the left between Eriksen, who played further forward, and Diogo Dalot.

Fulham grew into the game as the half wore on, getting their foot on the ball more and more, and perhaps should have scored the first goal of the match when Sasa Lukic got his timing all wrong to head Alex Iwobi's centre wide.

That disappointment didn't last long, though, as an inevitable lapse in United concentration from a Fulham corner allowed Bassey to open the scoring. Rodrigo Muniz drifted away from his marker with ease and his flicked header was turned home at the back post by the former Ajax defender, who reacted far quicker than Noussair Mazraoui to flick the ball past Andre Onana.

Amorim had made four substitutions, including the introduction of Alejandro Garnacho, before United woke up and realised they had a cup tie to get back into. Typically, it was Fernandes who provided the moment of quality with 20 minutes remaining, expertly firing Dalot's low cross into the far corner without taking a first touch.

United looked brighter with the injection of Garnacho's pace, but neither he nor Fulham's Emile Smith Rowe, who drew a fingertip save from Onana, could prevent the game from going an extra 30 minutes.

Garnacho fired into Leno's side-netting as extra-time got underway before Chido Obi drew a fine stop from the German – his fingertips this time denying United the lead. At the other end, Ryan Sessegnon, another substitute, forced Onana to come to the rescue of the hosts.

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Manchester United's season of woe continued as they were dumped out of the FA Cup fifth round by Fulham at Old Trafford.

How the game unfolded

But scripts involving the 13-time Premier League champions aren't written in the same way anymore, particularly when it comes to fast starts or any kind of first half quality.

In the end, penalties were needed to decide who would go through to the last eight – Fulham eventually prevailing thanks to Leno's denial of Victor Lindelof and Joshua Zirkzee.