LONDON, England (Reuters) - Manchester United bounced back from a difficult week with a 7-6 shootout win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday that booked an FA Cup final spot to the relief of manager Erik ten Hag.
Three days after a humiliating Europa League exit against Sevilla, United's victory at Wembley on penalties after a 0-0 stalemate was music to the ears of their Dutch manager.
The normally measured Ten Hag was livid with his team's lack of effort on Thursday and admitted yelling at the players after their 3-0 rout for a 5-2 aggregate defeat in the quarter-finals.But there was nothing but positive words on Sunday after Victor Lindelof, United's seventh player to step up to the spot, slotted home the winning penalty after Brighton's Solly March missed by launching the ball over the bar.
"He made some brilliant saves. It hurt when he made mistakes on Thursday," Ten Hag said."Often when you make mistakes as a keeper you get punished. We let him down, we didn't fight back for him. We bounced back today though.
Brighton had hoped to continue their dream run to what would have been their second FA Cup final before the wayward penalty from March, who hung his head crestfallen, hands on hips, after the miss while Brighton boss Roberto de Zerbi consoled him.
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