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Coin thrown at Manchester United players during Arsenal FA Cup tie

Published 22:12 25 Jan 2019 GMT

Wil Jones
Coin thrown at Manchester United players during Arsenal FA Cup tie

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The incident happened late in the game

A coin was thrown at Manchester United players during their 3-1 victory over Arsenal in the FA Cup. With about five minutes to go in the game, and United winning comfortably, a fracas broke out on the touchline involving several players. Marcus Rashford and Sead Kolasinac went head to head, and both received a yellow card. Jesse Lingard was seen shouting at the nearby Arsenal fans, and he had to be pulled away by his teammates. Replays on BBC's live coverage showed a coin being thrown onto the pitch, which was picked up by Ashley Young. Alexis Sanchez opened the scoring in the first half on his return the Emirates. A lovely through ball from Romelu Lukaku sliced open the Arsenal defence, and the Chilean was able to slot home from just outside the six-yard box. https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/10888965499444 Jesse Lingard doubled their lead just two minutes later, after a Manchester United counterattack. Arsenal made things nervous for the visitors however when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pulled one back for Unai Emery's side before half time, following great work from Aaron Ramsey. It was not enough for the Londoners however, as Anthony Martial scored a third for United late on and secured the win. The result extended Manchester United's unbeaten run to eight games following Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's appointment.
Coin thrown at Manchester United players during Arsenal FA Cup tie