Fulham supervisor Marco Silva questions referee Chris Kavanagh after FA Cup exit

Fulham had been 1-0 up at Outdated Trafford by means of Mitrovic’s second-half aim and appeared to be heading for a primary FA Cup semi-final in 21 years.

However Willian dealt with on the road, was duly dismissed, and Silva and Mitrovic quickly adopted because of their forceful protestations. Bruno Fernandes scored twice and Marcel Sabitzer additionally discovered the online as United turned the tie on its head to ship nine-man Fulham out.

“On the pitch we had been one of the best staff till that second,” Silva mirrored after the match. “It’s tough for us to know. Chris [Kavanagh] was in a sport we performed away at West Ham the place we misplaced with two clear handballs. We acquired the apology due to the errors.

“The final [FA Cup] sport [against] Leeds within the FA Cup it was him once more. And for a sport that’s the quarter-finals it’s him once more — it’s obscure. After all we respect that he’s a high referee on this nation, I settle for that. However sadly for us, with us it’s been actually sad this season.”

Silva grew to become the Premier League’s first supervisor to be suspended this season when he needed to watch his facet’s FA Cup fourth-round replay at Sunderland in February from the stands after choosing up too many yellow playing cards for his impassioned touchline remonstrations.

“Let’s discuss all the sport and never only one second,” Silva mentioned. “Till the penalty second and the crimson playing cards, we had been clearly one of the best staff on the pitch. For me it was a choice the VAR can take.

“What’s obscure is why the 2 moments within the field within the first half — one in all them is a transparent penalty and no person checks — no person sees.”

United supervisor Erik Ten Hag praised the guests to Outdated Trafford, who broke the impasse by means of the ultimately dismissed Mitrovic.

He mentioned: “Fulham are staff and it’s important to be good to beat them. I feel we had first half. We had nice moments within the attacking transition and we should always have been two or three targets up.

“I don’t need to emphasise that,” he mentioned about Fulham’s three crimson playing cards. “It was an excellent counter assault however I feel everybody noticed it was handball.”