Manchester United punished five minutes of madness from Fulham to book their place in the FA Cup semi-finals as they came from behind to win 3-1 at Old Trafford.Fulham were full value for the lead that Aleksandr Mitrovic gave them five minutes into the second half, but the wheels came off with around 20 minutes left as manager Marco Silva, Willian and Mitrovic were all sent off.It came after a Fulham corner became a United attack, with substitute Antony racing down the right and squaring for Jadon Sancho.
He rounded Bernd Leno but saw his shot blocked on the line by Willian's hand.Chris Kavanagh signalled for a corner but was sent to the monitor by VAR Neil Swarbrick, and paused to send off Silva for dissent before he had even reached the screen.The inevitable penalty decision and a red for Willian then came, but Fulham's total loss of discipline was seen as Mitrovic raged at Kavanagh to earn his own early shower.Bruno Fernandes sent Leno the wrong way from the penalty spot and two minutes later United led as Marcel Sabitzer flicked home Luke Shaw's low cross for his first United goal.Fernandes then lashed in United's third in stoppage time as nine-man Fulham were overrun.Twelve-time Cup winners United advance to face Brighton at Wembley while Fulham will count the cost of a day that will surely hurt their push for Europe via the Premier League with suspensions to follow.It was a dramatic turnaround in a game in which Fulham had been the better team for most of the afternoon.The absence of the suspended Casemiro and Fred - among the substitutes as Scott McTominay and Marcel Sabitzer started - told, as perhaps did United's relentless schedule across four fronts this season as the hosts laboured against a Fulham side