The Tanner Report : Manchester United 2 Fulham 1

Fulham lost a cup tie to Manchester Utd in a game in which Fulham received 3 cards.

For shoving the referee Chris Kavanagh, Alex Mitrovic was banned for 8 games.

In this game Mitrovic was at the heart of the match-defining incident, this time after Fulham had taken the lead through a Kenny Teté near post header. Tom Cairney was felled but David de Gea saved Mitro’s half-hearted penalty.

This was Mitro’s fourth miss this season – a Premiership record. The miss inspired the home side as much as it deflated Fulham.

In the absence of Tim Ream, Issa Diop and Tosin had problems dealing with the Reds’ lively forwards who scored twice.

The three United games reflected our season: we played well and lost. We still finished 10th – our second highest finish – but the feeling was we could have done better.