Manchester United star Jesse Lingard confronted Arsenal fans during the latter stages of Manchester United’s 3-1 FA Cup victory at the Emirates. The Red Devils midfielder took exception after a supporter threw a coin towards him during a melee between the two sets of players.
Manchester United team-mates and Arsenal stewards restrained Lingard, who scored what proved to be the match-winning goal. Captain Ashley Young then looked as though he was going to hand the coin to the assistant referee but then turned towards the crowd and appeared to offer to give it back as tempers continued to boil.
Lingard lost his cool when Sead Kolasinac and Marcus Rashford went head to head on the touchline after the ball had gone out for a throw-in. Both Kolasinac and Rashford were booked by referee Craig Pawson while Lingard’s angry reaction went unpunished.
Alexis Sanchez came back to haunt his former employers by setting United on the way to victory, clipping in from a tight angle. Lingard made it two when he kept his composure in the box before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pulled one back before the break. But substitute Anthony Martial came off the bench to seal the win, slotting in the rebound from Paul Pogba’s parried effort