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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.