Missing a penalty on his birthday night and the team was eliminated was definitely the worst result for Cristiano Ronaldo. However, from the process point of view, it is also reasonable for Manchester United to be eliminated by opponents, because they played really badly in this game, including C Ronaldo.
In the fourth round of the FA Cup, Manchester United hosts 7th place in the Championship. It is worth mentioning that this game is also the 37th birthday battle of Manchester United's number one star C Ronaldo.
In the first half, Pogba made a point, and C Ronaldo took the penalty but deflected off the upright. Shortly thereafter, Sancho scored from the penalty area to give United the lead. In the 64th minute of the second half, Mibao crossed from the left to the back of the penalty area, Walmore stopped the handball and crossed the back point, Corrock wrapped the ball in, 1-1, Manchester United was equalized, and drew with the opponent in regular time, had to go into extra time.
In extra time, United replaced Phil Jones and Juan Juan Mata in succession. But United still frequently squandered opportunities, with neither team scoring another goal. After 120 minutes of fighting, the two teams engaged in a penalty shootout.
In the first round, McNair and Juan Mata scored the ball separately. Perro, Maguire, Howson, Fred and others who came out later all scored the ball, and C Ronaldo also withstood great pressure to score the penalty, although the goalkeeper judged the right direction. Bamba, B Fee, Watermore, McTominay and others all scored penalties, while Erlanga flew them off. In the end, Manchester United scored 7-8 on penalties and scored 8-9 on aggregate to be eliminated by lower-level teams and missed the next round.
The elimination of the FA Cup has allowed Manchester United to set two humiliating records: 1. It is the second time that Manchester United has lost to Middlesbrough in all competitions since 1-4 away from home in October 2005; 2. Manchester United have won all 8 FA Cup home games against lower-level teams without conceding a goal. After being eliminated in this game, Manchester United's unbeaten golden body was broken. 3. The data shows that this is also the first time that Manchester United has failed to qualify for the fifth round of the FA Cup since it was eliminated by Swansea in 2014.