Victor Lindelof was struck by an object thrown from a spectator during the celebrations of Manchester United’s equaliser in the FA Cup final.
A controversial VAR decision had handed the Reds a penalty after Manchester City attacker Jack Grealish was deemed to have committed a handball offence following Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s header.
Bruno Fernandes coolly stepped up to slot the ball away to make it 1-1 on 33 minutes after Ilkay Gundogan’s opener for City after 12 seconds - a record for the quickest goal scored in an FA Cup final.
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In the celebrations for United’s goal, an object thrown from an area where Manchester City fans were sitting hit Lindelof in the face, causing him to fall to the floor. Video footage appeared to show it was a lighter that had been thrown.
Fernandes and Casemiro appeared to both take issue with the crowd while a number of other United players made referee Paul Tierney aware of what had happened.
Lindelof was fine to continue the game after a brief pause. The FA is yet to comment on the incident.
While on punditry duty for the BBC, Peter Schmeichel commented on the incident, saying: “That is so wrong. That’s bad.
“I’m not blaming Manchester City - it is somebody - but we are at the Manchester City end, they were celebrating in front of the Manchester City supporters, and they should be big enough, they’re winning enough, to understand it’s okay to go 1-1.
“They shouldn’t react like that. That is terrible, it should have consequences. I hope they find the guy, whoever did that.” Alan Shearer, also on the pundits panel, added: “We don’t want to see that.”
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