Final: Crystal Palace v Manchester United

:00:00. > :00:07.something to prove may be. Very emotional, Wilfried Zaha, pre-match.

:00:08. > :00:17.Mark Latin verb, what a big way, FA Cup final today, -- Mark

:00:18. > :00:26.Clattenburg. Manchester United have taken up their formation positions.

:00:27. > :00:36.Crystal Palace with one final pre-match huddle. Anthony Martial

:00:37. > :00:46.was the last-gasp matchwinner in the semifinal. He scored four goals in

:00:47. > :00:50.his last four games. And the wide men could be the key to an

:00:51. > :00:52.entertaining cup final. Martial and Mata, Bolasie and Zaha. Can they be

:00:53. > :01:08.the great entertainers? Manchester United, wearing white in

:01:09. > :01:12.a final for the ninth time. WHISTLE They have won two, they have lost

:01:13. > :01:16.the last three. Champions League finals against Barcelona in 2009 and

:01:17. > :01:22.2011, Crystal Palace in their red and blue stripes. We are underway to

:01:23. > :01:28.a great noise and a terrific atmosphere. Let's hope that we get a

:01:29. > :01:31.game that befits the occasion. Bolasie, it was like someone fired

:01:32. > :01:36.him out of the gun. He couldn't wait to start. I think he is sharing his

:01:37. > :01:43.intentions. He is going to get at Man Utd at every opportunity.

:01:44. > :01:51.Michael Carrick. Marcos Rojo, trying to give Martial his first run, but

:01:52. > :01:56.he was being well watched by Joel Ward. Wayne Hennessey was able to

:01:57. > :02:05.afford himself a touch before Rashford came calling. Rooney just

:02:06. > :02:10.ask a question of Chris Smalling. Connor Wickham sets about him. He

:02:11. > :02:15.has forced Smalling to put that into the crowd. Those early touches are

:02:16. > :02:17.very important. A lot of nerves around, pressure on the players, it

:02:18. > :02:26.is how you handle it in those early stages.

:02:27. > :02:36.Rojo was not quite expecting beat hatchback like that. Belted clear --

:02:37. > :02:43.not quite expecting the touch back like that. Daley Blind, a player who

:02:44. > :02:47.likes to have plenty of time. Technically gifted. He makes a good

:02:48. > :02:50.partnership for Smalling. Maybe not quite so comfortable in possession

:02:51. > :02:58.but he is by far the best defender of the two.

:02:59. > :03:02.Just setting their stall out, Man Utd, lots of touches the ball are

:03:03. > :03:14.always handy on these big occasions. Fellaini followed by Mile Jedinak,

:03:15. > :03:25.expect that to be a theme. Here comes Antonio Valencia.

:03:26. > :03:30.CHEERING And the ball was always likely to

:03:31. > :03:33.beat him, but we have seen him provide those bursts of pace down

:03:34. > :03:39.the right before to good effect. This is Rooney now in his new role,

:03:40. > :03:47.a great pass, Valencia running from deep, nearly catching out the

:03:48. > :03:53.Pallister -- Palace defence. We know him better as a winger. Most of the

:03:54. > :03:58.noise coming from the Crystal Palace supporters at the moment. If you

:03:59. > :04:01.have been to Selhurst Park in the last two or three years you will

:04:02. > :04:05.know it as one of the cauldrons of in this football these days. Some of

:04:06. > :04:09.it is a little bit choreographed but they don't half make a noise down in

:04:10. > :04:17.that part of south London. Bolasie, blocked. Palace corner, and the

:04:18. > :04:20.noise level rises a little bit more. Every time Bolasie gets the ball,

:04:21. > :04:31.the fans are out of their seats around us, Palace fans. Very good at

:04:32. > :04:39.set pieces, Palace. Cabaye's quality into the box is outstanding as well.

:04:40. > :04:45.Delaney is being watched by Rojo. Scott Dann lurking, at the back of

:04:46. > :04:49.it all, alongside Smalling. De Gea makes a very useful claim, a nice

:04:50. > :04:55.comfortable one from his point of view. Made it look very easy,

:04:56. > :05:11.outstanding keeper. Martial. Carrick.

:05:12. > :05:20.Carrick put under pressure. He has lost the ball. Yohan Cabaye could

:05:21. > :05:29.not keep it for long himself, though. Now a chance maybe for

:05:30. > :05:35.Marcus Rashford. A good bit of defending from Pape Souare. Wickham

:05:36. > :05:40.shields the ball away from Smalling before giving it away again. Cabaye

:05:41. > :05:44.was a little late in on Michael Carrick. Just interesting, Cabaye

:05:45. > :05:56.gives the ball away. He has got to move that ball quicker. Connor

:05:57. > :06:03.Wickham as well losing possession. Out to Rojo pretty swiftly, manages

:06:04. > :06:12.to beat Ward. Zaha comes in to help out and Hennessey can't prevent the

:06:13. > :06:17.corner. It was Zaha's first contribution, a defensive one. Rojo

:06:18. > :06:23.coming inside, an important tackle from Zaha.

:06:24. > :06:33.That one caught out Palace. Taken short by Blind to Mata, looks for

:06:34. > :06:38.Fellaini. Jedinak was there with him and Hennessey out to catch. That is

:06:39. > :06:43.why Jedinak is in the team chiefly today to keep tabs on the hyped

:06:44. > :06:48.threat that Marouane Fellaini provides. He does that first class

:06:49. > :06:54.for his team, Fellaini outstanding in the air as we know, a big role

:06:55. > :07:02.for Jedinak today. It could be very physical, that one. Mile Jedinak is

:07:03. > :07:06.a really athletic, physical player. On the right side of the laws most

:07:07. > :07:08.of the time, and you were making the comment that even in the time since

:07:09. > :07:12.you retired from playing, players are that bit more taller, they look

:07:13. > :07:19.like long-distance runners these days. I felt like a dwarf in the

:07:20. > :07:25.tunnel for the game, they are all giants now. Lean and mean. Here's

:07:26. > :07:29.Rashford. Delaney will have a job on here. Had to get it right. Mark

:07:30. > :07:37.Clattenburg said he did, at the cost of a corner. Rashford here, he wants

:07:38. > :07:41.to test players. He asks questions, and Delaney just about get his foot

:07:42. > :07:47.to this one. Touch and go. Very close. Just about. Blind takes

:07:48. > :08:04.another short one to Mata. Martial. Martial manages to get into the box

:08:05. > :08:12.to win another corner. Ward was helped out by McArthur with the

:08:13. > :08:19.defending in the end. Good early pressure from Manchester United. A

:08:20. > :08:29.very call customer, 20-year-old Anthony Martial. -- cool

:08:30. > :08:36.Blind with another corner. Fellaini is not looking towards goal at the

:08:37. > :08:40.moment. Trying to force a decision from Jedinak, one way or another.

:08:41. > :08:50.Smalling. He couldn't stay in the air high or long enough. Rooney, he

:08:51. > :08:55.will get that. Bolasie backs away, invites the cross will stop Mata.

:08:56. > :08:58.Hennessey made the decision, and a good one too. One you would expect

:08:59. > :09:13.him to make. Alan Pardew already with a message

:09:14. > :09:16.or two for his players. Only one English manager has won the cup in

:09:17. > :09:23.the last 20 years. That was Harry Redknapp with Portsmouth. It was

:09:24. > :09:30.eight years ago, now. Can Pardew be the next? It could be third time

:09:31. > :09:34.lucky for the Palace boss, and we could get a treat if it is. Think

:09:35. > :09:38.about 1990 when it was a player, 3-3, that first game against

:09:39. > :09:45.Manchester United, and then when he was a manager with Liverpool against

:09:46. > :09:53.West Ham -- with West Ham against Liverpool in Cardiff. 3-3 and it

:09:54. > :10:03.went to penalties. Asking for calm, keep the ball.

:10:04. > :10:13.Rooney to Smalling. I think Palace are quite happy to let Manchester

:10:14. > :10:18.United have the ball in these areas and maybe hit them on the break.

:10:19. > :10:22.That is how it was built that it might be played. Yes, just getting

:10:23. > :10:27.Bolasie to get forward. When they win it, they have to make that first

:10:28. > :10:32.pass without losing it. A great ball from what looked like Scholes. Wayne

:10:33. > :10:34.Rooney. Rashford. He is morphing into Paul Scholes as his career goes

:10:35. > :10:51.along. Rashford to Mata and returned.

:10:52. > :10:55.Rashford's effort was then blocked by Souare. That confidence we have

:10:56. > :11:02.been used to seeing so quickly from the teenager, it is all there again.

:11:03. > :11:06.He just sparks into life, a little give and go, he wanders into free

:11:07. > :11:14.space at the edge of the box. Outstanding talent. So young.

:11:15. > :11:27.Blind's corner. Mata tried to help it on. Souare got in the way again.

:11:28. > :11:31.It is almost a mis-hit from the corner. Like how it just scuffs a

:11:32. > :11:38.cross will stop great ball. In all sorts of space. Zaha just not doing

:11:39. > :11:43.his job properly. Souare was quick to tell him about that. This time a

:11:44. > :11:50.little closer to Mata. Fellaini attacks it. He must've got the last

:11:51. > :11:54.touch, Mark Clattenburg a clear view and says goalkick, not contested by

:11:55. > :12:01.the Belgian. Jedinak just straining to get something in the way of that.

:12:02. > :12:08.Just enough, a grab of the shirt. Just making it as difficult as

:12:09. > :12:13.possible. He does enough for his team. He is outstanding, though,

:12:14. > :12:21.Fellaini in the air, you have to say. FA Cup runner-up with Everton

:12:22. > :12:22.in 2009. That could be a jewel to watch. We talked about the wingers

:12:23. > :12:35.and what they bring to the game. You see how quickly Valencia is in

:12:36. > :12:42.on Bolasie. He has to get as tight as he possibly can.

:12:43. > :13:13.A player of really good quality, Cabaye, has made it into the France

:13:14. > :13:20.squad for the Euros. Needs to do better on the ball at the moment,

:13:21. > :13:23.though. He has been very scrappy. There will be quite a few players

:13:24. > :13:27.out there who will be looking forward to seeing some action in the

:13:28. > :13:33.tournament in France, which starts in just a few weeks' time. Marcus

:13:34. > :13:38.Rashford - will he be in Roy Hodgson's final squad? It is still

:13:39. > :13:48.very much possible. Now, Bolasie with a chance to run. It came off

:13:49. > :13:52.Blind. De Gea manages to prevent the corner with a very clever slide. And

:13:53. > :13:57.he applauds the assistant referee for ruling in his favour.

:13:58. > :14:07.Improvisation from the 'keeper. His alive to everything. He can't be far

:14:08. > :14:13.away from being the world's best now, can he? He's got to be up

:14:14. > :14:17.there. His pace around the goal, he makes so many saves instinct of the

:14:18. > :14:23.with his feet. He is alive to everything. Have not seen many

:14:24. > :14:30.better penalty saves them the one who pulled off against the car can

:14:31. > :14:43.in the semifinal. -- against Lukaku in the semifinal.

:14:44. > :14:51.Martial bundled his way through. Fellaini...

:14:52. > :14:58.It is Manchester United who have flocked the more menacing side in

:14:59. > :15:04.what we have seen so far. Far more options on the ball for Manchester

:15:05. > :15:11.United. Mata coming in off the line, Rooney, getting lots of touches of

:15:12. > :15:19.the ball. Rooney lets fly, Hennessey can't hold on... That all seemed to

:15:20. > :15:27.be a little bit in slow motion. Well, it takes a deflection, and

:15:28. > :15:35.think it catches Hennessey out. Made a bit of a meal of that one. Had a

:15:36. > :15:40.bit of a wobble in January, with mistakes at Aston Villa and

:15:41. > :15:48.Manchester City. Wilfried Zaha penalised. Would like to see him get

:15:49. > :15:54.a bit higher. He has really got to play well on that right-hand side.

:15:55. > :16:01.We know Bolasie will do it. Zaha has been out for a while. Both of them

:16:02. > :16:05.have had injury problems. Bolasie had a hip problem at the turn of the

:16:06. > :16:43.year. Zaha more recently has had hamstring trouble.

:16:44. > :16:50.It was Marcos Rojo coming round the back. He made a bit of a mess of his

:16:51. > :16:56.cross. Should be doing better, Rojo, with his cross. It was a great

:16:57. > :17:02.Poleksic from Rooney, catching everyone out. Difficult one to deal

:17:03. > :17:06.with, but you would expect him to get it across the goal. We have seen

:17:07. > :17:10.this possession game from Manchester United a lot under Louis van Gaal.

:17:11. > :17:14.Does it seem to you as though there is a little bit more purpose to it

:17:15. > :17:17.today? I think maybe it suits laying at Wembley, the more structured

:17:18. > :17:23.build-up. You just need that change of pace in the final third. Lingard

:17:24. > :17:27.I think can consider himself unlucky. We spoke about Puncheon not

:17:28. > :17:34.playing. Decisions have to be made, of course. But those two maybe bit

:17:35. > :17:41.unlucky not to start. Jason Puncheon, annoyed about being left

:17:42. > :17:47.out. Maybe there is a role for a super sub, like Ian Wright in 1990.

:17:48. > :17:56.That would be something. Good tackle by Cabaye.

:17:57. > :18:07.Connor Wickham against Smalling. Who fouled who? Connor Wickham has gone

:18:08. > :18:12.on! The whistle has gone. It looks as though it's going to be Palace

:18:13. > :18:18.free kick and a yellow card for Smalling, is it? That's exactly what

:18:19. > :18:20.it is. Well, I can't believe it! Surely he should have played

:18:21. > :18:27.advantage?! Of course he should have done! We know that Smalling is no

:18:28. > :18:31.slouch. They both go down. I cannot believe the referee has not played

:18:32. > :18:39.on there. That's a shocking decision. There is the foul. He has

:18:40. > :18:43.got that bit right. I'm not even sure it is a foul. They are both

:18:44. > :18:47.leaning on each other. That is a massive let off for Manchester

:18:48. > :18:51.United, because he is through on goal. They will gladly take that

:18:52. > :19:03.booking. They will be delighted with a booking there. Was that an apology

:19:04. > :19:08.from Mark Clattenburg? Once he has blown the whistle, he can do little

:19:09. > :19:10.about it. That's remarkable. We do not know how costly of course that

:19:11. > :19:24.will be. De Gea makes the save! Cabaye, we know about his quality.

:19:25. > :19:30.This was a wicked Poleksic in. Just a touch off Bolasie, I think. You

:19:31. > :19:40.would expect him to save that, of course.

:19:41. > :19:47.Alan Pardew has every right to be seething over that decision. The

:19:48. > :19:55.first really big moment of the FA Cup Final 2016. Cabaye, that's a

:19:56. > :20:03.very good delivery. Strong headed clearance from Fellaini. Cabaye

:20:04. > :20:08.looks for Scott Dann, but won't find him with that. I just united can

:20:09. > :20:15.regroup and take a deep breath, as can the referee. Well, he has not

:20:16. > :20:20.made a mistake deliberately, but Heath, he is well up with play. He

:20:21. > :20:30.should be playing on, giving the advantage to the striker. Ballack

:20:31. > :20:38.should be one up. Crazy decision. Just shows you, we can all make

:20:39. > :20:45.mistakes. That was not a good backpass from Michael Carrick. It is

:20:46. > :20:52.a rare mistake from him. Palace are pressing. They will feel they have

:20:53. > :20:55.been unjustly treated at this point. That will all drift away if they

:20:56. > :21:10.manage to score the opening goal soon.

:21:11. > :21:20.Mark Clattenburg blows the whistle, and he felt that Blind was being

:21:21. > :21:29.fouled by Wickham, and not the other way around. It is so difficult to

:21:30. > :21:31.make a decision for the referee. He has got that one right, that is for

:21:32. > :21:42.sure. Palace are into the game. Many will

:21:43. > :22:13.feel they should have had the chance at least of going into the lead.

:22:14. > :22:20.Manchester United will enjoy a spell of passing now, settle themselves

:22:21. > :22:23.down again. Yes, Fellaini, surprising how forward he is in

:22:24. > :22:28.these opening exchanges. Rooney really likes looking for him with

:22:29. > :22:34.the diagonal. There he is, pushing on.

:22:35. > :22:53.Martin! That's a good save by Hennessey. Good, strong hand.

:22:54. > :23:06.Here they come again, with Rojo waiting out wide.

:23:07. > :23:14.Mata trying to bounce one half Fellaini. It bounced awkwardly, and

:23:15. > :23:21.Cabaye has taken out Carrick. United free kick. Carrick gets his reward

:23:22. > :23:31.there. He was in really quickly. Good save from Hennessey. Just falls

:23:32. > :23:37.really nicely for Mata. 'Keeper tips it round nicely.

:23:38. > :23:46.Rooney is thinking about the shot. Here he is. Might want to think

:23:47. > :24:02.again. Hell of a long way out, he's really

:24:03. > :24:18.got no chance of scoring from there. That will help Wayne Hennessey. Keep

:24:19. > :24:22.the ball, calm down. No surprise to see statistics like that in pretty

:24:23. > :24:25.much any game that Manchester United have played in recent times. They

:24:26. > :24:31.dominate the ball, don't always win the game. That's right. But it can

:24:32. > :24:32.be a bit embarrassing on the big occasion if you're just not in

:24:33. > :24:53.possession of the Poleksic at all. Scott Dann, plenty of time on the

:24:54. > :24:58.ball for him. Of course, you have got to make chances with that

:24:59. > :25:17.possession, and so far, the best chance has gone to Palace.

:25:18. > :25:24.Valencia, as always, willing and waiting out wide. Back it comes to

:25:25. > :25:34.him. That was blocked by Souare, but what with? The corner is given.

:25:35. > :25:39.Another decision for the referee. There was nothing wrong with it, but

:25:40. > :25:45.the left arm being raised made us want to have another look. Up on the

:25:46. > :25:47.gantry, it might have look like a handball, but it certainly wasn't,

:25:48. > :26:09.it hit him in the face. Fellaini! Well, it has, for Palace

:26:10. > :26:13.player. Well, it's good movement. He gets away from his man. How he

:26:14. > :26:20.doesn't put that in the high-end of the net... I think it comes off

:26:21. > :26:35.Jedinak. Fellaini should be putting that in and he knows it.

:26:36. > :26:53.In front Blind. Fellaini was allowed to get it down this time. But Palace

:26:54. > :27:02.are able to get it away. Almost desperation, clearing that one.

:27:03. > :27:12.Ward did really well. He certainly will stick to his task today, up

:27:13. > :27:18.against Martial. We haven't seen much of Martial in these early

:27:19. > :27:23.stages. And he loses the ball, to Wilfried Zaha. And a little push on

:27:24. > :27:31.the back one of his predecessors as a United winner. Zaha would have

:27:32. > :27:38.enjoyed that one. Deemed not to be good enough. Definite foul. Martial

:27:39. > :27:40.is not in the game. He needs to wake up for his team. Not seen too much

:27:41. > :28:00.of Zaha, either. He said he felt worthless at times

:28:01. > :28:03.at Old Trafford. He is certainly proving his worth today. Certainly a

:28:04. > :28:11.big player in this Crystal Palace team. Bolasie lining up a shot, and

:28:12. > :28:17.it needed to be saved by David de Gea. You can't take URI off Bolasie.

:28:18. > :28:34.He will try from anywhere. Wickham pulled across it. The shots

:28:35. > :28:37.are coming in, Palace shots on the United goal. Connor Wickham has done

:28:38. > :28:42.everything right there, bar the shot. Gave it away really easily,

:28:43. > :28:51.Carrick. Works it from one foot to the other. Has not got any direction

:28:52. > :29:00.in that shot. Capable of great goals, though. This season,

:29:01. > :29:08.certainly. He seems to come good at the end of the season, Birchley kept

:29:09. > :29:18.Sunderland up. He scored in that semifinal. That will be on his mind.

:29:19. > :29:23.Enjoying the duel with Smalling. Martial.

:29:24. > :29:46.Rooney. United are forced to go backwards. And again to Rooney.

:29:47. > :29:56.Rashford. He was wanting V1- two with Juan Mata -- the 1-2. Just that

:29:57. > :29:59.sharpness they need, it will have to be a bit of brilliance from somebody

:30:00. > :30:10.to break through this Palace rearguard.

:30:11. > :30:33.-- Rojo won't quite get there. Anthony Marshall not quite getting

:30:34. > :30:39.into the game. Cantona was comparing him with Ronaldo. Poise,

:30:40. > :30:46.athleticism. He is not doing it today. Still early days. Those

:30:47. > :30:49.Manchester United fans certainly wouldn't mind if he doesn't do

:30:50. > :30:59.anything except score the late winner again, as he did in the semi.

:31:00. > :31:11.Free kick, Palace. There wasn't any advantage coming from that one.

:31:12. > :31:19.Zaha manages to tease the crossover. Good work from Smalling, just got in

:31:20. > :31:24.front of Wickham at the last. Excellent, proper marking in the

:31:25. > :31:35.box. Proper wing play from Zaha. Finally. There was a feeling, and we

:31:36. > :31:40.have just passed the halfway mark, that Palace would be very happy to

:31:41. > :31:45.get into half-time ads 0-0 and see how the game developed from there.

:31:46. > :31:48.The much generally still the case, although that big decision Mark

:31:49. > :31:53.Clattenburg made earlier, I feel they deserve to be leading. Zaha

:31:54. > :32:00.couldn't get the cross right this time. Mata keeps it away from

:32:01. > :32:05.Bolasie and Souare, and then is forced to put it out of play. Great

:32:06. > :32:10.closing down. As good as his technique is, Mata, Zaha's slacking

:32:11. > :32:28.a bit of quality to Bolasie at the far post.

:32:29. > :32:35.Martial feeling the breath of Joel Ward behind him. He is almost in his

:32:36. > :32:39.boots, he is a player who knows a thing or two about winning the FA

:32:40. > :32:44.Cup. Do you still get nightmares when you see him standing there out

:32:45. > :32:52.wide? I try not think about it was that I should have brought him down.

:32:53. > :33:14.A goodly and a good win from Wickham. Cover came from Smalling.

:33:15. > :33:24.I wouldn't be surprised if the message from Ryan Giggs was to bring

:33:25. > :33:32.the wingers and more. Rashford across, there is Martial! That is a

:33:33. > :33:34.goal saving block. Joel Ward with effectively a superb save for

:33:35. > :33:40.Crystal Palace. It is Rashford again. Once he gets isolated to the

:33:41. > :33:45.centre halves in that wide position, just skips past as man, he runs at

:33:46. > :33:49.you. It is frightening when he runs at people, and look at the power he

:33:50. > :33:56.puts on that. Ward is delighted to see that go past. That will be a

:33:57. > :34:01.free kick for Palace. This young man just impresses you every time you

:34:02. > :34:05.watch. Alan Pardew in the build-up today said his team plays street

:34:06. > :34:11.football. Rashford is like that, fresh from the street. Definitely.

:34:12. > :34:14.If it is a wide position, a central position, it doesn't matter. He has

:34:15. > :34:20.got pace. His movement is outstanding. If Roy Hodgson, he is

:34:21. > :34:26.here today, is he going to take him for the Euros? At the moment he is

:34:27. > :34:30.looking nailed on. He won't be involved tomorrow in Manchester

:34:31. > :34:33.City's round against Turkey of course, but those who are might have

:34:34. > :34:44.to play really well to try to keep him out. I think storage is under

:34:45. > :34:51.the most pressure. -- Sturridge is under the most pressure. Was Wayne

:34:52. > :34:56.Rooney 18 when he stole the show at Euro 2004? It is a young man's Jame.

:34:57. > :35:02.-- game. Wayne Hennessey, who is a certain to

:35:03. > :35:42.be in Wales's goal at the Euros. Blind not able to make a mistake

:35:43. > :35:46.here and he has done, he has given the ball to Zaha, try to hurricane

:35:47. > :35:51.that, this time advantage is applied, back comes Rooney, that was

:35:52. > :36:01.a good tackle. He won the ball. Zaha doesn't think he did. It was a poor

:36:02. > :36:31.ball to Blind. Some great defending. Pulled back to Juan Mata. Another

:36:32. > :36:38.superb bit of Crystal Palace blocking. Souare flung himself at

:36:39. > :36:43.Mata's feat. Fantastic defending. This was the other end, just look

:36:44. > :36:49.here to see if Wayne Rooney makes the file. No. He goes to ground

:36:50. > :36:54.early. He doesn't get any of the ball. He doesn't, but I think the

:36:55. > :37:02.player just trips trying to slow down. Clattenburg was certainly

:37:03. > :37:05.right on the spot there. Crystal Palace will just feel at this point

:37:06. > :37:15.that nothing is going their way, as it should be doing. In from Blind.

:37:16. > :37:25.Away by Wickham. Wouldn't come down for Zaha to sprint away with it.

:37:26. > :37:31.Up in the air from Delaney. Hennessey had to punch. McArthur

:37:32. > :37:58.wanted to long. Allowed to advance and shoot. It

:37:59. > :38:02.might be his final Manchester United goal. He would want to sign off with

:38:03. > :38:07.something special. He hasn't scored for 14 months now. Let's take

:38:08. > :38:15.another look at this Rooney challenge on Zaha. I don't think it

:38:16. > :38:22.touches him, it was poor play in the first place from Daley Blind. Just

:38:23. > :38:42.trying to slow down. The referee does well. It is a handball.

:38:43. > :38:48.It certainly demonstrates if you are Blind at the back or Smalling, you

:38:49. > :38:56.can't take any liberties with these Palace players. They will storm all

:38:57. > :39:06.over you. Blind. Won by Jedinak, who was pulled unfairly by Fellaini. It

:39:07. > :39:10.is like a tug of war with Jedinak and Fellaini. Jason Puncheon

:39:11. > :39:14.disappointed to be left out but still happy to give a tactical word

:39:15. > :39:20.or two from the touchline. When it happens to you, you have to be a

:39:21. > :39:22.good pro, and a club man. He is still hoping and praying he can get

:39:23. > :39:40.on and feature in this match. Smalling, that is commanding stuff.

:39:41. > :39:44.Dann, a little bit more hesitant on his part. I think he was looking for

:39:45. > :39:49.a little pass into midfield, and there's no one available. Up towards

:39:50. > :39:53.Bolasie. It comes off the heel of Yannick Bolasie. Just looks like he

:39:54. > :39:57.needs to get free of Antonio Valencia. He makes great runs,

:39:58. > :40:14.Bolasie, off the ball. Joel Ward running again. Arm in arm.

:40:15. > :40:17.And the whistle has gone. Is that another Palace free kick when Joel

:40:18. > :40:25.Ward might have had the chance to run on? He was running on. Free kick

:40:26. > :40:29.on halfway. The whistle went again. At a major event, we talk about good

:40:30. > :40:32.performances from the players, but there has to be a good performance

:40:33. > :40:36.from the referee, and it is one of those were again if he lets it run,

:40:37. > :40:44.he makes the decision later, you might find here that Ward is

:40:45. > :40:47.through. He has got too much pace. You could argue the defender has

:40:48. > :40:54.stopped because he has heard the whistle, but Clattenburg should let

:40:55. > :40:58.that go. A yellow card for Rojo, scant consolation for Alan Pardew

:40:59. > :41:07.who we saw very clearly make the point, "That's twice". He is right.

:41:08. > :41:13.He is not even looking, Clattenburg, he makes his decision to early. It

:41:14. > :41:38.wasn't as though the tussle was continuing, Ward was away.

:41:39. > :41:50.Plenty of spin on that from Hennessey.

:41:51. > :41:59.Not too many smiles on the United bench. They will know as

:42:00. > :42:02.professionals when a player has been denied goal-scoring opportunities,

:42:03. > :42:12.they feel a bit lucky, Manchester United and their staff.

:42:13. > :42:33.WHISTLE He gets the free kick, courtesy of

:42:34. > :42:40.Fellaini. Certainly sticking to their task at the back, Ward,

:42:41. > :42:48.Souare. Play it quickly is the message from the Palace boss,

:42:49. > :42:52.Pardew. Two advantages that weren't played aside, he will be quite

:42:53. > :42:57.content with his team. Not so happy with the man in the middle. Mark

:42:58. > :43:01.Clattenburg is explaining a couple of decisions to questions that are

:43:02. > :43:04.being asked of him. He can explain as much as he wants, but he has made

:43:05. > :43:44.two glaring mistakes. Rooney, with a chance to run.

:43:45. > :43:47.He has got Mata all the way on the other side. No way through for him

:43:48. > :44:00.yet. No way through for Rashford, either. Zaha. Jedinak once it back.

:44:01. > :44:06.Could not find the pass, Zaha. This is the thing, Palace have got to

:44:07. > :44:09.keep the ball better. Something Manchester United are trying to do,

:44:10. > :44:43.is pass and build. Martial, busy and bright, but he ran

:44:44. > :44:55.into a red and blue crowd. He has gone a bit more central, and he

:44:56. > :45:10.looks more dangerous. As we approach the half-time break. The Palace fans

:45:11. > :45:15.are cranking it up a bit. There is a theory which Alan Pardew let is into

:45:16. > :45:20.yesterday's. He said, this Manchester United team fades, and

:45:21. > :45:31.the longer the game goes on, the stronger we will be.

:45:32. > :45:38.Well, if you have that belief in your game you stick to it. Van Gaal

:45:39. > :45:43.will not be concerned. Nothing ruffles him. He will be happy with

:45:44. > :45:48.the possession. He would be happy with that. It's going to be another

:45:49. > :45:53.yellow card, and it will be Mata this time. Alan Pardew is incensed.

:45:54. > :45:59.He joins Rojo and Smalling in the book. Well, it's over the top. It's

:46:00. > :46:14.a late challenge. Definite booking. One more minute to play before the

:46:15. > :46:44.interval. He writes a blog online, Juan Mata.

:46:45. > :47:03.And that is a very high line from Manchester United.

:47:04. > :47:22.That will be the goalkeeper's. It would not fall kindly enough for

:47:23. > :47:27.either Cabaye or MacArthur. Two crucial decisions from Mark

:47:28. > :47:35.Clattenburg. The crucial one was the first one. Free kick even when

:47:36. > :47:43.Wickham got up and might well have gone on to score. Goalless at

:47:44. > :47:51.half-time, who would have thought it?! Not too many clear-cut chances?

:47:52. > :47:58.Not too many, Palace have made it abundantly clear, they're going to

:47:59. > :48:00.get ten men behind the ball, give possession to Manchester United, and

:48:01. > :48:07.every time they get it back, they will hit it up early to Wickham. And

:48:08. > :48:13.it should have worked, but for a shocking refereeing performance.

:48:14. > :48:18.Danny, you think they are sitting a bit too deep? I understand what

:48:19. > :48:22.they're trying to do, playing on the break, with the pace they have got.

:48:23. > :48:27.But they are so deep, it is very hard to get up and help Wickham. I

:48:28. > :48:32.want them to be just 10-15 yards further up and get into the game

:48:33. > :48:37.more, because they are getting dominated. I think the possession is

:48:38. > :48:42.pretty much 70-30 in Manchester United's favour. It will please

:48:43. > :48:46.Louis van Gaal. Yes, but that does not get you goals. I think they are

:48:47. > :48:52.playing really well, but Crystal Palace blocked every shot on goal.

:48:53. > :48:59.So they're far, it is just a matter of time. Rashford came through a

:49:00. > :49:03.couple of times, very clever player. If I was Louis van Gaal, I would be

:49:04. > :49:09.pleased with the performance of my team. I would tell them, look, the

:49:10. > :49:14.chances will come, the goal will come, but be careful of the

:49:15. > :49:18.counterattack. Talking of counterattacks, we saw one or two

:49:19. > :49:24.early on. And those decisions by Mark Clattenburg... This is exactly

:49:25. > :49:28.what Alan Pardew will have told his team to do. Ten players behind the

:49:29. > :49:35.ball, soaking up the pressure, try and wait, win the ball, and all of a

:49:36. > :49:41.sudden, bang, couple of passes, you're in behind the back four. And

:49:42. > :49:47.this is an absolutely shocking decision from the referee. Why on

:49:48. > :49:51.earth can he not wait a second or two? He has blown far too early, as

:49:52. > :49:56.he has done on a couple of other occasions. It is a foul, yes, but

:49:57. > :50:01.let it go on for a second. He does not have to blow straightaway. I

:50:02. > :50:06.think he has shown nerves, the referee. I think the occasion has

:50:07. > :50:13.got to him. But Danny, he has made an error, and then, 10-15 minutes

:50:14. > :50:21.later, this. Why is he blowing so early again? Let it go on! Ruud? I

:50:22. > :50:26.agree. That can change a game. And he has been too much of an influence

:50:27. > :50:31.on these kind of occasions. And this was a third one, Bolasie is

:50:32. > :50:36.one-to-one down the line. He can go back and give him the yellow card,

:50:37. > :50:39.but lets the game flow instead of blowing your whistle all the time.

:50:40. > :50:45.At the other end, one or two chances. Good save from Hennessey,

:50:46. > :50:52.Danny? It was. One of the occasions when they did get in behind the

:50:53. > :50:57.Palace back four. We have not seen much of Mata off that right-hand

:50:58. > :51:03.side. It was half a chance, really. He should save it. Very good save

:51:04. > :51:09.from the goalkeeper. He would have been disappointed if that had gone

:51:10. > :51:14.in. A bright spark who we spoke about before the game, Marcus

:51:15. > :51:19.Rashford, wryly. I think he's a very clever player. At the moment, on the

:51:20. > :51:26.right side, how he gets away from players. Sometimes, you can get a

:51:27. > :51:33.hamstring problem from running so much! But he keeps the opposition

:51:34. > :51:38.occupied all the time. He gets in good situations, giving you good

:51:39. > :51:42.angles. This was the one I was talking about, through the legs.

:51:43. > :51:51.What I like about him, he keeps his head up. Looking for players and he

:51:52. > :51:55.picks out Martial. And you can tell his team-mates have got confidence

:51:56. > :51:58.in him. Sometimes you see little balls rolled up to the centre

:51:59. > :52:04.forward. They are actually ringing it up to him, because they've got

:52:05. > :52:07.confidence in him, and his touch is that good. He's giving Roy is

:52:08. > :52:12.something to think about. You know how young he is, even if perhaps he

:52:13. > :52:18.takes in for experience? Yes, take him for experience, but you could

:52:19. > :52:21.use him. He's playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world, and it

:52:22. > :52:27.is not phasing him in the slightest. He has no fear. That's what will

:52:28. > :52:32.impress Roy, he's doing it on the biggest stage. If he can go out and

:52:33. > :52:34.get a goal in the second half, he is really asking a question. Does he

:52:35. > :52:41.really need to get a goal? He doesn't need to. He is putting in a

:52:42. > :52:44.very, very good performance on the biggest stage. Marouane Fellaini,

:52:45. > :52:50.always a player that interests people. Alan, you think he has been

:52:51. > :52:59.selected for what he does at both ends? Both defending in his own box,

:53:00. > :53:02.and also attacking. Palace are brilliant at set pieces. He should

:53:03. > :53:05.have done better here, although his movement was good. Here, we

:53:06. > :53:10.highlighted Scott Dann before the game. Man United have done their

:53:11. > :53:17.homework. Again, the same thing. Another one comes in, and here's

:53:18. > :53:23.there. . That's the area that Crystal Palace like to attack. I

:53:24. > :53:27.find it somewhat ridiculous, that Manchester United, one of the best

:53:28. > :53:30.clubs in the world, are now selecting players because they can

:53:31. > :53:39.head it. Because that's what he is in the team for. He is tidy on the

:53:40. > :53:44.ball. They should have confidence in the footballing ability of 13. No,

:53:45. > :53:53.you have to adapt yourself also to your position. Because they have a

:53:54. > :53:56.certain strength. You have to. When we played at Chelsea against

:53:57. > :54:04.Wimbledon, you can't have the midgets playing. So therefore, most

:54:05. > :54:09.of the time, the back four, the two centre halves, they mark. You need

:54:10. > :54:14.somebody in the hole. Certainly in defensive circumstances, anyway.

:54:15. > :54:20.With the pace of Rashford, will it be dangerous? It is small margins,

:54:21. > :54:28.just so that they can get at United a little bit more. Cabaye we have

:54:29. > :54:33.not seen much of. Him on the ball, get him playing. It could go to

:54:34. > :54:38.extra time, and who knows, even penalties. We shall see. There have

:54:39. > :54:40.been more than 1400 goals scored so far in this year's FA Cup. And now,

:54:41. > :55:29.you can choose your favourite. COMMENTATOR: He has beaten all three

:55:30. > :56:05.of them! What a goal! Raheem Sterling, into the path of

:56:06. > :56:35.Aguero. Still going, Aguero! Still going! Oh, Cheadle this unfinished!

:56:36. > :56:43.Lukaku and Lennon heavily outnumbered. Carter shows great

:56:44. > :56:57.strength. And goes on... It's a brilliant goal! That is special!

:56:58. > :57:17.Dimitri Payet... Brilliant! That is fantastic from Dimitri Payet!

:57:18. > :57:27.as much as he wants, but he has made two glaring mistakes.

:57:28. > :57:33.Voting will close on the final whistle. Lots more football to come

:57:34. > :58:47.in the next few weeks. Good heavens. You wouldn't have seen

:58:48. > :59:01.David Coleman and Kenneth Thorsten Hohmann

:59:02. > :59:08.Roy Hodgson is the official starter for the Great Manchester Run

:59:09. > :59:15.tomorrow. Out on the pitch, the winner of this year's FA People's

:59:16. > :59:22.Cup are being presented with their trophies. A competition run in

:59:23. > :59:29.conjunction with the BBC's Get Inspired campaign. Rio Ferdinand

:59:30. > :59:35.just trying to get in on our shop, go away! We have got Phil Neville

:59:36. > :59:38.with us. From a Manchester United perspective, first of all, we will

:59:39. > :59:43.talk about Crystal Palace. What do you think they produced in the first

:59:44. > :59:46.45? They have dominated possession, they have been doing that all

:59:47. > :59:51.season, but Louis van Guy will be saying you have to take your

:59:52. > :59:54.chances. Fellaini has had a chance, Rashford has shown really good bits,

:59:55. > :59:59.but we have seen already Palace will get chances. We talk on occasion

:00:00. > :00:03.that players get nervous on occasions like this, do you think it

:00:04. > :00:09.happened to the referee as well? Alan Shearer called it shocking. He

:00:10. > :00:13.blew his whistle straightaway on Smalling. And when Joel Ward went

:00:14. > :00:19.through as well. The start of the game did not help both sides, Palace

:00:20. > :00:23.started nervously. You mean the delay before kick-off? Yes, six or

:00:24. > :00:27.seven extra minutes does not help anyone when you have prepared for so

:00:28. > :00:33.long. What do you think in the second 45 minutes, because it has

:00:34. > :00:36.got to be decided today. Manchester United's defence is there for the

:00:37. > :00:41.taking, and United have to take their chances. Louis van Gaal will

:00:42. > :00:45.want them to take the first chance otherwise it will be a different

:00:46. > :00:50.game. We will say get lost to Rio Ferdinand and head back to the

:00:51. > :00:56.studio. We have got to be friendly with Rio, he is working for us in

:00:57. > :01:01.the Euros! Who will be the more satisfied manager, who will want to

:01:02. > :01:04.make serious changes? I don't think you will see any serious changes,

:01:05. > :01:09.maybe in the last ten minutes of the game is as it is, but Palace will

:01:10. > :01:12.play the same way. They will sit deep, surrender possession to Man

:01:13. > :01:18.Utd and hope very much in the first half they will get a chance or two.

:01:19. > :01:22.I still think Man Utd can improve. They can move the ball a little bit

:01:23. > :01:26.quicker in the final third and stretch the full-backs of Crystal

:01:27. > :01:32.Palace. You know van Gaal well, Ruud, what do you think? They have

:01:33. > :01:35.had plenty of opportunities. He was a continued to play like this,

:01:36. > :01:39.chances will come, get the ball in the box a little bit earlier, get

:01:40. > :01:44.the passes a little bit quicker and eventually we will score. Danny,

:01:45. > :01:47.which way do you see it going? Second halves with Man Utd

:01:48. > :01:52.traditionally have been a lot more entertaining than the first. Hope

:01:53. > :01:55.so. I just want to see Palace get in the faces of Man Utd a little bit

:01:56. > :01:59.higher, because Carrick and Rooney getting the ball in really come to

:02:00. > :02:04.be at times and I just want to see them be a bit braver, and try to win

:02:05. > :02:12.the game, rather than hope. They are playing in a hopeful way. Rather

:02:13. > :02:15.than a confident way. Alan Pardew is coming out, he went so close of

:02:16. > :02:21.course when he was manager of West Ham all those years ago. Can it be

:02:22. > :02:25.his turn? We shall find out. Possibly in the second half, if not

:02:26. > :02:31.it will go to extra time, and who knows, even penalties.

:02:32. > :02:38.COMMENTATOR: We will certainly find out today, eight of the last nine

:02:39. > :02:43.finals have been decided by just a single goal, the exception being

:02:44. > :02:45.Arsenal's thumping of Aston Villa a year ago. Five have finished 1-0.

:02:46. > :02:52.WHISTLE It does have that feel at the moment

:02:53. > :02:58.of a game that might be settled by just one strike. Crystal Palace 0-0

:02:59. > :03:02.Manchester United at the start of the second half, no changes made by

:03:03. > :03:09.either man in charge, in terms of personnel on the field, just yet.

:03:10. > :03:18.Juan Mata, one of three players on a yellow card, all Man Utd players.

:03:19. > :03:25.Marcos Rojo and Smalling being the other two.

:03:26. > :03:36.WHISTLE The flag is up. That is going to be

:03:37. > :03:41.a Palace free kick. Rojo just wondering offside. Inexcusable. You

:03:42. > :03:50.can look all the way along the line. He is sleeping. With the exception

:03:51. > :03:53.of 20-year-old Martial and 18-year-old Rashford, Louis van Gaal

:03:54. > :04:01.kind of reverted back to his experienced players right the way

:04:02. > :04:05.through to the bench today. Tim Fosu-Mensah has also performed well.

:04:06. > :04:08.Yes, you could say when he came to it he has not used the children, or

:04:09. > :04:16.the kids. You call them children, they are really. That will be a free

:04:17. > :04:25.kick for United. It might be the first Palace name taken now. Scott

:04:26. > :04:30.Dann. This fellow, Rashford, when he runs at you, you can't get too

:04:31. > :04:38.tight. Tries to win it. He makes the foul.

:04:39. > :04:46.Martial. No foul, a wag of the finger from the referee towards the

:04:47. > :05:01.Frenchman. Rooney had to fight to hold off

:05:02. > :05:05.James McArthur. That is what you want with Wayne Rooney, you need him

:05:06. > :05:27.at boiling point, scrapping for everything.

:05:28. > :05:39.Delaney. Helped on by Wickham. Zaha against Rojo. Cabaret on the edge of

:05:40. > :05:44.the box is screaming. It is that diagonal ball, Wickham -- Cabaye on

:05:45. > :06:01.the edge of the box will up comes the centre-half. Connor

:06:02. > :06:10.Wickham has come out of the penalty area to use his long throw ability.

:06:11. > :06:15.He loops it in menacingly. Fellaini stayed in front to knock it down, he

:06:16. > :06:24.will have another go here, Wickham. Almost like a corner. No one has

:06:25. > :06:29.ever matched Rory Delap for getting the length and the trajectory.

:06:30. > :06:31.Another loopy one. It has come out to Bolasie. He lost his footing as

:06:32. > :06:50.he tried to hit it. Smalling. That is a Lassie. The flag

:06:51. > :06:59.is up against James McArthur as he collected. Free kick, United. A bit

:07:00. > :07:07.of a tussle. McArthur's presents not welcome. He just sleeps in, just

:07:08. > :07:17.strays offside. The linesman has done well. He does get a bit tetchy

:07:18. > :07:22.out there. James McArthur three years ago in the Wigan side that

:07:23. > :07:26.beat Manchester City. Only one other previous FA Cup winner on the field,

:07:27. > :07:44.Juan Mata, a winner for years ago with Chelsea.

:07:45. > :07:57.Martial. Fortunate to get it back so quickly. Valencia. He has maybe not

:07:58. > :08:01.got forward as much as he would like so far and the game but here he goes

:08:02. > :08:07.now. Using Fellaini. Fellaini does well against Pape Souare. He thought

:08:08. > :08:13.it was a corner, I did initially. Goalkick is the uncontested

:08:14. > :08:20.decision. Again a very slow, ponderous build-up. Fellaini is not

:08:21. > :08:24.going to run away from anybody. Souare has been solid at left-back,

:08:25. > :08:32.hasn't always been the case this season. He has just sat in, hasn't

:08:33. > :08:37.gone anywhere. Sat alongside the co-owner, Steve Parish, is Mark

:08:38. > :08:43.Bright. The good luck charm. He is not talking, that is a rarity! His

:08:44. > :08:48.mind will have gone back 26 years, he played a key role in that

:08:49. > :08:52.thrilling 3-3 draw between these two teams. Of course he played his part,

:08:53. > :08:58.along with Ian Wright, two very difficult opponents to play against,

:08:59. > :09:03.I must say. You were telling me that Ian Wright talks about that day so

:09:04. > :09:08.frequently, about how he came on and won the game. He didn't of course,

:09:09. > :09:16.they drew the game. It was a win for Ian, because it really put him on

:09:17. > :09:20.the map. It was one of the great FA Cup final substitute shows. Let's

:09:21. > :09:26.not forget Mark Hughes, who also scored two goals in the final. Let's

:09:27. > :09:33.not forget Lee Martin, with the goal of his life in the replay. Of

:09:34. > :09:39.course. I have not yet suggested that this would come close to being

:09:40. > :09:41.a 3-3 thriller today. I wonder if someone will have to come off the

:09:42. > :09:51.bench really to ignited. Michael Carrick, the Manchester

:09:52. > :10:01.United possession pattern has resumed. Loud chanting of" Eagles"

:10:02. > :10:18.has resumed from the other end. Valencia round the back. Not the

:10:19. > :10:22.right service. Too slow. Attached to Fellaini, lovely touch from

:10:23. > :10:38.Rashford! The baharat old by Marouane Fellaini. Carrick. -- the

:10:39. > :10:42.bar rattled. Can Manchester United keep up the intensity around the

:10:43. > :10:44.Palace box? Not now, they won't. Neatly taken by McArthur. Now

:10:45. > :10:56.Bolasie. He gave himself too much to do,

:10:57. > :11:02.Rashford. Was as build-up for the chance. The footballing brain

:11:03. > :11:10.Rashford has is outstanding for someone so young. It seems to be

:11:11. > :11:18.pure instinct. Martial. Pure pace. Not able to go up through the gears

:11:19. > :11:23.there, though. Rooney, he has seen Valencia and he has seen Fellaini.

:11:24. > :11:31.Valencia ordered Fellaini to leave it. Valencia, a cross, it was

:11:32. > :11:36.defended by Ward and cleared by Bolasie out of play. Palace are

:11:37. > :11:41.having to sit and soak for a bit here. Yes. Great play. Look at this

:11:42. > :11:51.little flick, Fellaini hitting the post. You don't get much closer than

:11:52. > :11:58.that. Having to turn up the heat here a little bit, Manchester

:11:59. > :12:05.United. Rojo picked off by Zaha, the pass from Wayne Rooney was a little

:12:06. > :12:12.too casual. Palace get a throw as Zaha is flawed by Marcos Rojo. This

:12:13. > :12:19.is the build-up again for this chance. Just that little ball, just

:12:20. > :12:22.a little flick. Fantastic awareness. A good effort from Fellaini. He

:12:23. > :12:30.thinks he has beaten the keeper, he has, but it doesn't go in.

:12:31. > :12:43.So much to his game for someone so young.

:12:44. > :12:51.Rooney and Smalling got in each other's way. The result is a free

:12:52. > :12:56.kick for handball. A rueful look skywards from Chris Smalling

:12:57. > :13:05.afterwards. Sloppy, and it is in a dangerous area. We know the strength

:13:06. > :13:09.of this Palace team from set pieces. Let's see where Delaney goes, where

:13:10. > :13:12.is Dann going? Somewhere in the middle. Wickham right in the thick

:13:13. > :13:27.of it. It is a good ball in by the

:13:28. > :13:36.Frenchman. And it's wide from Mile Jedinak, who had peeled away. The

:13:37. > :13:46.fans really play their part in winding this up from the set piece.

:13:47. > :14:05.It is a year and a half since he last scored.

:14:06. > :14:26.Now, Bolasie trying to put the squeeze on de Gea.

:14:27. > :14:35.Bolasie claims he is being held by Blind. And from a long way away,

:14:36. > :14:39.Mark Clattenburg gives it. The referee does well there. He had a

:14:40. > :14:47.handful of lassie's shirt. Blind taking issue with the assistant

:14:48. > :14:57.referee. I was watching it closely. Definite foul from Blind. Another

:14:58. > :15:09.chance for Palace to put a telling ball into the box, attacking the end

:15:10. > :15:17.behind which their fans are housed. As we have seen from his time with

:15:18. > :15:22.Newcastle United, in Paris, and today, Cabaye usually puts in a good

:15:23. > :15:28.ball. Right on cue, it is a bad one. That is usual for him. Usually he

:15:29. > :15:40.waits for the fans to crank it up. Should be doing better there.

:15:41. > :15:51.Rashford... Doesn't always work out for him. This final could really do

:15:52. > :15:55.with a goal. Are of good one, preferably, to match some of those

:15:56. > :15:59.we have already seen in the FA Cup this season. You can vote for your

:16:00. > :16:20.goal of the tournament on the BBC Sport website.

:16:21. > :16:34.Good work from Rojo. Delaney did not take any chances. Corner, Manchester

:16:35. > :16:39.United. It's that man again, Fellaini, coming in at the far post.

:16:40. > :16:49.Such a handful. Good defending from Delaney. Blind and Mata were

:16:50. > :17:01.contemplating the quick one, but there were two Palace players

:17:02. > :17:13.enclosed books at it. -- players in close oximetry.

:17:14. > :17:19.Fellaini is like a magnet to that ball. It always seems to find him.

:17:20. > :17:50.No goals, plenty of corners. It is all quite pedestrian. Yes, I

:17:51. > :17:57.think Palace will be happy with this.

:17:58. > :18:09.Here's Martial, who usually does things quickly. And that will be

:18:10. > :18:14.United's 11th corner of the match. They are saying, are you good enough

:18:15. > :18:30.to beat us? We're going to be camped on the edge of our box.

:18:31. > :18:43.That has beaten Hennessey! Dann gets it away! The header was from Anthony

:18:44. > :18:51.Martial. Crystal Palace on the counter, with Bolasie. He gets it in

:18:52. > :18:59.towards Zaha, who slipped. And for the first time all day, the game is

:19:00. > :19:07.opening up. Suddenly it is end-to-end. Powerful run by Delaney.

:19:08. > :19:18.Mark Clattenburg comes across. Yellow card in hand... He caught

:19:19. > :19:25.Rojo hard. I think it was there to go for. It is a great run from

:19:26. > :19:37.Delaney. It's difficult for him to pull out of that, surely. Great

:19:38. > :19:44.Alexey in from Valencia. Just not able to put it in. Great header.

:19:45. > :19:49.United have now struck both posts of Wayne Hennessey's goal since

:19:50. > :19:59.half-time. The outside of both posts. This was the challenge. Not

:20:00. > :20:05.great when we see it again. Absolutely nowhere near the ball. He

:20:06. > :20:18.is lucky to stay on with that. Marcos Rojo might not be able to

:20:19. > :20:24.stay on. I don't think Delaney was trying deliberately to take him out.

:20:25. > :20:29.But he did not show any care for his opponent at all. Neil Swarbrick, the

:20:30. > :20:33.fourth official, is just having a word with Damien Delaney, saying, I

:20:34. > :20:43.know you went for the ball. That's not really an excuse. Because he has

:20:44. > :20:50.ran 40 yards with it, he's got the benefit of the doubt. Four years

:20:51. > :20:53.ago, he had to be coaxed into joining Crystal Palace by Dougie

:20:54. > :20:58.Freedman. He was on the verge of packing in the game altogether and

:20:59. > :21:08.contemplating taking up triathlon. I think you should do that!

:21:09. > :21:22.Let's hope Rojo is OK to continue. Palace fans are giving it the Poznan

:21:23. > :21:31.treatment. All black shirted, all together. It is up to the fans to

:21:32. > :21:37.try and lift it now. Definitely. There's a few tired legs out there.

:21:38. > :21:40.Just over an hour now. Nobody wanting to give it anything away,

:21:41. > :21:51.but you're going to have to go for this if you want to be a hero.

:21:52. > :22:00.Let's see what the players are made of now. I think Marcos Rojo is about

:22:01. > :22:15.to succumb to that injury. Rojo is just about a passenger but

:22:16. > :22:35.he pulls it back. Martial... It might be Rojo's last

:22:36. > :22:45.contribution. Darmian is going to come on and replace him shortly. Up

:22:46. > :22:53.towards Wickham. Rooney has given it away. He has done that a lot today.

:22:54. > :22:59.The brave new midfield world takes some adapting to. Martial thought he

:23:00. > :23:11.was fouled. The United bench thought he was fouled. Rooney pings that

:23:12. > :23:19.ball in. Martial definitely has a case for a foul. There is the first

:23:20. > :23:24.substitution. Rojo has got something to say to Damien Delaney on his way

:23:25. > :23:31.off. Rightly so, his afternoon has been ended. Just a month ago, we saw

:23:32. > :23:35.Darmian having THE moment of his Manchester United career so far,

:23:36. > :23:40.with a cracking goal against Crystal Palace. It was a great effort, I

:23:41. > :23:45.think it was with his left foot. And it was a left-back who won the cup

:23:46. > :23:54.for them 26 years ago, against Crystal Palace. Who knows? Some

:23:55. > :24:04.frustration starting to come to the fore with Wayne Rooney. We said, you

:24:05. > :24:11.have to have Wayne Rooney at boiling point. He has been a bit sloppy at

:24:12. > :24:22.times, but he's certainly given 100%. Jedinak challenges... Delaney!

:24:23. > :24:28.Clemens was happy to cover, but he knew it was going over the top.

:24:29. > :24:35.Again, another ball into the box. Flicked on by Dann. Speculatively

:24:36. > :24:51.effort from there. Never really going to score from there.

:24:52. > :25:01.I he hasn't seen thrilling games. I wonder what he makes of it. Is he

:25:02. > :25:06.seeing enough attack from Manchester United? I'm sure all the time he's

:25:07. > :25:14.thinking about what he would be doing. I'm certain of it. Jason

:25:15. > :25:31.Puncheon is getting some detailed instruction from Keith Millen.

:25:32. > :25:38.A little bit scrappy at times in the first half, but the second has

:25:39. > :25:42.matched it. He will have been disappointed not to have started the

:25:43. > :25:47.game, so he might become in on now thinking, I can win this for Palace.

:25:48. > :26:04.Just to prove something to his manager.

:26:05. > :26:11.Marcus Rashford is now down hurt. They closed the door on him well

:26:12. > :26:28.there, Palace. The ball is out, so Rashford can get

:26:29. > :26:35.some treatment. Let's hope its not serious. Not good to see. Has he

:26:36. > :26:39.done the inside of his knee? Just a change of direction, coming inside,

:26:40. > :26:56.putting too much wait on that medial ligament. That's nasty.

:26:57. > :27:06.Only 86 days ago that he burst onto the scene, scoring two goals against

:27:07. > :27:11.their Danish opponents at the end of February in Europa League.

:27:12. > :27:16.Manchester United will be in that competition next season. Worth

:27:17. > :27:19.pointing out that West Ham and Southampton will be interested

:27:20. > :27:23.observers today. If Manchester United win, West Ham get the third

:27:24. > :27:28.qualifying round place in that competition, Southampton would be

:27:29. > :27:32.bumped up into the group stage. Crystal Palace into the group stage,

:27:33. > :27:37.if they win. Manchester United have come close twice. Looking at the

:27:38. > :27:40.montage of chances for Manchester United, you wonder, will they be

:27:41. > :27:46.ruined this, having dominated possession? Hope that is not the end

:27:47. > :27:51.of things for Rashford. It is a contact injury, but it's on the

:27:52. > :28:00.medial ligament. It doesn't look good. Really doesn't.

:28:01. > :28:05.Just the pace he is walking, it seems as though he has run his race

:28:06. > :28:16.today. Ashley Young is going to come on. Martial will probably go down

:28:17. > :28:31.the middle. Ashley Young will go out wide.

:28:32. > :28:39.Back to Martial, forced down, free kick United. Rooney has taken it.

:28:40. > :28:55.Martial slipped. Good footwork to get away from

:28:56. > :28:59.Fellaini. Wickham adjusted his direction nicely there. Cabaye,

:29:00. > :29:09.Bolasie. WHISTLE Flagged up. Bolasie trying so hard

:29:10. > :29:14.to stay onside. A good little ball through. You can see him just

:29:15. > :29:22.tracking back trying to stay on. Just offside. The Palace change is

:29:23. > :29:25.interesting, taking off the man who started as playmaker, a disappointed

:29:26. > :29:36.Yohan Cabaye. On comes Jason Puncheon.

:29:37. > :29:43.He wants to retain, you has a set number of workers in there. Doesn't

:29:44. > :29:48.want to have too many flair players. Cabaye will go straight in to his

:29:49. > :29:53.role. Ashley Young has come on for Marcus Rashford and straightaway

:29:54. > :29:57.gone down the middle. Louis van Gaal has done this. Juncker this at

:29:58. > :30:02.Spurs, I remember, in a 3-0 defeat, mind you. And then he came on

:30:03. > :30:06.against Bournemouth in that delayed game on Tuesday, and he scored about

:30:07. > :30:14.three minutes after coming on. Clearly sees it as a role he can

:30:15. > :30:17.perform. Louis van Gaal knows his players better than anyone but I

:30:18. > :30:32.thought Martial would have been better to go centrally.

:30:33. > :30:43.Throws the ball into Juan Mata. They make the changes but not even the

:30:44. > :30:45.thought of changing Wayne Rooney and putting him into attack. Those days

:30:46. > :30:58.seem to have gone already. It is almost forwards versus

:30:59. > :30:59.defences in the second half, Manchester United taking the game to

:31:00. > :31:28.Palace. Fellaini beaten by Pape Souare. An

:31:29. > :31:51.absolutely great header. Blind looking for Fellaini again.

:31:52. > :32:00.It has come for Martial. Another critical Palace block. Joel Ward.

:32:01. > :32:06.Ward and Souare. Any number of crucial stops. Like a throwback for

:32:07. > :32:10.Man Utd. Ward, a great block. This time it is Fellaini, up and not

:32:11. > :32:19.decisively away, nor was that from Jedinak. That is. McArthur puts his

:32:20. > :32:23.foot through it. Wickham performing a thankless task up in isolation.

:32:24. > :32:39.That is the problem for Palace, can't get anyone to support him.

:32:40. > :32:45.Here's Blind. Just a little over 15 minutes of the 90 to go. Unless a

:32:46. > :33:02.winning goal can be found, we are going to have another half an hour.

:33:03. > :33:18.Young could beat Delaney. It is united's throw.

:33:19. > :33:24.The drone is coming from the other end of the field, where Palace's

:33:25. > :33:33.fans are ready to erupt into song. Here they come. Mata to Rooney.

:33:34. > :33:42.Young. Wasn't quite crisp enough to divert it back to Mata. Wickham.

:33:43. > :33:47.Bundled off it. The meat in the sandwich. Palace free kick. A good

:33:48. > :33:51.foul as well that Connor Wickham bought for his team, just to give

:33:52. > :33:57.them a bit of respite. Been under so much pressure. Vital that he keeps

:33:58. > :34:01.hold of the ball, when he can. I should just say congratulations to

:34:02. > :34:07.Hibernian, who have beaten Rangers 3-2, thanks to a late, late winner.

:34:08. > :34:18.The Scottish Cup is going to Easter Road, it is their first cup win for

:34:19. > :34:24.114 years. Manchester United wishing up high, trying to keep those Palace

:34:25. > :34:31.players out of their box. In it comes from Delaney. Jedinak caused a

:34:32. > :34:37.problem. It wouldn't quite sit. Scott Dann could not dig it out. He

:34:38. > :34:40.is still up there though. In comes the cross from Puncheon. Doesn't

:34:41. > :34:45.quite reach Dann, but he will stay up there because it is going to be a

:34:46. > :34:50.Palace corner. They have hardly been down that end all half. Another ball

:34:51. > :35:00.into the box, they really test you, Palace. Smalling is up to that test.

:35:01. > :35:13.Puncheon this time will be taking the delivery.

:35:14. > :35:20.Mata tries to obscure his view. Fellaini. Joel Ward, invited to

:35:21. > :35:32.shoot by the fans. Puncheon, that was well collected and brilliantly

:35:33. > :35:43.finished! CHEERING It was Jason Puncheon's time! Like

:35:44. > :35:45.Ian Wright, 26 years ago, off the bench to make a massive mark on the

:35:46. > :36:02.FA Cup final for Crystal Palace! CHEERING

:36:03. > :36:08.What an introduction into the game for Puncheon! Unbelievable, shades

:36:09. > :36:11.of Ian Wright, as you say, in 1990. Just about onside, takes a good

:36:12. > :36:21.touch, and he smashes it into the back of the net. Fantastic true

:36:22. > :36:24.strike, inspiration finish. And, boy, did that please him?

:36:25. > :36:29.Unbelievable celebration for him, disappointed at being left out of

:36:30. > :36:34.the game, what a reaction from the player! First-class! There was some

:36:35. > :36:39.feeling in the goal, not sure about the rhythm in the manager's moves,

:36:40. > :36:49.but there are some noise in those Palace fans now. It is their FA Cup

:36:50. > :36:53.to lose! Thinking about 1990 again, it is a break down the left, a

:36:54. > :36:58.control and a thumping finish. It was like Lee Martin for United.

:36:59. > :37:01.Isn't it strange how these things happen? You could not have written

:37:02. > :37:05.the script. I think we spoke to him before the match and said to him,

:37:06. > :37:09.now you are not playing, maybe you will have to come on and win it for

:37:10. > :37:15.your team. Well, there is a long way to go but he has gone some way to

:37:16. > :37:26.doing that. Can United hit back? Up goes Jedinak. Darmian.

:37:27. > :37:36.One previous FA Cup goal in Jason Puncheon's career. It came for

:37:37. > :37:44.Barnet against Colchester. How about this one? A Roy of the Rovers

:37:45. > :37:46.moment. You felt his disappointment at not being selected but maybe it

:37:47. > :38:08.was a masterstroke from Pardew. Rooney, surely has to get himself

:38:09. > :38:16.forward, even if he is not being directed to. He is going now. Rooney

:38:17. > :38:22.forced away, pulls back to Fellaini, there is Mata! It's in! CHEERING

:38:23. > :38:29.The Palestine offenders just couldn't keep it out! The final has

:38:30. > :38:40.come to life! Juan Mata has United level!

:38:41. > :38:46.Well, this is proper FA Cup football! Wayne Rooney is absolutely

:38:47. > :38:52.brilliant on this run. He would not be denied, he runs with this ball

:38:53. > :38:59.for an age, just probing, going into that defence further and further. He

:39:00. > :39:03.thinks a ball into the far post, fantastic quality, Fellaini knocks

:39:04. > :39:13.it down and Mata does the rest. Fantastic response from Manchester

:39:14. > :39:20.United. Joel Ward has blocked everything. Not that one. One leg

:39:21. > :39:25.and onto the other and in. Louis van Gaal is to his feet. His Manchester

:39:26. > :39:32.United men were behind for less than three minutes. Palace 1-1 United.

:39:33. > :39:40.Final on! We have a proper game here now. A fantastic atmosphere.

:39:41. > :39:52.Scott Dann heads out. Most Palace fans, not him, but most have quickly

:39:53. > :39:57.shrugged off the disappointment to find their voices again. It is a

:39:58. > :40:05.time for cool heads and strong hearts all over. I think when you go

:40:06. > :40:08.a goal down, you ask for that character and personality. We saw it

:40:09. > :40:14.with Wayne Rooney definitely taking the game to Palace.

:40:15. > :40:23.Mata. Souare was all too aware of Ashley Young's presents. Had to

:40:24. > :40:40.swivel it out of play. We understand, we hear the story so

:40:41. > :40:48.often, the United bench were just getting ready to take Juan Mata off

:40:49. > :40:53.when he scored. Well, there you are. Interestingly, never saw so many

:40:54. > :40:56.balls played into the box for Fellaini. Very old-fashioned but it

:40:57. > :41:08.was effective. It was there in the goal as well. Darmian had to quicken

:41:09. > :41:09.his stride. There is McArthur. There is Zaha. Held by Matteo Darmian.

:41:10. > :41:30.Palace free kick. Palace have handed the sheet into

:41:31. > :41:35.the officials. They are going to put Dwight Gayle on the Connor Wickham

:41:36. > :41:42.now. You wouldn't half be surprised if Wicken goes on to score now --

:41:43. > :41:50.Wickham. Dwight Gayle is ready. Scott Dann gets his head to the

:41:51. > :41:59.ball. Souare, he had to make that. Darmian.

:42:00. > :42:09.It is McArthur who had dropped deep. Ward. Looked as though he was having

:42:10. > :42:16.a problem there. He has got another one here. It is Martial. Turned away

:42:17. > :42:26.from Young. It is United who have the head of steam here. The Lancia.

:42:27. > :42:34.It is Ashley Young. And finally, after all sorts of bobbling, soiree

:42:35. > :42:38.turns the ball out of danger. Manchester United coming on strong.

:42:39. > :42:43.Pardew saying before that they fade. Got that wrong. Manchester United

:42:44. > :43:00.over history don't do that. So scrappy in there. Just won't sit

:43:01. > :43:10.for Ashley Young to get anything on it. Thankless task for him to

:43:11. > :43:19.Cologne striker. He has run his race. This is the player, Dwight

:43:20. > :43:24.Gayle, that everyone says is almost a clone of Ian Wright. Ian Wright

:43:25. > :43:25.himself has called him the best finisher but Crystal Palace have

:43:26. > :43:44.got. Rooney is starting to take charge.

:43:45. > :43:49.Hasn't done enough. Tried to take charge to keenly there. Mark

:43:50. > :43:57.Clattenburg will bring it back and now book the captain of Manchester

:43:58. > :44:03.United and England. Dare I say, that was better refereeing Cherry Hill

:44:04. > :44:12.has played the advantage, which he didn't do in the first half? That is

:44:13. > :44:18.a wild challenge. A totally committed Wayne Rooney. 3.5 minutes

:44:19. > :44:20.of the 90 to go. There will be a bit to add on. There might be another 30

:44:21. > :44:43.minutes. It is a much better match now.

:44:44. > :44:57.Lifted in beautifully by Souare! And it was missed by Zaha. Zaha wins the

:44:58. > :45:05.corner. Sapling will be disappointed that he does not connect with that.

:45:06. > :45:20.Great ball in from the left. He was not able to adjust quickly enough.

:45:21. > :45:29.Smalling spotted Scott Dann just in time. It's another corner. So many

:45:30. > :45:37.battles going on there. Great challenge from Smalling. Both

:45:38. > :45:43.players, eyes on the ball, totally committed. Great defending.

:45:44. > :45:57.Another one in from Puncheon. This time, straight behind for a goal

:45:58. > :45:58.kick and a heavy limp from Scott Dann following that battle with

:45:59. > :46:37.Smalling a moment ago. Pulled back for Martial. Puncheon

:46:38. > :46:41.was there. The first pass has got to work - otherwise Manchester United

:46:42. > :46:46.just keep coming back. We have hardly seen Bolasie or Zaha running

:46:47. > :47:13.with it in the second half. Goal kick, Crystal Palace. Wayne

:47:14. > :47:19.Hennessey not in any great hurry. There are two or three Palace

:47:20. > :47:30.players just wanting a bit of a breather. As we have another look at

:47:31. > :47:40.the goals. He is the driving force, Wayne Rooney. And the scorer of the

:47:41. > :47:54.equaliser is now replaced. Youthful energy and pace replaces him, in the

:47:55. > :47:59.shape of Jesse Lingard. Lingard will certainly add something different,

:48:00. > :48:06.with his pace. We've got five more minutes to play.

:48:07. > :48:21.Rooney tries to keep it away from him, and Mark Clattenburg is the

:48:22. > :48:31.free kick to Manchester United. I thought that might happen. Puncheon

:48:32. > :48:32.is just a little bit overzealous. Not too much wrong with that, to be

:48:33. > :49:02.fair. Rooney - not his first untidy pass

:49:03. > :49:07.of the day. He has got to be careful with his challenges now, and he has

:49:08. > :49:14.had two little bites at Zaha, who did brilliantly. De Gea has let that

:49:15. > :49:20.one go. Well, Bolasie should have been coming in at the far post. He

:49:21. > :49:25.has gone from the game. He has been gone a while. He has been doing an

:49:26. > :49:31.awful lot of work tracking back. I don't think we should underestimate

:49:32. > :49:33.the nervous tension, and how energy sapping it can be, in a game of this

:49:34. > :49:47.size. That's good work from Bolasie - back

:49:48. > :50:00.in the game now. Looking for Dwight Gayle, but that will be de Gea's.

:50:01. > :50:12.Better from Bolasie, definitely. 2.5 minutes to go. In the players'

:50:13. > :50:16.minds, you know extra time is there, but you certainly would not want to

:50:17. > :50:21.lose it just now. Carrick putting it out of play. I think the players are

:50:22. > :50:27.getting a bit fatigued. Alan Pardew is not going to wait for the extra

:50:28. > :50:35.30 minutes. Adrian Mariappa coming on. Scott Dann I think with the

:50:36. > :50:39.problem. The message from Alan Pardew is, go down. Scott Dann has

:50:40. > :50:47.not hurt his manager. He has been limping for a while. Now, the change

:50:48. > :50:55.will happen. So Bolasie will have to go the extra half-hour, if it

:50:56. > :51:00.happens. Yes, and Dann is not happy. He has done something to his ankle.

:51:01. > :51:10.Alan Pardew has taken the decision out of his hands. Adrian Mariappa,

:51:11. > :51:20.who has not featured too much under Pardew. He might be leaving the club

:51:21. > :51:27.when all of this is over. That's it. All substitutions used all-round.

:51:28. > :51:36.Zaha... Some in the ground thought he had beaten the goalkeeper there,

:51:37. > :51:42.but it is into the side netting. Well, the defender loses him

:51:43. > :51:46.completely. From where we were, we thought that had it behind of the

:51:47. > :51:55.net. Rate power in the shot, just lacking direction. It will only take

:51:56. > :52:19.one moment of switching off like that.

:52:20. > :52:24.We have played 4.5 minutes of added time. The clock is well and truly

:52:25. > :52:44.ticking towards extra time. I don't think he will be making the

:52:45. > :52:55.penalties list just yet. Just some rousing words of motivation.

:52:56. > :53:03.We are over the five minutes. How long is Mark Clattenburg on the let

:53:04. > :53:07.it go? No longer. That will do it for the regulation 90 minutes. We're

:53:08. > :53:11.going to have 30 minutes of extra time to try to find a winner of the

:53:12. > :53:16.FA Cup Final. And then it might be penalties. It is the 27th time that

:53:17. > :53:22.the FA Cup Final has gone to extra time. And it has gone that way

:53:23. > :53:23.because of goals from Jason Puncheon and a quickfire equaliser from Juan

:53:24. > :53:36.Mata. Yes, in deed, extra time it is. We

:53:37. > :53:41.had to wait a long time for the first goal, and then another one

:53:42. > :53:47.came along almost immediately. It is too tight to call, isn't it, Alan?

:53:48. > :53:51.Man United have had the better of the chances, hitting the woodwork a

:53:52. > :54:01.couple of times. Similar pattern to the first half. They showed great

:54:02. > :54:07.writer after going 1-0 down. But a great substitution from Alan Pardew,

:54:08. > :54:12.bringing Puncheon on, and it was a very, very good finish. I'm sure de

:54:13. > :54:16.Gea will look at it again and think he should have done better at the

:54:17. > :54:21.near post. It was a very, very powerful shot but I think the

:54:22. > :54:28.goalkeeper should have had it. Good touch to set himself up and a good

:54:29. > :54:38.finish, but de Gea should do better. Probably a bit too far of his post?

:54:39. > :54:45.RUUD GULLIT: This was a little bit... You're not happy with that

:54:46. > :54:50.move, Alan? No. Not that I'm a great dancer myself. Alan Pardew, trying

:54:51. > :54:55.to summon something up from his troops. It was 100 there to five

:54:56. > :55:00.seconds, I am reliably informed, in between the two goals. It followed

:55:01. > :55:05.some excellent work from Wayne Rooney.

:55:06. > :55:10.DANNY MURPHY: Yes, he has been good, Wayne. This was a fantastic run. He

:55:11. > :55:15.causes damage in the final third. They get a bit of fortune but they

:55:16. > :55:23.deserve it. They had the better chances. It seems Man United plays

:55:24. > :55:27.too much to control the game. All of a sudden, when they have to do

:55:28. > :55:31.something, it happens. What you're saying is, why don't you start like

:55:32. > :55:37.that? I don't know, of course they control the game, because the

:55:38. > :55:42.opposition lets you do so, but you have to do more, it has to be

:55:43. > :55:48.quicker. Let people do their things, especially the technical players.

:55:49. > :55:53.Alan Pardew has been here before. Of course it was in the Millennium

:55:54. > :55:56.Stadium, but in the sense of extra time, West Ham against Liverpool,

:55:57. > :56:02.all of those years ago, losing on penalties. Manchester United to keep

:56:03. > :56:07.long time since they have won the FA Cup as well. So much to fight for.

:56:08. > :56:15.They hit the woodwork on a couple of occasions. Yet they did. Again,

:56:16. > :56:21.getting Rooney in high up areas, which is bushel for United. At this

:56:22. > :56:28.stage, they were completely dominant. -- which is crucial. This

:56:29. > :56:32.was a difficult header, very good header. At this point I was thinking

:56:33. > :56:39.it might be Crystal Palace cordoned a. Ryan Giggs walking off there. His

:56:40. > :56:42.experience will be very useful. Mark Clattenburg has taken some criticism

:56:43. > :56:51.for a couple of decisions in the first half. He's spinning the coin,

:56:52. > :56:57.as we start the next 30 minutes it could go to penalties. What is

:56:58. > :57:02.interesting is that they have both used their substitutes. In a true

:57:03. > :57:09.time, trying to keep 11 on the pitch for both of them could be crucial.

:57:10. > :57:14.Palace will have the belief. Zaha had a decent chance not long before

:57:15. > :57:18.the end. I think they will still get a chance. We shall see. Two teams

:57:19. > :57:20.lining up preparing for the extra half an hour. Let's rejoin Guy

:57:21. > :57:30.Mowbray. GUY MOWBRAY: It was fascinating to

:57:31. > :57:35.into the rousing words from the coaches as their players gathered

:57:36. > :57:42.around. Alan Pardew, quite calm. Louis van Gaal, verging on angry.

:57:43. > :57:47.His parting shot to the players, as they left to take up their

:57:48. > :58:05.positions, was, "zero one behind". It will be Manchester United to

:58:06. > :58:11.kick-start the first period of extra time. It is interesting, those team

:58:12. > :58:15.talks, you want clear instructions, you want a car manager as well, just

:58:16. > :58:18.tell me what you need to do and I will go and do it. That is what it

:58:19. > :58:25.is about now, really, who wants it most. It was very clear from the

:58:26. > :58:31.Manchester United boss, everyone on silence, listening.

:58:32. > :58:57.Back towards Wilfried Zaha here! Zaha down, as Blind challenges. Mark

:58:58. > :59:05.Clattenburg didn't see anything wrong with anything. A very risky

:59:06. > :59:11.challenge from Blind. The return pass from Bolasie is excellent. Zaha

:59:12. > :59:17.tries to come back inside. There is a coming together, he and Blind. I

:59:18. > :59:26.think the referee is right on the spot. This time a good decision.

:59:27. > :59:31.Mariappa. That is the threat Crystal Palace have on the break. Manchester

:59:32. > :59:38.United for all their possession have to be very careful.

:59:39. > :59:45.We have heard that phrase quite a few times this season, Manchester

:59:46. > :00:36.United, for all their possession, have got to be careful.

:00:37. > :00:45.This is 100% Manchester United possession. You wonder who is using

:00:46. > :00:54.the most energy here? Palace, in their system, or Manchester United,

:00:55. > :00:57.in possession? Blind finds Darmian. Shifted it onto the right to cross,

:00:58. > :01:03.but didn't get the cross right. Its sales behind. Just a bit of

:01:04. > :01:07.information we have got from the Man Utd medical team, the feeling is at

:01:08. > :01:13.the moment it is not too serious, as regards Marcus Rashford. Impact

:01:14. > :01:16.injury, should be OK, is the first diagnosis, which I'm sure will

:01:17. > :01:20.please the England supporters excited about his possible

:01:21. > :01:26.inclusion, and certainly wanting to see how it goes in the warm up

:01:27. > :01:35.games. Wales fans might not be quite so delighted. Nobody wants to see

:01:36. > :01:40.anyone missing a tournament through injury. Which he might not be going

:01:41. > :01:46.to yet. Of course, but he is in with a shout. He's only very young.

:01:47. > :01:58.Jedinak and Fellaini, from the first minute to the last, they have been

:01:59. > :02:14.in a battle. Fellaini will take it -- Delany will take it for Palace.

:02:15. > :02:22.Gayle. Young. Seen off by Ward. Indulges in a bout of WWE. Zaha, a

:02:23. > :02:29.bit of wrestling for him too. That was a plain, old-fashioned push.

:02:30. > :02:33.That has not been spotted fever. I think the officials are getting

:02:34. > :02:39.tired as well. It does happen to them, we shouldn't forget them. Well

:02:40. > :02:47.anticipated by Valencia, just caught the heel of Martial, though.

:02:48. > :02:59.Somehow, that stayed in. Not the best of balls back towards Bolasie

:03:00. > :03:11.from Puncheon. Mariappa. Wasn't the best of headers. Rooney. Room left

:03:12. > :03:17.for Young. A positive run from Ashley Young, but he was forced into

:03:18. > :03:23.the awkward angle, and he couldn't wrestle the ball back in. Good

:03:24. > :03:34.defending again, though, from Ward. Somehow, you look at him in

:03:35. > :03:37.training, I'm sure playing against Bolasie has made him a better

:03:38. > :03:41.full-back. It is not easy when people are running at you, this time

:03:42. > :03:45.it is Ashley Young, who by the way should be playing in a wide

:03:46. > :03:47.position. I can't believe than Gaal didn't do that when he made the

:03:48. > :04:05.switch when Rashford came off. Just seemed to fall over. Trying to

:04:06. > :04:28.buy a free kick. Fellaini was under real pressure.

:04:29. > :04:30.Lingard beaten to it. Free kick given against Mariappa. An ball, the

:04:31. > :04:37.verdict. Yes, it was. -- handball. Young really is wide,

:04:38. > :04:52.hugging the touchline. Rooney offers his support. The

:04:53. > :05:01.chance for Wayne Rooney to shoot here. It's never had the curl. I

:05:02. > :05:05.don't think it really had the speed, either, had it been on target.

:05:06. > :05:08.Didn't have the conviction. Waited to take it. No direction.

:05:09. > :05:22.Disappointing effort from Wayne Rooney.

:05:23. > :05:32.Sir Bobby would dearly love to see another goal from Hezbollah

:05:33. > :05:45.-- would dearly love to see another goal from his beloved red Reds.

:05:46. > :05:51.Sur Bobby Charlton, incidentally, only won the FA Cup the once, 1963.

:05:52. > :05:58.Outside left in a team that beat Leicester, 3-1. No, but he won the

:05:59. > :06:03.World Cup, and we are nearly 50 years now from that great day. That

:06:04. > :06:08.is true. And he was magnificent in that midfield, wasn't he, along with

:06:09. > :06:13.Allan Border, Martin Peters. Our finest hour. In football. -- along

:06:14. > :06:26.with Alan Ball. Joel Ward got a little too close.

:06:27. > :06:29.Mark Clattenburg managed to hop out of the way so that Lingard could get

:06:30. > :06:36.the ball. He wanted again, he has got it again. Lingard to Fellaini.

:06:37. > :06:43.Mariappa 's Mac stopped, and another block. Things it behind for a

:06:44. > :06:47.corner. It is Souare again. An injection of pace from Lingard,

:06:48. > :06:51.running off the ball. He is fresh, not long off the bench, and it is

:06:52. > :07:15.that man, Fellaini, again. Can't turn it into an attempt on goal.

:07:16. > :07:21.Fellaini is ready to spin and run. There he goes. Daley Blind waits for

:07:22. > :07:30.that to happen. Two Strong hands to it from Wayne Hennessey. Rooney

:07:31. > :07:35.late. A decision to make from the referee here. It is a foul, it is a

:07:36. > :07:41.free kick for Palace. And that is all it is, and Jason Puncheon

:07:42. > :07:45.accepts the apology. I think it is because it goes over Wayne's head.

:07:46. > :07:52.He has got his eyes fixed on the ball. Just looking at the ball. Yes,

:07:53. > :07:56.it's a bit late. Good decision from the referee. You don't want to see a

:07:57. > :08:01.player gets sent off in a cup final. I don't think that was worthy of a

:08:02. > :08:08.second yellow, just a foul would do. Three have suffered that fate. Kevin

:08:09. > :08:08.Maurin, Jose Antonio Reyes and most recently Pablo Zabaleta, three years

:08:09. > :08:22.ago. Daley Blind has got a bit of a

:08:23. > :08:32.problem. Think he just took a knock at the base of his back.

:08:33. > :08:43.It has been a slow ten minute extra minutes of act time. -- a slow ten

:08:44. > :08:54.minutes of extra time. Frustration creeping in. Out comes the arm.

:08:55. > :09:01.One of the biggest debates in football, you have got to get your

:09:02. > :09:05.arms up for that trajectory, but is it legal? He does have a track

:09:06. > :09:14.record, but he didn't trust anything back towards Mile Jedinak. Correct,

:09:15. > :09:19.he kind of lead with it. Hit by Bolasie! Fingertip save by de Gea.

:09:20. > :09:25.That came at him so sharply, and it was hit so very crisply. It is just

:09:26. > :09:33.a long ball, headed down. Great strike, and reflexes were there. Top

:09:34. > :09:38.drawer. We have hardly seen him make a save lately. So sharp across the

:09:39. > :09:49.ground, Bolasie there realising how close it was. Jason Puncheon corner.

:09:50. > :10:04.Easy for Michael Carrick, all on his own, to head it away. Joel Ward.

:10:05. > :10:11.Straight to McArthur. A tangle between Zaha and Darmian. Alas it

:10:12. > :10:18.was Mac cross blocked. Bolasie again. Blind got across well.

:10:19. > :10:23.Bolasie goes on. This time it is Carrick across him nicely, and he

:10:24. > :10:26.draws the foul, too. Experience to play from one of the most

:10:27. > :10:35.experienced players on the park. Who does well there, Carrick. Filling

:10:36. > :10:43.in. Just gets his body in the way. Just invites the foul from Bolasie.

:10:44. > :10:52.Bolasie there trying to do too much. Just play it simple to Zaha.

:10:53. > :10:57.It is fair to say that extra time hasn't been quite as explosive so

:10:58. > :11:14.far as it was back in 1990. Rooney, he saw a gap. And then the

:11:15. > :11:17.ball was closed, and Jedinak pumped up, do delighted with himself for

:11:18. > :11:23.barring the way for Wayne Rooney, who has just got to watch that views

:11:24. > :11:26.now. He has. It is that determination he has. Of course you

:11:27. > :11:32.want to see him stay on the pitch. When he is in the mood, he is a top

:11:33. > :11:40.player. He wants to be Manchester United's hero. Jedinak has had a

:11:41. > :11:53.real battle in that midfield, with Fellaini as well.

:11:54. > :11:58.He would have been offside. He was inviting others to chase it but

:11:59. > :12:12.nobody seemed to want to. Kept in. Great bit of work by

:12:13. > :12:25.Lingard. Valencia plays it off Puncheon. United's throw. Rare for

:12:26. > :12:33.him to be lax with his kicking. Manchester United fans are well used

:12:34. > :12:37.to going the distance. Darmian. More red and blue shirts and white in the

:12:38. > :12:47.middle. Lurking out the back is Wayne Rooney. Valencia. A chance for

:12:48. > :12:58.Valencia to hit it. Fellaini went for it, Lingard did too. Puncheon.

:12:59. > :13:02.Bolasie, he was held back. Chris Smalling on a yellow card is going

:13:03. > :13:09.to get another. Manchester United are down to ten players. And it is

:13:10. > :13:14.Chris Smalling who becomes the fourth man to be sent off in an FA

:13:15. > :13:19.Cup final. Only four in all those years of history. Only ten on the

:13:20. > :13:25.field for United for the rest of this year's final.

:13:26. > :13:34.It's that pace of Bolasie which frightened Smalling. In the end,

:13:35. > :13:51.it's almost a rugby tackle which he makes. He knows he can't get away

:13:52. > :13:58.with that. It's an early bath, I'm afraid. What will that do to Palace

:13:59. > :14:13.legs, knowing they have the extra man? Go down to nine, they really do

:14:14. > :14:16.have a problem. These Manchester United players are going to have to

:14:17. > :14:22.fill in for that extra player missing. Carrick is going into the

:14:23. > :14:27.back four. That will do it for the first 15. Another quarter of an hour

:14:28. > :14:31.to come, a quarter of an hour which has just got a whole lot more

:14:32. > :14:35.interesting. GARY LINEKER: Just a few moments for

:14:36. > :14:41.Alan Pardew to bring in his team and try and work out a way of having

:14:42. > :14:47.that extra man advantage help them conjure up a winner. Alan, not

:14:48. > :14:53.impressed by Smalling's defending? Until it was silly defending, Gary.

:14:54. > :14:56.15 yards inside his own half, there's absolutely no way he should

:14:57. > :15:01.be attempting to scrap for that ball. Just stand off him. He knows

:15:02. > :15:05.he's on a yellow card anyway. There is no need to get tight at all. It

:15:06. > :15:11.was really silly defending. Advantage Crystal Palace, Danny?

:15:12. > :15:15.Yes, but there is a dilemma now. Do they stick with what doing or do

:15:16. > :15:26.they push an extra man forward? Stick or twist, Ruud? I think stick

:15:27. > :15:30.with what you're doing. Set pieces, they will have more of a chance now.

:15:31. > :15:35.I must say that Rooney for me is Man of the Match. He's been involved in

:15:36. > :15:41.a lot of good things. He tries at least something. Gets away also with

:15:42. > :15:47.a little bit of foul's committed. But I think he's a good example. I

:15:48. > :15:51.think Crystal Palace have now got an excellent opportunity to go and get

:15:52. > :15:54.this FA Cup. They definitely don't want it to go to penalties.

:15:55. > :16:00.Sometimes you get a chance in life. Absolutely, and they've got one hell

:16:01. > :16:05.of a chance now to do something. 15 minutes, change your game slightly,

:16:06. > :16:11.be a little bit more attacking. Otherwise they might just regret it.

:16:12. > :16:16.Don't forget of course, there's still the distinct possibility of a

:16:17. > :16:22.penalty shoot-out. Back to Guy Mowbray.

:16:23. > :16:27.GUY MOWBRAY: Thanks, Gary. I think neither team would really want

:16:28. > :16:31.penalties. Manchester United have lost their last four penalty

:16:32. > :16:39.shoot-outs, and Palace have lost their last three. What a chance now

:16:40. > :16:47.for Crystal Palace. 15 minutes with 11 against ten, attacking their own

:16:48. > :16:56.loud and proud supporters. It looks like Bolasie has gone more central.

:16:57. > :17:00.Perhaps he could be the matchwinner. Sometimes, though, it is about doing

:17:01. > :17:03.less, not more. Trust your team-mates, make the extra man work

:17:04. > :17:14.for you. It might mean making that extra pass.

:17:15. > :17:21.Just towards the end of normal time, it did seem as though Bolasie and

:17:22. > :17:24.Zaha had just found a little bit of energy from somewhere. Here is

:17:25. > :17:30.Dwight Gayle, who should have plenty. I don't know how they keep

:17:31. > :17:40.doing it, Bolasie and Zaha, flashes of athleticism, when you think their

:17:41. > :17:52.game is over. United now, not much experience at the back. Darmian did

:17:53. > :17:59.start out in Italy as a central defender, where he is now. And they

:18:00. > :18:03.have got two wingers as full-backs. Although Valencia is pretty much

:18:04. > :18:15.seen as a right back these days. Dwight Gayle! Can't poke it past de

:18:16. > :18:27.Gea. That was a better challenge from Ashley Young. Bolasie goes on!

:18:28. > :18:35.And he has forced a corner. He's like a bull. Great goalkeeping as

:18:36. > :18:40.well, we have to say. So good with his feet.

:18:41. > :18:48.Dwight Gayle's reaction is that of a striker who thinks that his huge

:18:49. > :18:57.chance to be a hero had gone. He might get another one yet. Gayle has

:18:58. > :19:10.got the ability to pluck something out, with his finishing.

:19:11. > :19:15.Cleared by Young. Lynn guard is hold back. That has to be another yellow

:19:16. > :19:30.card. It is a definite foul. I think it is

:19:31. > :19:35.the thought of having to run 30 yards after Lingard. Mark

:19:36. > :20:20.Clattenburg has shown the yellow card nine times today now.

:20:21. > :20:28.Ward has taken his eye of the ball. We can hear Pardew shouting, get

:20:29. > :20:38.hold of the ball. He wants to punish Manchester United.

:20:39. > :21:00.Carrick. Lingard's touch to Martial. Good bit of skill! Headed wide by

:21:01. > :21:10.Carrick! Chance on a plate! Well, Lingard just cuts inside, great ball

:21:11. > :21:12.in. He times his run brilliantly. His got to get better direction than

:21:13. > :21:26.that. Manchester United are coming again

:21:27. > :21:50.in search of another. Valencia beats Puncheon. Rocketed in by Jesse

:21:51. > :21:53.Lingard. From behind, with ten players, Manchester United have

:21:54. > :22:06.taken the lead in extra time. Only ten minutes remaining. It's another

:22:07. > :22:11.super substitute. Well, it's another Manchester United youngster as well.

:22:12. > :22:19.Valencia down this side, he just storms forward. So much space, gets

:22:20. > :22:25.passed Puncheon quite easily. And when it comes to Lingard, he's got

:22:26. > :22:31.no time at all to think about it. It's a thunderous effort. Fantastic

:22:32. > :22:47.volley oh, dear good as you will see. Sweet as a nut. Outstanding. .

:22:48. > :22:51.That's the biggest moment of his young career so far. It has got

:22:52. > :22:54.Louis van Gaal up running and virtually dancing. Look at the joy

:22:55. > :23:20.on the veterinary Dutchman's face. Great shot, just wide, from Jedinak!

:23:21. > :23:23.This isn't over yet. Just confirmation that Lingard was

:23:24. > :23:33.booked. That wasn't too far away, either. I'm sure there's going to be

:23:34. > :23:42.huge reaction from Palace. All credit to Manchester United.

:23:43. > :23:52.Incredible finish, fitting to win any match. You called it earlier,

:23:53. > :23:56.Martin. It is so often the case that players disappointed at the start of

:23:57. > :24:01.the day can end it on the highest pedestal of all. It is a lesson to

:24:02. > :24:12.players, keep your head, wait for your moment. The young man from

:24:13. > :24:15.Warrington has made it 2-1. Surely Palace, with the extra man on the

:24:16. > :24:21.field, have to throw everything at United now. Yes, you're going to

:24:22. > :24:27.hang on for dear life if you're a Manchester United player. You're not

:24:28. > :24:50.Free kick for Manchester United, who will be in no hurry at all to take

:24:51. > :24:58.it. Just another replay of the goal. Fantastic finish. He would have

:24:59. > :25:09.dreamt about that, seeing other players doing it. That's his moment.

:25:10. > :25:32.He's pointing at Fergie time, Pardew. Don't give up.

:25:33. > :25:57.Covering was Souare, forced back by Lingard.

:25:58. > :26:07.Jason Puncheon. Just for a few short minutes, he thought he was going to

:26:08. > :26:37.be the FA Cup matchwinner. Out by Young.

:26:38. > :26:52.Bolasie controlled it with his arm. Just that change of direction. You

:26:53. > :26:55.start to ponder as a player on the pitch - is it going to be our time?

:26:56. > :27:05.Can we possibly get back in? Inspiration needed now for Palace.

:27:06. > :27:18.You've never quite seen it all as a Manchester United supporter. Damien

:27:19. > :27:33.Delaney pushes forward. Throw to Palace.

:27:34. > :27:42.Souare, misjudgement. The mines are tired, the bodies are tired. It

:27:43. > :27:54.seems without Connor Wickham to have that long throw in, the players are

:27:55. > :28:05.lost. Only four minutes to go. Jedinak. Headed away by Darmian.

:28:06. > :28:13.Bolasie, claims he was being dragged down. Puncheon weren't quite get to

:28:14. > :28:19.it ahead of Blind. He has had a good game, Souare. Done nothing wrong.

:28:20. > :28:25.Jedinak shifted it away before Rooney arrived. Ward with the

:28:26. > :28:32.sliding ball. De Gea is out to meet Wilf Zaha quite superbly. Let's not

:28:33. > :28:36.forget the part he has played, the part he always plays for Man Utd.

:28:37. > :28:44.Brilliant goalkeeping, brave to a fault. Zaha's pace, a breakthrough

:28:45. > :28:48.pass will stop he reads it so well. Great ball from Ward. Zaha is the

:28:49. > :28:59.favoured, just not holding back, the keeper. He is risking everything

:29:00. > :29:09.there. It was like old-fashioned goalkeeping. He was having it. It is

:29:10. > :29:21.that barrier that he creates. Just a handy rest period here for Man Utd.

:29:22. > :29:26.He's fine. We should remember the goalkeeper played a huge part in

:29:27. > :29:30.1990 with that big decision Alex Ferguson made. Les Sealey came into

:29:31. > :29:37.the replay. He sadly passed away just 11 years later, 2001, age 40

:29:38. > :29:50.three. We will remember Les's family today. One of his successors has had

:29:51. > :29:55.a storm again. You can't win things without a top goalkeeper I'm afraid.

:29:56. > :30:07.Manchester United are two or three minutes away from winning something.

:30:08. > :30:13.Two seasons without a trophy. Yes, the Community Shield in 2013 to kick

:30:14. > :30:18.off David Moyes's short reign. Not the Premier League, not anything in

:30:19. > :30:23.Europe, not the FA Cup. Unless Palace can find something even more

:30:24. > :30:28.incredible than we have seen today, the cup will be United's for the

:30:29. > :30:34.first time since 2004. A couple of minutes will be added once we reach

:30:35. > :30:44.30 minutes on that clock. That has hit Jedinak in the face. United

:30:45. > :30:50.throw. Agony and ecstasy. So unlucky, Palace, at times today. We

:30:51. > :30:53.talk about the referee, what part they have played. Take nothing away

:30:54. > :31:02.from Lingard's told. Absolutely stunning. He won't really be

:31:03. > :31:10.bothered if he is here next year or not -- Lingard's goal. Puncheon.

:31:11. > :31:20.Will Crystal Palace get one last chance to disprove that? Zaha.

:31:21. > :31:27.Checks himself away from young. Zaha wonders on, and it is a wild blaze!

:31:28. > :31:34.The ball will come quickly back from Crystal Palace fans, but de Gea will

:31:35. > :31:39.ignore the fact he has got it in his area again. He get some applause

:31:40. > :31:43.from his manager, and rightly so. That's great energy, just the shot

:31:44. > :31:51.at the end of it. Twisting, turning, beating players but not the finish

:31:52. > :32:11.he would want at the end of it. Two more minutes of a two hour marathon.

:32:12. > :32:21.Puncheon finds Jedinak. Jedinak is looking for Delaney. It is de Gea's

:32:22. > :32:27.punch away to Zaha. Zaha in. Too strong. It is another United throw.

:32:28. > :32:37.Great cheers from those supporting the Red Devils at Wembley. Pardew is

:32:38. > :32:43.looking up into the sky. We thought it might be third time lucky.

:32:44. > :32:46.Doesn't look like it. Strange relationship he has had with this

:32:47. > :32:53.great occasion. Beaten as a player in 1990. Beaten as a manager with

:32:54. > :32:57.West Ham in Cardiff in 2006, and ten years after that it looks as though

:32:58. > :33:02.it is a step too far dramatically for this Crystal Palace man. The

:33:03. > :33:08.flag is up. It is another free kick. Offside. Man Utd can really run the

:33:09. > :33:15.clock down. There is the hero of the two hours. He has got his fingers

:33:16. > :33:32.crossed now, Lingard, hasn't he? De Gea, Souare underneath it. Got to

:33:33. > :33:36.go along, Joel Ward. The countdown is on, counting down from ten,

:33:37. > :33:44.before Manchester United left off. Lingard. WHISTLE

:33:45. > :33:51.Manchester United reunited with the FA Cup! For a joint record 12th time

:33:52. > :34:00.it is on its way to Old Trafford! CHEERING

:34:01. > :34:02.Louis van Gaal's team wins the club its first significant silverware

:34:03. > :34:14.since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement. And it has been won in

:34:15. > :34:19.such dramatic fashion. 1-1 thanks to a Juan Mata equaliser. Into extra

:34:20. > :34:25.time we went. Chris Smalling went. Sent off. It looked as though it was

:34:26. > :34:30.Crystal Palace's cup final to lose. We thought they would storm the

:34:31. > :34:34.United barricades, but instead it was a lightning strike from Lingard

:34:35. > :34:39.that has won the cup for Louis van Gaal and for Manchester United.

:34:40. > :34:46.Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United.

:34:47. > :34:50.We are joined by Wayne Rooney down here on the pitch, just going

:34:51. > :34:54.through the Palace players and saying well played. It took awhile

:34:55. > :35:00.to get going but it was a great final in the end. Yes, it was. A

:35:01. > :35:08.great advert for the Premier League. Credit to Crystal Palace. They have

:35:09. > :35:17.had a tough end to the season, but I thought we worked very hard today,

:35:18. > :35:22.and our determination, delighted. Try and put it into words for us. We

:35:23. > :35:28.had every domestic trophy except for this one -- you had every domestic

:35:29. > :35:32.trophy. It is a competition I have loved watching as a fan growing up,

:35:33. > :35:36.been unlucky in two finals and I will enjoy tonight, that is for

:35:37. > :35:43.sure. It has been a while coming. It has been. It is always great, you

:35:44. > :35:47.look at the fans. It is fantastic. Winning trophies lifts football

:35:48. > :35:51.clubs, lifts the supporters, and the fans have had a tough few years.

:35:52. > :35:56.Hopefully they enjoy this and enjoy tonight. I hope you do too. Gaby is

:35:57. > :35:59.with one of Manchester United's goal-scorers, Juan Mata.

:36:00. > :36:05.You could argue it was the hero because his goal kept it going for

:36:06. > :36:12.Man Utd and you looked incredibly frustrated not to be a part of that

:36:13. > :36:16.extra time but now Julie, I imagine? It is more difficult when you are on

:36:17. > :36:20.the bench and it is the final. We fought until the end. We never gave

:36:21. > :36:28.up. We have our FA Cup. It has been a tough season, but we finish with

:36:29. > :36:33.very good news for the fans. And the player who came on to replaces good

:36:34. > :36:38.a super goal. Man Utd needed a trophy, it has eluded them for such

:36:39. > :36:43.a long time. It was a great goal from Jesse Lingard. Today is a day

:36:44. > :36:47.to enjoy, especially the fans. They had difficult moments during the

:36:48. > :36:53.year. Today we can bring the trophy home.

:36:54. > :36:59.Manchester United players celebrate on the field. Wayne Rooney, his

:37:00. > :37:06.first ever FA Cup win as Dan Walker said. Great scenes from above

:37:07. > :37:11.Wembley. We can hear from the matchwinner himself, Jesse Lingard.

:37:12. > :37:17.Man of the Match as well. You can have that. Talk us through that

:37:18. > :37:24.goal, what a strike. I saw it come across. And it landed nicely for me.

:37:25. > :37:28.All I had to do was hit it sweet and luckily I did that. In terms of the

:37:29. > :37:32.final itself, when did the manager tell you you would be on the bench

:37:33. > :37:39.and what was your mindset going into this game? We did it two days

:37:40. > :37:43.before, to get our minds right, but as a substitute you have always got

:37:44. > :37:48.to be ready and thankfully I was. Let's get a goalkeeper's perspective

:37:49. > :37:51.on that winner. David de Gea is here as well, what a goal to win a cup

:37:52. > :37:58.final from your team-mate, Jesse Lingard. Yes, great game, great

:37:59. > :38:03.goal. I think we deserved to win this final and we have to enjoy it

:38:04. > :38:08.now. What does it mean to you and Manchester United to do this today?

:38:09. > :38:18.It is a long time that Manchester doesn't win this trophy. We have it.

:38:19. > :38:26.People have said you have had to win a trophy this season. Really good

:38:27. > :38:30.moment to finish with the FA Cup for everyone. We are really happy. Great

:38:31. > :38:35.season, enjoy the rest of the celebrations. Thank you.

:38:36. > :38:46.GARY LINEKER: great scenes for the Manchester United players, and of

:38:47. > :38:50.course their fans, who have not experienced it quite some time. 12

:38:51. > :38:55.years since they won the FA Cup final. Disconsolate of course, the

:38:56. > :38:59.Crystal Palace players. Jason Puncheon so close to being an FA Cup

:39:00. > :39:03.winning hero, but it didn't happen for their particular substitute. It

:39:04. > :39:12.went of course to Jesse Lingard with that fabulous volley, a golf fit to

:39:13. > :39:15.win any cup final. Fantastic strike. Great character for Manchester

:39:16. > :39:20.United after going down to ten men, not only they had a goal from

:39:21. > :39:27.Lingard but a fantastic chance from Michael Carrick. Dwight Gayle at the

:39:28. > :39:30.other end had a good chance. But for good goalkeeping again from de Gea.

:39:31. > :39:34.But they showed great character. It would have been easy for them to sit

:39:35. > :39:37.back and try to defend and get to penalties but the way they kept

:39:38. > :39:42.pushing and going forward, they had the character once before the great

:39:43. > :39:46.goal they scored. Thoughts on Crystal Palace, Danny? Obviously

:39:47. > :39:51.sympathy, because I have been there, losing a final. It is not nice but

:39:52. > :39:54.they can be proud of their cup run. I'm sure the fans have enjoy that.

:39:55. > :40:02.Alternately they did not have enough quality. United have that special

:40:03. > :40:06.quality in the final third, as we saw with the volley. Unlikely to

:40:07. > :40:11.them but United deserved it. We saw the referee is going up, starting

:40:12. > :40:17.the presentation, but just time for you, Ruud, to tell us, do you think

:40:18. > :40:23.Man Utd were worthy winners? It wasn't a great match. It was

:40:24. > :40:26.interesting to see, I think that Wayne Rooney played excellent, and

:40:27. > :40:32.also from a Crystal Palace point of view. In extra time, you train all

:40:33. > :40:35.week with certain tactics to be defensive and everything. If you

:40:36. > :40:39.attack all of a sudden when they have ten men, they had more chances,

:40:40. > :40:46.Man Utd when they were with ten than with 11. So therefore it means all

:40:47. > :40:51.of a sudden, less concentration. That is where Man Utd scored a goal.

:40:52. > :40:55.Mark Clattenburg has already gone up to receive the trophy. The Crystal

:40:56. > :40:59.Palace players are now climbing those steps, a tough experience to

:41:00. > :41:04.go up those steps after a defeat like that. So disappointing. It is

:41:05. > :41:07.horrible. They have worked their socks off. Probably didn't play as

:41:08. > :41:13.well as they wanted to. They still had one or two chances. But it is a

:41:14. > :41:18.long old walk up those stairs. You have worked so hard from January

:41:19. > :41:23.onwards to hear. They will be bitterly, bitterly disappointed. It

:41:24. > :41:28.is a horrible experience. The other thing for those lads, they might not

:41:29. > :41:33.get that opportunity again. We can hear from the winning manager, Louis

:41:34. > :41:37.van Gaal. Louis wanted to talk to his players but I would love to grab

:41:38. > :41:41.a word with you. We saw you celebrate not only the first goal

:41:42. > :41:45.for Man Utd but the winner. It was a special occasion for you and for

:41:46. > :41:51.your players. It is fantastic to win this title for the club, for the

:41:52. > :41:55.fans and also for me. Because now I have won a cup in four countries.

:41:56. > :42:01.Not many managers can say that. So I am very happy. Were you concerned at

:42:02. > :42:06.any point that the final was getting away from you, that it was going to

:42:07. > :42:13.be one of those days? Of course. Of course. Because with ten players,

:42:14. > :42:21.and we have played Tuesday evening also, but we have deserved it, I

:42:22. > :42:27.think. Talk about your matchwinner, Jesse Lingard? What about that goal?

:42:28. > :42:37.A super goal. But we needed it. Enjoy the celebrations. And the

:42:38. > :42:41.presentations begin. Steve Parish congratulating his players on their

:42:42. > :42:46.efforts. Crystal Palace fans distraught as you might expect, and

:42:47. > :42:54.so too many of those players. It wasn't to be. So close. They took

:42:55. > :42:57.the lead. How big a moment is this for Manchester United, is it a

:42:58. > :43:02.turning point after a few years of frustration? Their young players,

:43:03. > :43:05.and Lingard was correct, he would have been bitterly disappointed not

:43:06. > :43:07.to have started the game, but he took it in the right way. Very much

:43:08. > :43:20.like Puncheon did, for Palace. Yes, it was a big decision to change

:43:21. > :43:25.it, from the manager. It worked for him so that he deserves credit. It

:43:26. > :43:30.was an amazing strike. But yes, the youngsters have been a big part of

:43:31. > :43:34.what they have done in the last... It has been more like Manchester

:43:35. > :43:38.United in the last three or four weeks, they have had more energy and

:43:39. > :43:45.pace about them. But is it too little, too late? Fantastic strike

:43:46. > :43:48.to win any football match. Personally I think they will have to

:43:49. > :43:53.invest in the summer if they want to challenge. That is not a brilliant

:43:54. > :43:59.Manchester United side. They need something in the midfield.

:44:00. > :44:03.Creativity, pace. Rooney and carrot, they sit back all the time, they

:44:04. > :44:09.don't go forward to much. But nevertheless, it is still a great

:44:10. > :44:14.achievement for van Gaal. I am very happy for him, with all the critics.

:44:15. > :44:18.There go the Manchester United players, led by their captain, Wayne

:44:19. > :44:26.Rooney. Let's rejoin our commentator, Guy Mowbray.

:44:27. > :44:31.GUY MOWBRAY: Another enthralling season in the FA Cup has ended as it

:44:32. > :44:43.started. This, the 735th tie this season. The first one finished

:44:44. > :44:45.Penrith 1-2 Jarrow, watched wire crowd of 110. Next year's

:44:46. > :44:52.competition will start in just under three months' time. It is a walk of

:44:53. > :44:59.joy for Wayne Rooney up the Wembley steps to get his hands on the famous

:45:00. > :45:06.old trophy. Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick completing their set. They

:45:07. > :45:12.have won the Premier League, the League Cup, and in a few moments,

:45:13. > :45:20.they will have all of the domestic winners medals in their collection.

:45:21. > :45:40.I would not be surprised if Jesse Lingard manages to hurtle up those

:45:41. > :45:54.steps. Winning in white in a final, too. As they did in 1991 in

:45:55. > :45:57.Rotterdam in the Cup Winners' Cup. All the players will gather before

:45:58. > :46:02.Wayne Rooney is allowed to get his hands on the trophy. It is a rather

:46:03. > :46:07.more sedate walk up the steps for Louis van Gaal, their 64-year-old

:46:08. > :46:14.manager. Is this to be his final game in charge of United? What a way

:46:15. > :46:24.to sign out, if that's the way he's going. It used to be protocol that

:46:25. > :46:28.if you had been sent off, you couldn't go up and get your medal,

:46:29. > :46:34.but Chris Smalling has joined the crowd. The Duke of Cambridge and

:46:35. > :46:40.Greg Dyke are enthusiastically dishing out the prizes. A broad

:46:41. > :46:51.smile on the face of Sir Bobby Charlton, too.

:46:52. > :47:01.Wayne Rooney is going to be the ninth different FA Cup winning

:47:02. > :47:13.captain for Manchester United. And they lift the world's greatest cup.

:47:14. > :47:15.FA Cup winners 2016, Manchester United.

:47:16. > :47:19.GARY LINEKER: Manchester United celebrate winning a trophy. It has

:47:20. > :47:26.been a while. Louis van Gaal, as he and his career with a trophy, or is

:47:27. > :47:31.there more to come from the Dutchman? We will find out over the

:47:32. > :47:38.weeks to come. Anthony Martial, who has been so impressive in his first

:47:39. > :47:41.season at the club. Good moments for these players, Alan Shearer? Yes, it

:47:42. > :47:46.has been a tough season for them. Bitterly disappointing obviously not

:47:47. > :47:49.to qualify for the Champions League. They were the better team today.

:47:50. > :47:55.They had more possession, more chances, and they did deserve to win

:47:56. > :47:58.the game. And he deserves it especially, what a remarkable

:47:59. > :48:02.goalkeeper, David de Gea. RUUD GULLIT: He's unbelievable, and

:48:03. > :48:06.without him, it would have been much more difficult.

:48:07. > :48:11.DANNY MURPHY: They have got to keep him, really. Yes, in was good that

:48:12. > :48:17.they kept him, when Real Madrid wanted him. Let's have a look at

:48:18. > :48:26.that superb volley from Jesse Lingard. Sweet strike. He goes past

:48:27. > :48:31.Puncheon a little bit too easily. Having said that, the outside of the

:48:32. > :48:37.brood, that is a sweet strike! No chance of stopping that. I really

:48:38. > :48:44.enjoyed volleys that is an unbelievable goal. Very special goal

:48:45. > :48:47.indeed. Less than three weeks now until the start of the European

:48:48. > :48:52.Championship. To get you in the mood, there is a documentary this

:48:53. > :48:57.week looking back at 1966. It's 50 years since that famous day here at

:48:58. > :49:08.Wembley. And it might take 60 years before we see it! Here it is!

:49:09. > :49:12.15 years ago, and England are celebrating the first, and as it

:49:13. > :49:18.turns out, the only time that they have been on top of the footballing

:49:19. > :49:22.world. The heart was pumping, the nervous system was going... This is

:49:23. > :49:27.the story of a bunch of working-class lads, it's about their

:49:28. > :49:35.hopes, their dreams... And in my case, disappointment. Their unlikely

:49:36. > :49:39.boss. Honestly, his face! He would turn and look at you, and he would

:49:40. > :49:50.go, come on! And a spirit that conquered the world. I got kissed

:49:51. > :49:59.but I think the cup got kissed more passionately than me. He said to me,

:50:00. > :50:04.what about that? 50 years later, still talking about it, because it's

:50:05. > :50:07.the greatest moment in football history. That is on BBC Two tomorrow

:50:08. > :50:20.night. The Goal Of The Tournament winner

:50:21. > :50:26.was the free kick from Dimitri Payet for West Ham against Manchester

:50:27. > :50:32.United. And that is it from us, on the day that Jesse paints a picture

:50:33. > :52:00.which will live in the memory for ever. From us, goodbye.

:52:01. > :52:08.If it doesn't come bursting out of you, in spite of everything, don't

:52:09. > :52:13.do it. Unless it comes out of your heart and your mind and your mouth,

:52:14. > :52:18.don't do it. If you're doing it for money or fame, don't do it. If it's

:52:19. > :52:30.hard work just thinking about it, don't do it. When it is truly time,

:52:31. > :52:38.and if you haven't chose in it, it will do it by itself. And we'll keep

:52:39. > :52:39.on doing it till you die, or its dies in you. There