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United 4 Liverpool 3: Raw noise and flailing limbs

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For 64,000 or so Manchester United fans, Sunday's epochal Emirates FA Cup quarter-final triumph over Liverpool delivered one of the greatest highs in the club's modern history.

When the winning goal was scored, in added time within extra-time, several Manchester United players could barely run. In the stands, supporters could hardly think straight, such was the state of emotional delirium.

There have perhaps been more celebratory moments at the Theatre of Dreams – winning the first leg of the Treble against Spurs in 1999, reaching Moscow with a 1-0 victory over Barcelona in 2008 – but in terms of drama this was surely close to the best game, and the most astonishing climax, that M16 has ever delivered.