Manchester United Stun Liverpool in FA Cup Thriller: Ten Hag Hopes for Premier League Turnaround

Manager Erik ten Hag believes that Manchester United's incredible 4-3 comeback victory over Liverpool in extra time on Sunday in the FA Cup quarterfinals will serve as the impetus to turn around the team's Premier League fortunes.

After Marcus Rashford equalized eight minutes earlier, Amad Diallo scored the game's winning goal in the 121st minute, almost blowing the roof off Old Trafford and securing the FA Cup's 12th season semifinal berth against Coventry City.

Dutchman Ten Hag expressed his excitement, saying, "This could be that (pivotal) moment where the team can really believe, and the energy too, that they can do amazing things."

"And I believe that if you can defeat Liverpool in the manner that we did, you can defeat any opponent; the onus is on us to demonstrate this." We did say this today (Sunday) as well as I did on Friday during the pre-game news conference.

Although they still have a game in hand, United is nine points behind Aston Villa in fourth place in the race for a Champions League berth for the upcoming season. This puts United in sixth place in the standings, far behind Liverpool in second place by a whopping 17 points.

Roy Keane, a former captain of United, said the thrilling match on Sunday would energize the group, especially the younger players.

"Many players have never experienced Old Trafford's bounce like that." For the remainder of the season, these players might have a huge feel-good impact, according to Keane on ITV.

While many nights at United this season have been dismal, Sunday's match will go down as a classic.

"One of the greatest football matchups in the world occurs when Manchester United plays Liverpool. It is historic, according to Ten Hag. "I thought my team played its best for the first 35 minutes of the season."

Rashford told ITV, "Listen to the noise, you can tell what a big game it is, a huge occasion." "Though this season hasn't been what I've wanted, Old Trafford evenings like these are what it's all about."

"It's a huge game in Manchester United history, and we have to win something this season."

After United's 10-minute lead thanks to goals from Scott McTominay, Liverpool's goals three minutes apart from Mohamed Salah and Alexis Mac Allister before halftime completely changed the course of the match.

Liverpool dominated the second half and had a good chance to end the match, but late in normal time, United applied more pressure, and in the 87th minute, Antony scored his first goal at Old Trafford in over a year after spinning in the box and finishing past two Liverpool players. This forced extra time.

In the 105th minute, Harvey Elliott's long-range rocket between Harry Maguire's legs and off Christian Eriksen's foot found the bottom corner, thrilling the 9,000 traveling Liverpool supporters.

However, United continued to apply pressure.

"Very intense," Klopp remarked. We made good use of the time and adjusted. Despite our excellent play, we failed to complete the game.

After making it 3-3 with a composed finish after a picture-perfect pass from McTominay into the bottom corner, Rashford ran to the United supporters and was surrounded.

"Rashford is tenacious; he never gives up. Normally, he ends those situations, but he persisted in search of another opportunity. Ten Hag stated, "That gave the other players inspiration."

Following a Liverpool corner, Alejandro Garnacho and Diallo surged up the field on a breakaway, and in the 120th minute, Diallo scored the game's winning goal to a thunderous cheer from the Old Trafford crowd, leaving Klopp looking startled as he stood on the sidelines.

It was one of the best games of the season, and we played excellently, therefore we deserved this victory. It's a truly significant occasion and the best aim of my life, Diallo declared.

"This is football, you have to believe in it every single moment."
After getting a second yellow card for his celebrations, Diallo was then dismissed.

Bruno Fernandes, the captain of United, said to ITV, "We always have belief, the problem is we have not been consistent with our performances."

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