Key events
120+1 mins: Thereâll be just one minute of stoppage time, and Arsenal have won a corner 20 seconds into it.
120 mins: ⦠which Bayindir boots down the left and out of touch, obviously.
119 mins: Another Arsenal cross is headed clear, and this time the referee blows for a free-kick, Havertz having bundled into Mazraoui.
118 mins: Odegaard sends yet another left-footed cross into the area from the right, but itâs just too high for Havertz, who top-of-the-heads it out of play.
117 mins: ⦠which Bayindir boots down the left and out of touch, obviously.
116 mins: Itâs headed clear. Arsenal win a throw-in and Sterling runs into the penalty area again, but he knocks the ball a bit too far. Goal kick.
116 mins: Another Arsenal corner, after Malacia heads Riceâs cross behind.
24 mins: Fernandes brings Sterling down and concedes a free-kick on the right. Itâs taken short and Sterling runs into the area, but Malacia gets in his way and eventually wins a free-kick of his own. The BBC inform us that in final-third passes Arsenal lead 212-38.
113 mins: He is going off, though! Kieran Tierney is on. Jorginho looks to be feeling a groin muscle as he left the field.
112 mins: The physio is on, and working on Jorginho, who is on his feet and presumably not likely to go off, with penalties on the horizon.
111 mins: This time United keep it and put a decent attack together, but at the end of it Amad heads wide.
110 mins: Sterling is given offside (wrongly, I think) in Unitedâs penalty area, giving Bayindir another chance to hit a long ball down the left.
108 mins: Arsenal win their 10th corner. Itâs played short, popped around a bit, and eventually Martinelliâs looping header drops to Bayindir.
106 mins: United nearly score! Zirkzee finds Amad with an excellent pass, who sends it back again with another fine pass. He tries to beat Raya at the far post but the shot is deflected towards the near, only for the keeper to fingertip it wide!
106 mins: Play has restarted!
Todayâs other FA Cup scores, while Iâve got a moment:
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Hull 1-1 Doncaster (Doncaster won 5-4 on penalties)
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Tamworth 0-3 Tottenham (after extra time)
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Crystal Palace 1-0 Stockport County
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Ipswich Town 3-0 Bristol Rovers
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Newcastle 3-1 Bromley
And currently at half-time:
Half time in extra time: Arsenal 1-1 Manchester United
105+3 mins: A long spell of attacking possession by Arsenal ends with Parteyâs cross from the right, Riceâs header falling beyond Havertz and into the arms of Bayindir, and the refereeâs whistle.
105+1 mins: Thereâll be two minutes of Maguire-going-off-time at the end of this half.
105 mins: Bayindir has presumably been instructed to boot his goal-kicks high down the left, because thatâs where theyâve all gone, but the majority of them have gone straight out for a throw-in and hereâs another one.
104 mins: And another substitution. Maguire leaves the field (very, very slowly) and Leny Yoro enters it.
103 mins: Trossard has a shooting chance from just outside the area, but he skews it high and wide.
103 mins: Fernandes produces the back-pass of the match, probably the back-pass of the round, on the volley from midway into Arsenalâs half. A back-pass of real ambition.
101 mins: And how has that not gone in?!??”! Jorginhoâs excellent pass finds Havertz, who taps inside towards Trossard and, beyond him, Rice, but De Ligt gets there first and, from two yards, manages not to find his own net!
100 mins: Another substitution. Thomas Partey is on, and Jurrien Timber is off.
98 mins: Sterling has been the (most fun) man of the match. He just wants to run at defenders, quickly, and itâs great entertainment (if not always hugely impactful).
97 mins: Rice lifts a corner towards the far post, where itâs headed behind for another one.
95 mins: Then Arsenal win a free-kick and lift it into the area, where Havertz heads it weakly towards goal.
94 mins: Blocked! The ball falls to Rice in space and inside the area, but De Ligt throws himself in the way of the shot.
93 mins: Jorginhoâs pass runs just beyond Havertz.
91 mins: United start the third half.
Some changes to report: Arsenal have brought Leandro Trossard on for Myles Lewis-Skelly. United have replaced Ugarte with Tyrell Malacia. Extra time imminent.
We’re having a bonus half-hour! Arsenal 1-1 Manchester United
90+8 mins: A United pull-back from the left runs just behind Zirkzee, and thatâs the last attack of normal time. That was a very,, and unexpectedly, fun half of football.
After 90 minutes:
Arsenal (3.25) 1-1 (0.19) Man Utd
— The xG Philosophy (@xGPhilosophy) January 12, 2025
90+5 mins: Zirkzee and Amad lead a United break, but the Dutchman delays his pass a moment too long (and overhits it slightly) and thatâs the end of that.
90+4 mins: And another great save! Rice is found on the left, and his low shot across goal is on its way in until Bayindir gets fingertips to it!
90+3 mins: The ball breaks on the left and Havertz picks out Timber, central, in space and 30 yards out. Instead of passing onwards to Sterling he has a rubbish shot.
90+2 mins: A good cross from the left. No Arsenal player wants to win it, but Mazraoui has to turn it behind.
90+1 mins: There will be seven minutes of stoppage time! They start with a United free kick, lifted into the penalty area, but Maguireâs header back into the mixer is caught by Raya.
88 mins: How is that not in the net? Odegaard lifts another ball in from the right â almost the same ball to the one that found Rice a few minutes ago. This one hits Havertz and drops in front of him, with the goal gaping ⦠and somehow he lifts the ball over it!
87 mins: Some good work from Zirkzee in his own half, who eventually passes to Amad on the right and suddenly United are breaking with possibilities â principally Collyer, sprinting beyond the Arsenal defence, but Amad doesnât spot him and the opportunity is lost..
85 mins: The sense of chaos has lifted a bit, and weâre back to Arsenal trying to work a way through a well-organised defence. They need to just give it to Sterling, whoâs absolutely on one.
82 mins: The ball falls to Maguire, who âave-its it right into touch with no messing.
80 mins: A triple change for United. Someone else is going to perform the thankless-running-around-on-their-own-in-attack role for a while, with Garnacho, Mainoo and Hojland coming off and Zirkzee, Collyer and Amad coming on.
78 mins: âIt was definitely a penalty,â writes Joe Surtees. âMaguire threw out his left arm and left leg to impede the Arsenal player, and all VAR would have done is confirm that. It would also have slowed everything down hugely and taken all the heat and excitement out of a fantastic game.â Well itâs a game of opinions and youâre welcome to yours, but having seen a couple of replays now Iâd still call it a dive.
76 mins: Another great save! Odegaardâs cross finds Rice on the edge of the six-yard box, completely unmarked, but his header is too close to Bayindir, who flings out a hand and turns it over the bar!
73 mins: Declan Rice comes on for Merino. The BBC have concluded that Gabriel, Havertz and Maguire were all booked for their parts in that post-penalty-decision chaos. It was Maguire was standing nearest Havertz when he dived, and he seemed particularly furious about it.