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Man Utd star Lindelof hit in eye by object thrown from Man City end at Wembley in ugly FA Cup final scenes

MANCHESTER UNITED players were left fuming after an object thrown by a fan struck Victor Lindelof.

The Red Devils’ stars were celebrating Bruno Fernandes’ equaliser in the FA Cup final from the spot when the incident occurred.

Victor Lindelof was celebrating alongside his Man Utd team-matesCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun

Lindelof was then struck in the eye by a green objectCredit: BBC

The missile was thrown from the City end at WembleyCredit: beIN Sports via Twitter

The defender fell to the ground in pain after being struck in the faceCredit: Getty

Replays showed Lindelof was struck in the eye by a green object thrown from the Man City end.

The Sweden international then fell to the ground and players tried to draw the referee’s attention to what had happened.

United captain Fernandes led the protests to Paul Tierney, but he ordered the game to be resumed.

Fortunately, the defender was not badly hurt and was able to continue with the game.

Peter Schmeichel slammed the action on BBC, he said: “That is so wrong. That is bad.

“I am not blaming Manchester City, but it is somebody, they should be big enough and not react like that and understand that it is OK to go 1-1.

“There should be consequences, I hope they find the guy or girl or whoever did that.”

But fans on social media were quick to highlight the incident.

5Aaron Wan-Bissaka also handed a coin to Paul Tierney that had been thrown at his team-matesCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun

One tweeted: “Victor Lindelof was hit in the face by what looks like a lighter from the Man City end.”

A second wrote: “One Manchester City fan threw a missile that hit Victor Lindelof. Disgusting.”

While a third added: “It doesn’t matter who you support. This kind of s*** doesn’t belong in the game!”

Aaron Wan-Bissaka was also spotted handing a coin to Tierney that had been thrown and him and his team-mates.

The goal brought United level after Ilkay Gundogan managed to put City ahead just 13 seconds into the final with a brilliant volley.

The penalty was awarded in controversial circumstances as Jack Grealish was judged to have handled the ball after a VAR review.

Tierney was alerted to the incident by Stockley Park official David Coote.

However, many quickly claimed it could not have been a spot-kick.

BBC’s Jermaine Jenas said: “Yes it’s hit his hand, yes his hand is in the air, but it’s not a penalty for me.’”

Meanwhile on ITV, Lee Dixon said: “That’s the worst penalty in the history of penalties.”

City fans will be feeling doubly disappointed as Casemiro also escaped a red card for a poor challenge on Manuel Akanji.

However, they were cheered up quickly after the second half began as Gundogan netted his second of the game to put City back in the lead.

United were unable to find another equaliser despite hitting the crossbar in the closing stages.

And City held out to put themselves one step closer to winning a historic treble ahead of next week’s Champions League final against Inter Milan.

Source: thesun

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