VIEWERS were left raging after Manchester United’s penalty shootout win over Arsenal in the FA Cup forced iconic BBC show Countryfile to be postponed.
Ruben Amorim’s men sealed a memorable victory over their London hosts on Sunday to seal their spot in next month’s fourth round.
Altay Bayindir, who had already saved a penalty in normal time, kept out Kai Havertz’s effort in the spot-kicks to help set up a tie against Leicester.
However, because United vs Arsenal went past the 90 minute mark into a further 30 minutes of extra time – plus the shootout – it meant another TV show was put on pause.
With the BBC showing the game, it meant fan favourite programme Countryfile was pushed back past its original time slot of 6pm.
It led to an outpouring of rage on social media, with many lamenting the fact United vs Arsenal had run over into Countryfile’s allotted time slot.
And that was before the draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup had even been remembered.
One fan said: “This has run over into Countryfile ffs.”
Another declared: “Countryfile viewers will be thrilled to know we haven’t had the draw yet.”
One added: “Countryfile will follow this episode of Harry Maguire calling someone a s***house.”
Red Devils supporters won’t have minded pushing back the episode though.
United took the lead early on in the second half thanks to a goal from captain Bruno Fernandes.
But things turned sour moments later when Diogo Dalot was sent off for a second yellow.
It allowed Arsenal to fight their way back as a goal from Gabriel Magalhaes levelled things up.
United then gave away a penalty but Martin Odegaard’s effort was kept out by Bayindir.
The goalie was the hero again in the shootout as he saved Havert’s penalty.
United scored all five of theirs, with Joshua Zirkzee netting the decisive won to set up a tie against Leicester.
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