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Van Gaal slams referee Taylor despite FA Cup semifinal joy

Manchester United is through to the FA Cup final, but Louis van Gaal aired his grievances with Anthony Taylor after the win over Everton.

Louis van Gaal criticized referee Anthony Taylor despite seeing Manchester United progress to the FA Cup final with a last-gasp 2-1 win over Everton on Saturday.

Marouane Fellaini opened the scoring for United against his former club in the 34th minute. After halftime, David De Gea produced a fine save down to his right to prevent Romelu Lukaku from leveling matters from the penalty spot following Timothy Fosu-Mensah's foul on Ross Barkley.

Everton did equalize 15 minutes from the end when Chris Smalling put the ball into his own net but Anthony Martial's cool finish in the third additional minute ensured there would be no extra time or penalty shootout, sending United into its first FA Cup final since 2007.