ROUTE TO WEMBLEY
Round three was negotiated with a hard-fought 3-1 win over Middlesbrough, followed by late heroics against Liverpool – United warming up for events five months later in Barcelona – with last-gasp goals from Dwight Yorke and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to turn a 1-0 reverse into a 2-1 win. Andy Cole’s deflected shot was good enough to defeat Fulham in round five.
Chelsea parked the bus at Old Trafford in the quarters, but at an eerie, three-sided Stamford Bridge (due to redevelopment), two goals from Dwight Yorke – the second an outrageous 25-yard chip – booked a last-four spot against Arsenal, beaten at the second attempt on an utterly extraordinary night in the Midlands.