With Wembley on offer in the semi finals, United came up short as Wolves took command of the quarter-final tie in the second half with goals from Raul Jimenez and Diogo Jota. A goal in added-on time from Marcus Rashford wasn’t enough for the Reds to rescue the match and continue the hopes for domestic silverware.
Molineux’s pre-match show organisers certainly managed to ramp up an atmosphere worthy of the occasion. The 4,500 travelling Reds did their bit to make their voices heard, with the expected raucous renditions of ‘Ole’s at the Wheel.’
It was stirring stuff and a glitzy opening ceremony that was going to take some matching on the pitch.