Manchester United's crazy, erratic season continued as they fell behind in extra time after a tingling seesaw FA Cup Final.
Wembley had a new supersub with Ian Wright, the Crystal Palace broken leg hero, scoring to level the match at 2-2 at the end of normal time and then put the Londoners into a 3-2 lead.
Palace took a 19th minute lead through Gary O'Reilly but then saw Bryan Robson and Mark Hughes give the Reds a 2-1 lead.
Wright came off the bench for his dramatic equaliser in the 73rd minute and then give the underdogs a nerve jangling lead two minutes into extra time.
United settled with their semi-final line-up with Robins and Blackmore on the bench. Palace had to leave their broken leg victim Wright on the bench.
The game quickly settled into the kind of pattern expected with United the team trying to build flowing moves while Palace played a containing game interspersed with some long balls for their forwards to chase.
A free kick saw Bright go through into a threatening position in the penalty area for the Londoners but he failed to control the ball.
In contrast the Reds soon settled comfortably on the ball, clearly determined to make use of the perfect Wembley pitch and relying on the quality of their players to produce some openings.
