Manchester United crashed out of the FA Cup with a meek 2-1 home defeat to Brighton on Sunday as Gabriel Martinelli's hat-trick fired Arsenal to a 4-1 win at Portsmouth to reach round four.
United interim boss Darren Fletcher could only watch on in horror as the Red Devils' last chance of silverware this season and likely his chances of landing the job until the end of the season went up in smoke at Old Trafford.
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