Luke Shaw praised the “amazing confidence” of Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford in scoring their penalties in Manchester United’s FA Cup semi-final 7-6 shootout win over Brighton after each missed when England lost to Italy in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley and suffered racial abuse.
Sancho and Rashford took the team’s third and fourth spot-kicks respectively on Sunday as United sealed a place in the first all-Manchester Cup final against Manchester City on 3 June. Shaw said he had spoken to Sancho before the forward took his.
