Manchester United supporters were hailing Wout Weghorst’s “kiss of death” as the reason behind their FA Cup semi-final victory over Brighton.

After a tense 120 minutes, the clash headed into a penalty shoot-out following the Wembley stalemate.

Ten Hag ball again, brought on Weghorst to deliver the kiss of 💀pic.twitter.com/qcyMg6nF8A

— Mufc🇶🇦✍🏾 (@UTDKenny_) April 23, 2023
Victor Lindelof was the hero as he sealed a 7-6 shoot-out victory.

Alexis Mac Allister scored first for Brighton, Pascal Gross followed suit, Deniz Undav notched the third, Pervis Estupinan calmly slotted the fourth and captain Lewis Dunk made it five from five.

Casemiro rolled home United’s opening kick, Diogo Dalot repeated the trick, Jadon Sancho rifled in the third, Rashford scored the fourth and Marcel Sabitzer completed a perfect five for United to send it to sudden death.

Adam Webster was first up for Brighton and sent David de Gea the wrong way and Wout Weghorst did the same for Erik ten Hag’s men.

Solly March then skied the seventh for Brighton – leaving Victor Lindelof to step forward and book United’s place at Wembley in the final against Man City.

However, eagle-eyed fans spotted on-loan Weghorst kissing the ball after scoring as he handed it March before the Brighton star’s spot-kick.

Watch Wout Weghorst with the ball before handing it to Solly March… the kiss of death 😘#BHAMUN #EmiratesFACuppic.twitter.com/ipOeF7dszo

— 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) April 23, 2023

And many believe it was a lucky smooch after the Seagulls ace blazed it high and wide.

One fan tweeted: “WEGHORST KISSED THE BALL & THE BRIGHTON PLAYER MISSED IT!!!”

Another said: “That Weghorst Kiss of Death.”

A fellow fan said: “Weghorst did some voodoo with the ball kiss.”

While another tweeted: “Wout Weghorst delivered the kiss of death before Solly March’s penalty.”

As another agreed, saying: “We won this game because of Weghorst’s kiss of death.”

And a fellow fan wrote: “Ten Hag ball again, brought on Weghorst to deliver the kiss of death.”

United will now face City at Wembley in the final on June 3.

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