John O’Shea: Beating Manchester United was one of the highlights of my career

Manchester United v Sunderland - Capital One Cup Semi Final Second Leg

John O’Shea (L)

Sunderland defender John O’Shea has claimed that their Capital One Cup semi-final victory over Manchester United was one of the best nights of his career.

The former Man United player helped Sunderland beat his old team on penalties at Old Trafford after winning the first-leg 2-1 at the Stadium of Light.

Sunderland will now face Manchester City in the final at Wembley on March 2nd.

O’Shea told the Newcastle Evening Chronicle: “It’s up there, it’s got to be. I was in the shower afterwards, thinking ‘what has just happened?’

“Hopefully there will be one or two more nights like this, for the fans to witness that occasion was amazing. You can imagine the emotions we had, but for those that travelled down, they must have floated back to the North East.”

He added: “We thought that was it; it was done when Phil Bardsley scored, it was so emotionally draining after Untied scored that second goal with 10 seconds to go, but the courage the boys showed was amazing.

“The manager spoke to us before the penalties and he said ‘Believe, where you put the ball and Vito will save a couple, when Vito saved the last penalty, we were jumping around everywhere and it was incredible stuff.”

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