United were out of sorts so much that it prompted Alex Ferguson to apologise after the game to fans who had endured it. Although that was not to say that Palace did not play well because they did.
There were ten changes made to the team by Ferguson and one of them was recalling Evans and giving him the captain’s armband.
But the Northern Ireland international told MUTV: "We're very disappointed not to be in the semi-finals."
He added: "I thought we would go on after we scored, and going into the first period of extra time, playing towards the Stretford End, I thought we'd have a chance of getting a goal and seal it from there.
"But they went down the other end and scored against the run of play really. We had a lot of possession but we couldn't break them down.
"A lot of our play was in front of them and I think the only way we were going to get in was down the side, but we didn't manage to do that as well as Manchester United can. We didn't get a lot of crosses into the box.
"The games are coming thick and fast and the manager will need his squad. So we need to pick ourselves up and hopefully win on Saturday (against Aston Villa)."
Source: FOOTYMAD
