Gary McAllister: It's Game On

Gary McAllister said, after Dougie Freedman gave United a lifeline in injury time: "It's game on and it keeps us in the tie. I said to the lads that it's going to be a game of 180 minutes and I've got to applaud my players, we played right through to 96 and I've got a feeling that this tie is going to go right to the final minutes up at Carlisle as well.

"We'd have been disappointed with 2-0, but it wouldn't have been a case of surrendering. I still would have felt that we were in the game. But scoring so late on puts a different perspective on it.

"There's a lot at stake and it'll be two decent sides trying to achieve a place at Wembley. I would think the Carlisle players would've been happier taking us back there with a two-goal lead.

"We won't be gung-ho, that's never a style I would adopt anyway. The game's got to be played with a bit of thought, but we obviously go there looking to win.

"They're the home side. Are they going to try and protect their lead or are they going to try and score? We know what we've got to do. We're not going to go there to defend.

"It's plain to see that the goal's changed the game."