Fellaini Up For Wembley Return Trip

Marouane Fellaini is looking forward to another Emirates FA Cup final and erasing the memory of the 2009 defeat to Chelsea during his Everton days.

The midfielder opened the scoring in the semi-final win against his former club and also made a goal-saving block on Romelu Lukaku during the wide-open second half. After celebrating Anthony Martial's sensational injury-time winner, the Belgian spoke to MUTV about the prospect of returning to Wembley on 21 May to face Crystal Palace or Watford.

"In my first season in England, I played against Chelsea in the final and lost," he said. "I hope to win this season. Of course, everyone is looking forward to it but now we have to focus on the league as well. We want to finish in the top four and look forward to the final.

"It was very tough for us but the spirit of the team was great and we deserved to win this game. When you play in big games, there is a lot of motivation and we have to be motivated in the final too. Everton had nothing to lose so they pushed it for 25 minutes and it was tough for us. But we created a lot of chances in the second half as well, so we deserved to win."

Martial not only scored the winner but also provided an inviting cross for Fellaini's strike past Joel Robles.

"It was a great assist," added Fellaini. "He did well. It was a brilliant finish in the last minute of the game and he can do that so congratulations to him."

Fellaini was denied a second goal by Phil Jagielka's handball as he tried to force the ball home from close range after the break but he refused to blame referee Anthony Taylor for failing to award a spot-kick.

"They said that and I heard in the dressing room that we should have had a penalty," he added. "Maybe the referee didn't see it and that's football."