Apr 19, 2009, 17:53 GMT
London - Tim Howard saved two penalties against his former team as Everton beat Manchester United in Sunday's FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.
Everton's Tim Cahill blazed the first kick over, but Dimitar Berbatov then saw his stuttering attempt saved by Howard.
Leighton Baines blasted in, and when Howard saved from Rio Ferdinand, Everton had the advantage.
Phil Neville, Nemanja Vidic, James Vaughan and Anderson all scored, leaving Phil Jagielka needing to score to send Everton through.
He did, with a fine kick to Ben Foster's right, putting Everton into the FA Cup final for the first time since 1995, and ending United's hopes of winning a clean sweep of trophies this season.
The 120 minutes of play had ended goalless, and had rarely threatened to be anything else.
Ferguson made eight changes from the team that had won in Porto on Wednesday, and it seemed to take United time to settle.
As the first half wore on, though, they came increasingly into the game, and Joleon Lescott almost diverted Danny Welbeck's flick at a Rafael cross onto his own net.
Welbeck then stumbled as Carlos Tevez, playing in his characteristic withdrawn role, slipped a cleverly disguised ball to him.
Clear chances, though, were few and far between, and Everton's best opportunity of the first half came after Louis Saha almost embarrassed goalkeeper Ben Foster as he dallied over a back-pass.
Everton began the second half with greater directness, and it took a plunging save from Foster eight minutes after the break to keep out a Cahill strike that threatened to dip under his dive.
As the game began to open up, Ji-Sung Park dragged a left-foot shot just wide.
Welbeck then had an effort beaten away by Howard, before possibly being bundled over in the box by Phil Jagielka.
Referee Mike Riley, though, waved play on, leading, inevitably, to suspicions that he may have been affected by Everton manager David Moyes's midweek suggestion that he is a United fan.
Neither side, though, really had a clear chance, and there was a certain inevitability about the game's passage into extra-time.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was heavily critical of the pitch after his side's 2-1 defeat to Chelsea on Saturday, and it may be that the uneven surface has contributed to the high proportion of uninspiring games played at the ground since it was re-opened two years ago.
Cahill forced Foster to save with his feet early in extra-time, and a James Vaughan shot deflected off Vidic just behind Cahill just after half-time in extra-time, but it remained a game short on goalmouth incident.
Not that Everton will care: they face Chelsea in the final on May 30.
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