{"id":4473,"date":"2024-04-22T06:46:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T06:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=4473"},"modified":"2024-04-22T06:46:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T06:46:51","slug":"fa-cup-manchester-utd-scrape-past-coventry-to-reach-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=4473","title":{"rendered":"FA CUP: Manchester Utd scrape past Coventry to reach final"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Manchester United scraped into the FA Cup final on penalties despite throwing away a three-goal lead against Championship side Coventry in an epic semi-final at Wembley.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In a very modern-day thriller, United came out on top in a penalty shootout they were losing at one stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A quite remarkable contest only got that far because Victor Torp\u2019s effort in injury time in extra time was ruled out for offside by video assistant referee Peter Bankes.<\/span><\/p>\n

But after Bradley Collins saved United\u2019s first kick, from Casemiro, Andre Onana denied Callum O\u2019Hare, then unsettled Ben Sheaf with some verbal jousting \u2013 and the Coventry captain missed \u2013 allowing Rasmus Hojlund to win it.<\/span><\/p>\n

What the watching United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe made of it would be interesting to know. Thirty-four years ago, Mark Robins\u2019 goalscoring heroics in the FA Cup kept Sir Alex Ferguson in a job. Who knows what damage Robins\u2019 Coventry side has done to Erik Ten Hag\u2019s chances of keeping his?<\/span><\/p>\n

United thought they were cruising to a repeat of last season\u2019s final with neighbours Manchester City when they led 3-0 thanks to goals from Scott McTominay, Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes.<\/span><\/p>\n

But in front of Ratcliffe, who had completed the London Marathon\u00a0<\/span>earlier in the day<\/span>, co-chairmen Joel and Avram Glazer and new technical director Jason Wilcox, United imploded and Coventry took full advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n

After Ellis Simms and O\u2019Hare reduced the deficit, Haji Wright kept his nerve in stoppage time to score from the spot and send the game into extra time.<\/span><\/p>\n

For a brief moment, Torp allowed delirious Coventry fans to believe their team were coming back next month to try to emulate the Sky Blue heroes of their 1987 triumph over Tottenham.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was not to be. But when it was all over, it was the Championship players who were taking the acclaim of their fans as Ten Hag and his players rather sheepishly made their way to the dressing rooms.<\/span><\/p>

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