Manchester United beat Coventry City to claim the second FA Cup final in two years
There will be another all-Manchester match in this year’s FA Cup final after Manchester United edging past Championship side Coventry City. The Red Devils were leading 3-0 with with goals from Scott McTominay, Harry Maguire, and Bruno Fernandes.
Coventry fought back in the second half, scoring two goals inside 10 minutes through Ellis Simms and Callum O’Hare. Haji Wright pushed the match into extra time with his penalty in the 90th minute.
Bruno Fernandes’ reaction as Manchester United beat Coventry City
United went on to win the penalty shootout 4-2 and secured their second FA Cup final in two years. Red Devils captain and midfielder Bruno Fernandes admitted that his side should have finished the match earlier. The Portuguese vowed to improve his side’s game in the final against Manchester City.
“When they scored a goal [in extra time] we thought it might be offside, we couldn’t tell from the front,” he said to ITV1. “We put ourselves in a difficult position and should have killed it earlier but we didn’t. We have to do so much better.”
On the other hand, Harry Maguire said that he was not expecting Coventry to give such a tough game. However, he praised his teammates for ultimately making it through to the final.
“We found a way,” Maguire said. “We started the game really well and then conceded a sloppy goal. We were unfortunate to concede the second goal. I think the penalty was so hard but all credit to Coventry. They made it tough for us in the second half of extra time.
“It sums up our season, we had great control and played well for 60 minutes but then we conceded out of nothing. Then I don’t know, it seems like the world wanted Coventry to go on and do it. We showed great character to stick with it and it was important to win the shootout.”
