Manchester United progressed to a record-breaking 22nd FA Cup final, staving off an incredible Coventry City comeback to win 4-2 on penalties after extra time in an epic semi-final at Wembley.
Erik ten Hag’s team scraped into the final despite throwing away a three-goal lead. They led 3-0 up to the 70th minute, thanks to goals from Scott McTominay, Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes.
But Ellis Simms and O’Hare reduced the deficit, and Haji Wright kept his nerve in stoppage time to score from the spot to send the game into extra time, as the game ended 3-3.
The match was being played at an electric pace in extra time, and after Fernandes and Simms both rattled the woodwork, it looked like Torp had completed the most amazing of comebacks after sliding the ball home from Wright’s ball across the box, only to the be denied by the most marginal of offside calls.
Penalties beckoned, and this absolutely incredible tie reached its conclusion when Ben Sheaf blazed his spot-kick over the bar, paving the way for Rasmus Højlund to dispatch his spot-kick to take United into the final by the skin of their teeth.
Manchester United will lock horns with their city rivals, Manchester City in a second consecutive FA Cup final at Wembley.
On the evidence of their second half performance in particular, it will take a brave individual to back United to right the wrongs of last year’s 2-1 defeat.
