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Mark Robins miraculous Coventry City took on the red side of Manchester at the revered Wembley stadium for a place in the final.
A flurry of late goals via Ellis Simms and El Hadji Wright secured a stoppage time comeback victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the quarter final.
Manchester United in similar vein completed a 4-3 victory over Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool to secure their own spot.
With Manchester City already securing a spot in the final at the expense of Chelsea FC, the possibility of another Manchester derby in the FA final looked increasingly likely.
Erik Ten Hag’s side started off on the strong foot with Scott Mctominay converting from Diogo Dalot’s cross. Harry Maguire added a second through a Bruno Fernandes corner kick and the club captain rounded up with a goal of his own.
Mark Robins side sparked into life at the cusp of the 70th minute. Everton loanee Ellis Simms connecting with Fabio Tavares’ ball in behind and a second just 9 minutes later as André Onana was wrong footed by Aaron Wan Bissaka’s deflection from Calum O’Hare’s range strike.
The defender in an uncomfortable left-back position handled the ball deep in stoppage time to allow El Hadji Wright complete the drawback for Coventry City.
Through to extra time and after 120 minutes, Coventry found an unthinkable last minute winner via Victor Torp’s tap-in only for VAR to rule it out.
The shootouts proceeded with the veteran Casemiro missing Manchester United’s first kick while Coventry converted their first two in a row. Captain Ben Sheaf and earlier hero Callum O’Hare both missed their respective kicks.
Rasmus Hojlund sealed the game with the final attempt from the spot with Diogo Dalot, Christian Eriksen and Bruno Fernandes all converting successfully.
This tournament’s run will be one the Coventry fans can take all the positives from almost completing one of football’s most remarkable stories.
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