Manchester United beat Coventry City, which plays in England’s second division, 4-2 this Sunday in the penalty shootout and will face Manchester City in the FA Cup final, despite the fact that qualification almost escaped them after going three goals up, as the rival came back in the game and went 3-3 in regulation time.
In the first half, the Scot Scott McTomina opened the scoring and Harry Maguire, before half-time, extended the lead for United, who had Alejandro Garnacho among the starters.
Already in the complement, the Portuguese Bruno Fernandes seemed to end the game by scoring the third for the “Red Devils”, but the rival had a surprise prepared for Erik ten Hag’s team.
Ellis Simms converted the first stoppage time, while Callum O’Hare was the author of the second and the American Haji Wright, from a penalty, sealed the unexpected tie in the last seconds of the duel, to take the definition to overtime.
In a heart-stopping extra time with situations for both teams, Coventry City turned it around with a goal from Norwegian Victor Torp, but the play was annulled by the VAR for an alleged offside and the semi went to a penalty shootout.
There, Manchester United won 4 to 2 and achieved the long-suffering qualification, after the Brazilian Casemiro made an error, to later convert with the Portuguese Diogo Dalot, the Dane Christian Eriksen, Fernandes, and the also Dane Rasmus Höjlund. For Coventry Wright and Torp scored, but Callum O’Hare and captain Ben Sheaf missed.
In this way, Manchester United will face Josep Guardiola’s Manchester City in the final, which defeated Chelsea 1-0 last Saturday.
Two who lead the Premier League
On the other hand, Liverpool beat Fulham 3-1 and returned to the top of the Premier League table along with Arsenal, although with a lower goal difference, with four dates remaining in the competition.
With the entry of Alexis Mac Allister in the second half, the Reds won with goals from Trent Alexander-Arnold, the Dutch Ryan Gravenberch and the Portuguese Diogo Jota to add three key points.
Now, German Jürgen Klopp’s team has reached the line of Arsenal, which beat Wolverhampton 2-0 on Saturday, although Manchester City is lurking with one point less and still owing a game, so it could take the lead from them.
Earlier, goalkeeper Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez’s Aston Villa lost, but in the end they defeated Marcos Senesi’s Bournemouth 3-1 and consolidated their position in fourth place, in qualifying positions for the Champions League.
Dominic Solanke, from a penalty, put the visitors ahead, but the host’s reaction came from the goals of Morgan Rogers, the Frenchman Moussa Diaby and the Jamaican Leon Bailey.
Also on date 34, Everton beat Nicolás Domínguez’s Nottingham Forest 2-0, with goals from Senegalese Idrissa Gueye and Dwight McNeil.
In turn, Crystal Palace beat West Ham 5-2. The Frenchman Michael Olise, Eberechi Eze, the Italian Emerson against, and two from the Frenchman Jean-Philippe Mateta; They scored against Michail Antonio and goalkeeper Dean Henderson.