How Coventry City dominated Man Utd and Man City in the FA Cup

Coventry City have dominated the FA Cup team of the season after their heroics saw them reach the semi-finals of the world’s oldest football competition. As voted by supporters, the Sky Blues are represented by six stars who played their part in helping the club reach Wembley, where they were denied a place in the final by Manchester United despite a stunning comeback and a the fourth goal that was questionably ruled out. by VAR.

City began their FA Cup campaign by hitting Oxford United – who they will meet next season after the USA’s promotion to the Championship – in January. They then needed a comeback to overcome Sheffield Wednesday before brushing aside non-league Maidstone United to reach the quarter-finals and a clash with Premier League Wolves.

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The day at Molineux will live long in the memory of those of the sky-blue persuasion who attended. Conceding twice in the last 10 minutes when leading 1-0, it looked as if City might have snuffed out a day at Wembley – but heroics from Haji Wright and Ellis Simms put those doubts to rest.

Trailing 3-0 to United at Wembley, Mark Robins’ men staged a remarkable comeback to equalise. After extra-time and penalties, and with Wright ruled offside in the build-up to what Coventry thought was a fourth and winner through Victor Torp, the club’s FA Cup adventure came to a cruel end, but thousands of supporters – and no doubt plenty of Sky Blues fans – recognized the team’s efforts to reach such a stage of the competition to mix it with the elite.

Simms, Wright, Kasey Palmer, Callum O’Hare, Jake Bidwell and Liam Kitching all made the FA Cup best XI. Joining those half-dozen players are Kevin De Bruyne, Cole Palmer, Andre Onana, Diogo Dalot and Raphael Varane.

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