Manchester United beat Coventry on penalties in the FA Cup Classic on Sunday to set up a second consecutive FA Cup final against Manchester City. Erik ten Hag’s side won the penalty shootout 4-2 at Wembley before the teams were level 3-3 after extra time, with Rasmus Hojlund ) scored the decisive penalty. The game perfectly encapsulated a chaotic season for Ten Hagues, who have fallen well behind in the Premier League and had a forgettable Champions League campaign. As United raced 3-0 ahead of their second-tier opponents in the London sunshine, courtesy of goals from Scott McTominay, Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes, there was no indication of what was to come.

But they have made a habit of giving away leads in recent weeks and the game against Coventry proved that.

Second-half goals from Ellis Simms and Callum O’Hare gave the 1987 FA Cup winners hope, with Haji Wright equalizing from the penalty spot in the 95th minute. An incredible reversal was achieved.

Coventry fans jeered the Ten Witches with chants of “You’ll be sacked in the morning” as belief was injected into the legions of blue-clad supporters.

Coventry manager Mark Robins played a key role in United’s 1990 FA Cup final victory, which kicked off two decades of success under Alex Ferguson.

But his side’s motivation to reach the Championship play-offs has waned in recent weeks, with United heading to Wembley as losers despite a poor season.

– Manchester United dominate –

Manchester United, 12-time Champions League champions, sealed the victory early and took the lead in the 23rd minute after a well-aimed shot from the right.

Alejandro Garnacho passed to the overlapping Diogo Dalot, and Dalot’s pass found its way to the diving Bradley Collins. And was shot from close range by McTominay.

Marcus Rashford forced a fine save from Collins late in the first half, but United doubled their lead from a corner when Maguire headed in a Fernandes cross.

Coventry scored twice in stoppage time to beat Premier League side Wolves in the quarter-finals, but struggled to make headway against a well-organized Manchester United side.

They looked brighter early in the second half.

But the wind was taken out of their sails when Fernandez’s shot went past Collins in the 58th minute (due to a deflection from defender Bobby Thomas).

O’Hare headed in from an angle as Coventry continued to test, but top scorer Ellis Sims met substitute Fabio Taware in the 71st minute after United’s defense closed down With Si’s cross, they got a goal back.

In the 79th minute, O’Hare’s shot from outside the penalty area passed from Wan-Bissaka’s back past Onana, and the team rewritten the score to 3-2.

The Coventry fans were now cheering in unison as the team launched wave after wave of attacks.

With five minutes remaining, substitute Viktor Top fired a shot from the edge of the area, forcing Onana to scramble to save.

But Coventry isn’t done yet.

Wan-Bissaka was disallowed for handball in the penalty area, and Wright took the penalty kick to send the game into overtime.

In the 10-minute stoppage time, Coventry looked more likely to win but failed to find a winner.

In the fourth minute of overtime, substitute Amad Diallo assisted and Manchester United captain Fernandez hit the crossbar.

Simms’ shot hit the underside of the crossbar as time expired.

Coventry thought they had won the game late on when Tope poked the ball past Andre Onana, but a VAR check ruled Wright was slightly offside.

The champions drew first blood in the shootout when Casemiro’s feeble penalty was saved by Collins.

But O’Hare and captain Ben Schiff failed to change their attitude and Hoylund was tasked with guiding United to promotion and he made no mistake.

Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 in the other semi-final on Saturday.

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