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What They Said After Coventry Vs Man United FA Cup Semi-final

The game perfectly encapsulated a chaotic season for Ten Hag's men, who are well off the pace in the Premier League and had a Champions League campaign to forget.


Coventry City’s English defender # 04 Bobby Thomas (L) shakes hands with Manchester United’s Dutch manager Erik ten Hag (C) on the pitch after the English FA Cup semi-final football match between Coventry City and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium in north west London on April 21, 2024. Manchester United won the penalty shoot-out 4-2 after the game finished 3-3 after extra time. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP)

 

Key quotes after the dramatic FA Cup semi-final between second-tier Coventry and Manchester United at Wembley on Sunday:

 

“It sums up our season, we had great control and played well for 60 minutes but then we conceded out of nothing. Then I don’t know, it seems like the world wanted Coventry to go on and do it. We showed great character to stick with it and it was important to win the shootout.”

— Man United defender Harry Maguire after his side blew a 3-0 lead in the second half before clinging on and winning in a penalty shoot-out.

 

“When they scored a goal we thought it might be offside, we couldn’t tell from the front.”

— United captain Bruno Fernandes on Coventry midfielder Victor Torp’s disallowed goal in added time in extra time.

 

“We’ll never be successful if we win (only) the FA Cup. The standard of this club is much higher than what we have been doing. We have to do better in the league, the League Cup and in Europe.”

— Fernandes.