Coventry beats Wolves with stoppage time stunner

Football
Published 16.03.2024
Coventry beats Wolves with stoppage time stunner

Second-tier Coventry scored twice deep into stoppage time to beat Wolverhampton 3-2 within the FA Cup on Saturday and attain the semifinals for the primary time since 1987, the yr the group received the well-known competitors.

United States striker Haji Wright accomplished the exceptional comeback within the tenth minute of added-on time, after Ellis Simms — together with his second objective of the sport — equalized for Coventry three minutes earlier at Molineux.

Wolves heading to Wembley Stadium for the final 4 subsequent month after scoring within the 83rd and 88th minutes.

Sitting in eighth place within the Championship, Coventry was the lowest-ranked group to get to the quarterfinals. The membership from central England can sit up for a visit again to Wembley, the place it misplaced the Championship playoff ultimate to Luton on the finish of final season.

It additionally offers Mark Robins, Coventry’s supervisor, one other magical FA Cup second. Robins probably saved Alex Ferguson from getting fired three years into his storied tenure as Manchester United supervisor by scoring the winner in an FA Cup third-round match in opposition to Nottingham Forest halfway by means of the 1989-90 season, when Ferguson was below extreme strain.

That is broadly heralded as a turning level in Ferguson’s almost 27-year tenure.

Manchester City hosts Newcastle later in Saturday’s different quarterfinal match. On Sunday, Manchester United welcomes nice rival Liverpool and Chelsea hosts second-tier Leicester.

There are additionally three video games within the Premier League on Saturday: Burnley vs. Brentford, Luton vs. Nottingham Forest and Fulham vs. Tottenham.