Sports Desk,
It was heartbreak for Coventry City, who came from 0-3 down to draw level and take the game to extra time, where they nearly won the contest.
Very few people at Wembley were optimistic about the chances of Coventry, a second-tier Championship side that were trailing traditional giant
Scott McTominay and
And there began the story, which could have been one of the greatest fairytales in the history of the competition.
The 34,000 Coventry City fans kept their fingers crossed when
But when
Six added minutes seemed an eternity to United, who conceded a penalty last moment after Aaron Wan-Bissaka's handball and
In extra time, United's Fernandes and Coventry's Simms hit the crossbar before
United's Casemiro missed the first penalty in the tiebreaker, but Andre Onana made a fine save off
United came back to pole position again when Coventry captain Ben Sheaf sent his effort high over the crossbar, and Hojlund did the rest.
The final will be a repeat of last year's event when United lost to Manchester City 2-1.
City beat Chelsea 1-0 in the other semifinal on Saturday. EFE
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