Sitting in eighth place in the Championship, Coventry was the lowest-ranked team to get to the quarterfinals
Wolverhampton Wanderers' Max Kilman, left and Coventry City's Haji Wright vie for the ball, during the English FA Cup quarter final match soccer match between Wolverhampton and Coventry City, at the Molineux, Wolverhampton, England, March 16, 2024.Second-tier Coventry scored twice deep into stoppage time to beat Wolverhampton 3-2 in the FA Cup on Saturday and reach the semifinals for the first time since 1987, the year the team won the famous competition.
Wolves looked to be heading to Wembley Stadium for the last four next month after scoring in the 83rd and 88th minutes. It also gives Mark Robins, Coventry’s manager, another magical FA Cup moment. Robins likely saved Alex Ferguson from getting fired three years into his storied tenure as Manchester United manager by scoring the winner in an FA Cup third-round match against Nottingham Forest midway through the 1989-90 season, when Ferguson was under severe pressure.Manchester City hosts Newcastle later in Saturday’s other quarterfinal match.
Jacob Bruun Larsen converted a 10th-minute penalty awarded after a push by Brentford left back Sergio Reguilon, who was sent off for the offense because he was the last man. David Datro Fofana added a second before Kristoffer Ajer reduced the deficit in the 83rd to ensure a nervy finish at Turf Moor.