Mark Robins mentioned he was happy with the braveness his Coventry group confirmed of their FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester United at Wembley.
The second-tier Sky Blues got here agonisingly near a spot within the ultimate after an all-time basic within the final 4, that noticed Robins’ facet struggle again from three targets right down to pressure a penalty shootout.
Coventry trailed 3-0 with simply 19 minutes of regular time to go, as Scott McTominay, Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes put Manchester United in agency management.
Robins had mentioned the Premier League facet have been ‘favourites by 1,000,000 miles’ earlier than the sport, however Coventry produced a shocking turnaround. Ellis Simms pulled one again, earlier than Callum O’Hare’s effort deflected over Andre Onana.
The equaliser arrived within the fifth minute of stoppage time, as Haji Wright’s nerveless penalty compelled additional time, after an Aaron Wan-Bissaka handball. Coventry twice hit the woodwork, in regular and additional time, and thought they’d received it when Viktor Torp scored within the ultimate seconds.
Nevertheless, the Coventry celebrations have been minimize quick after Wright was adjudged offside within the construct up, and the Sky Blues misplaced within the shootout as O’Hare and Ben Sheaf missed from the spot.
Robins, nonetheless, praised the efficiency of his group who he believes will go down within the membership’s historical past.
“We conceded too many poor targets. We knew we needed to make adjustments which we did at half-time. We spoke about not having regrets. We began to look extra of a risk,” Robins mentioned to ITV.
“To come back again from 3-0 down is unimaginable. Some good high quality soccer. We have been actually disillusioned on the finish.
“We hit the bar and had a objective disallowed. It was a extremely troublesome sport. We lose Tavares to damage and needed to make one other change.
“If you happen to can assault them you’ll be able to actually harm them. I can’t be prouder of them. They did fantastically nicely. I believe we’ve made Coventry proud.
“You get to penalties and it’s a lottery. You don’t maintain something towards anybody in the event that they present the braveness to take one in a cauldron.”
“It’s a toe nail. These traces are the bane of our life,” Robins continued on his facet’s offside winner.
“You don’t get an opportunity usually to go to an FA Cup ultimate and we have been actually actually shut.
“We have now to choose ourselves up as a result of there’s a sport on Wednesday.
“There’s all the time a little bit of gamesmanship [in penalties]. We would have liked to attain the 5 targets. We scored the 5 in the summertime and missed the sixth and Luton went up. It seems like a kick within the tooth.
“I’m actually happy with them.
“We’ve simply mentioned to them they’ve put themselves proper up there within the historical past of the soccer membership. Folks will discuss this sport for a very long time.”
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