‘Says it all’: Journo can’t believe what United were ‘reduced’ to doing vs Coventry

Manchester United led 3-0 in the 71st minute of their FA Cup semi-final clash with Coventry City, but the scoreline was level by the full-time whistle.

As such, the sides will continue their battle into extra time and perhaps even penalties if they cannot be separated across the next 30 minutes.

In the closing stages of regular time, when United led 3-2 while weathering a resurgent storm from the Championship outfit, Andre Onana was booked for taking his sweet time between goal-kicks and delaying the restart.

Given the vast differences in league positionings, squad costs and – you’d think – quality, Samuel Luckhurst was left dumbfounded that the 20-time champions resorted to timewasting against the eighth-placed side.

Shocking tactics from United, says journalist

He posted to X (Twitter): “Says it all United are reduced to time-wasting against a Championship side in an FA Cup semi-final.”

The winner of this evening’s match will face current holders Manchester City in the final after they defeated Chelsea with a narrow 1-0 win on Saturday.

A loss would only raise even more doubts over the security of Ten Hag’s position in the dugout.