FA Cup: "It’s Not An Embarrassment" – Ten Hag Insists After Defeating Coventry
Erik Ten Hag insisted he was not embarrassed but admitted Manchester United “got away with it” after edging past Championship Coventry on penalties in their FA Cup semi-final
Joy Kalu 
Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag, has insisted that their penalty shoot-out win over Coventry was not embarrassing.
The Red Devils had a three-goal lead by the 71st minute, but the game ended 3-3 with Haji Wright converting a last-gasp penalty.
The Championship side had a late goal ruled out in extra time, before United went on to win on penalties.
Ten Hag was asked whether it was embarrassing to win the match in the way they did against a team who had lost three of their previous four games.
He replied: “No, I can’t see that. At the end of the day it’s about achievement. I see the mistakes we make, but it’s not an embarrassment, it’s a huge achievement.
“[The players] see that there are mixed feelings. We allowed them to return to the game and it’s completely unnecessary.”
United had looked to be cruising past an apparently inferior opponent as they opened up a handsome lead with goals from Scott McTominay, Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes.
Yet the Sky Blues, who are eighth in the Championship, pulled one back through Ellis Simms on 71 minutes and then threw caution to the wind.
Callum O’Hare pulled another back with a deflected strike and Haji Wright sent the game into extra time with a stoppage-time penalty after handball by Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Both sides hit the bar in extra time before Victor Torp thought he had snatched a dramatic winner in the closing minutes, only for VAR to rule Wright fractionally offside in the build-up.
Despite the heartbreaking manner of the loss, Sky Blues manager Mark Robins insisted there was no feeling of injustice.
