Two late goals put Cov into last four
WOLVERHAMPTON W 2
Ait-Nouri 83, H Bueno 88
COVENTRY CITY 3
Simms 53, 90+7, Wright 90+10
Star Game
MARK Robins hailed Coventry’s last-gasp heroics after an “unbelievable performance” saw his Sky Blues dump out Premier League side Wolves in dramatic fashion.
The Championship outfit stunned their top-flight foes with two goals in added time to book a first semi-final in this competition since they won it in 1987.
It looked like they would be leaving with broken hearts after two goals in the final ten minutes from Rayan Ait-Nouri and Hugo Bueno overturned Ellis Simms’ opener and seemed to set a Wembley date for Wolves.
But the Championship side were not done and in nine minutes of time added on they turned the quarter-final tie around again, with Simms grabbing a second and then Haji Wright earning himself folklore by grabbing the winner.
He said: “We were brave. We had enough of the ball to cause them problems and we did that, but we didn’t take those chances and you look at it and think it’s going to come back to bite us.
“We managed to get the first goal, but then they get two and in the 88th minute I asked the fourth official how long were left and he said nine minutes.
“Things open up and we get the second goal, and we didn’t rest there, and we were on the front foot looking to get the winner and Haji’s finish was brilliant.”
Asked if he thought they could win the competition, Robins added: “You do realise who is left in? Well, we have got a small chance. We are going to Wembley and we are going to enjoy that game, I don’t want to go there and just make the numbers up.”
There was a flashpoint amid the celebrations of the winner with Wolves boss Gary O’Neil described the behaviour of Coventry counterpart Robins as “disgusting” after he celebrated in the face of a 13-year-old ball boy.
Robins offered an unprompted apology after the game, but O’Neil said the teenager was left distressed. “I was disappointed, I waited for Mark because I was respectful at the end,” he said. “He a
