During an intense weekend of FA Cup quarterfinal action, Coventry City emerged as one of several unexpected results.Even though the team had recently won titles against Watford and Rotherham United, few could have predicted the dominance that Mark Robins’ team displayed over the course of a thrilling one-hour football match at Molineux. On Saturday, they faced Gary O’Neil’s Wolves on the road.The Premier League team, which had twice as many shots on goal as their opponents, was full value for their victory in the Black Country, even though they entered the last-eight match with a somewhat depleted squad due to injuries that included star player Pedro Neto.

Such stats really came to the fore in an extraordinary second half as City mustered 17 attempts at goal and took the lead through Ellis Simms, who continued his fine goalscoring form of late. However, it seemed that missing numerous guilt-edged chances would come back to bite the second tier side as Wolves turned the game on its head late on through Rayan Ait-Nouri and Hugo Bueno, which was followed by chants referencing a return to Wembley from the home supporters. But, nobody could have predicted what was still to come, as Simms nodded home from close range to equalise in the 97th minute before Haji Wright – the most composed man inside Molineux – slotted past Sa with almost the final kick of an epic tie to send the Sky Blues back to the national stadium for a second time in just ten months  Sakamoto has enjoyed a great first season at the Coventry Building Society Arena, but he may find it hard to get into the starting lineup next term. Following the full-time whistle, thousands took to social media to issue their own verdict on Coventry’s performance in the tie, which included BBC Sport pundit and the Premier League’s all-time record goalscorer, Alan Shearer.Speaking on the Rest Is Football podcast alongside Gary Lineker – whose beloved Leicester were defeated 4-2 by Chelsea on Sunday – and Micah Richards, Shearer was full of praise regarding the Sky Blues’ performance, as well as reacting to the semi-final draw, where they will face Manchester United in just over a month’s time.

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