Coventry City stunned Wolverhampton Wanderers to reach the FA Cup semi-finals for only the second time in their history thanks to two stoppage-time goals at Molineux.
The Championship side led through Ellis Simms’ strike until the 83rd minute before falling 2-1 behind after Wolves’ own dramatic comeback.
But Simms scored again to equalise in the 97th minute and Haji Wright curled in three minutes later to spark wild celebrations.
Mark Robins’ men thought their dreams of becoming the first team from outside the top flight to win the FA Cup since 1980 had been dashed when Rayan Ait-Nouri and substitute Hugo Bueno struck in the final seven minutes in response to Simms’ controversial opener.
But from nowhere, Simms got his second when he turned home Bobby Thomas’ flick at the far post.
Then, with the stadium preparing for extra time, Simms found Wright with a neat lay-off before the 25-year-old found the bottom corner, giving Jose Sa no chance.
Robins and his backroom team raced on to the pitch at the final whistle to celebrate his side booking a return to Wembley, where they were beaten by Luton in last season’s Championship play-off final, and where they famously defeated Tottenham in 1987 to win the FA Cup.
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Line-ups
Wolves
Formation 3-4-3
- 1Sá
- 23Kilman
- 4Bueno
- 24GomesSubstituted forDohertyat 60′minutes
- 22Nélson Semedo
- 8João Gomes
- 20DoyleSubstituted forBuenoat 73′minutes
- 3Aït-NouriBooked at 7mins
- 21SarabiaBooked at 81mins
- 63FraserSubstituted forChiwomeat 60′minutes
- 5Lemina
Substitutes
- 2Doherty
- 6Traoré
- 14Lemina
- 17Bueno
- 25Bentley
- 37Holman
- 45Barnett
- 62Chirewa
- 84Chiwome
Coventry
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 40Collins
- 22LatibeaudiereSubstituted forTavares Desidérioat 90+3′minutes
- 4Thomas
- 15Kitching
- 21Bidwell
- 14Sheaf
- 28EcclesSubstituted forTorpat 90+3′minutes
- 27van Ewijk
- 45PalmerBooked at 90minsSubstituted forO’Hareat 70′minutes
- 11Wright
- 9Simms
Substitutes
- 2Binks
- 3Dasilva
- 6Kelly
- 10O’Hare
- 13Wilson
- 24Godden
- 29Torp
- 30Tavares Desidério
- 54Andrews
- Referee:
- Samuel Barrott
- Attendance:
- 31,262
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