Coventry boss Mark Robins slams 'toenail offside' decision that deprived Sky Blues of all-time great FA Cup semi-final triumph against Man Utd

The Championship side staged a remarkable comeback in the second half of their FA Cup semi-final clash after Manchester United took a formidable three-goal lead by the 58th minute of the match courtesy of goals from Scott McTominay, Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes.

United States men's national team star Haji Wright scored the equaliser from the penalty spot in the 95th minute to take the game to extra time. In the 121st minute, Victor Torp scored what could have been the winning goal from Wright's assist but VAR disallowed it as they found the USMNT attacker in an offside position.

The Sky Blues' manager Robins was left disappointed after the game as the Red Devils pipped his side 4-2 in the tie-breaker to book a final berth for the second consecutive season. The English coach slammed VAR's decision of disallowing the goal as he felt Wright was offside only by a 'toenail'.

Speaking to BBC Sport, the Coventry boss said, "Bitterly disappointed, I'm proud as well. Someone said to me I don't think any team have been as close to a final without getting there. We deserved to go through, we were 20 seconds away and a toenail offside, it's ridiculous.

"We wanted to stay in the game in the first half. The second goal on the stroke of half-time was disappointing. We were ready to make changes before the third. You try not to let the game get away from you. We thought it might be a consolation and then the second loops in and it gives us a lifeline. Your tails are up then. Haji sticks a penalty away and all to play for.

He added, "They hit the bar, we hit the bar. Another goal with 20 seconds to go. It took an age. The fourth official said there was nothing wrong with it [initially]. A toenail offside. Disappointed but we have to be really proud. Once the dust settles a lot of people will talk about that game for a long time. We needed to try to get a bit of control and quality. We didn't have that. We kept giving the ball away so we couldn't build any momentum.

"It looked a little bit more like us and that's why I'm proud of them. They were incredible for the last hour. The mentality changes because you've almost won it and then you haven't. It puts you on the backfoot going into the penalty shootout. Thirty seconds later you're in a shootout."

Robins' side, who are trailing sixth-placed Norwich City by nine points, will be next seen in action on Wednesday as they take on Hull City in a must-win Championship clash.