ERIK TEN HAG lives to fight another day after edging one of the most spellbinding FA Cup semi-finals of all time.
That is the bottom line after Wembley witnessed a classic packed full of drama as the famous old competition served up a delicious reminder of why it needs to be protected.
After more than two hours' frenetic action, Manchester United needed a penalty shootout and emotions in that veered from one extreme to the other as Mark Robins's Coventry conjured a comeback from nowhere to put the frighteners on the Dutchman.
Three goals up with 20 minutes to go, the Premier League giants were cantering to the finishing line.
But Robins introduced fresh legs from the bench and the tie was turned on its head. Somehow the Championship play-off hopefuls turned from frightened rabbits, caught in the headlights, into rampaging tyros threatening to pull off the incredible.
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