This was the mother and father of all FA Cup ties and in the end Manchester United somehow scraped through 4-2 on penalties, after a beyond valiant Coventry City pulled back a 3-0 deficit at 71 minutes, forcing extra-time in the 95th-minute of the normal via Haji Wright’s cooler than cool equalising penalty.

When the shootout came Bradley Collins saved Casemiro’s opener before Coventry took a 2-1 lead through Wright and Victor Torp, who had had a goal disallowed via VAR in the final minute of extra time. But sheer heartache followed for the Sky Blues – they would not register again.

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