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Manchester United fans who left Wembley in shock and disgust when Victor Torp scored Coventry City's 'winner' were filmed making a hasty u-turn when it was disallowed for offside.
The Sky Blues thought they'd completed a turnaround for the ages from 3-0 down when Torp scored in the closing stages of extra time in Sunday's FA Cup semi-final.
That prompted more than a few raging United fans to make a hasty exit down Wembley Way.
But when VAR found Haji Wright, who set up Torp, had strayed offside by the barest of margins, a good few turned back to try and get back into the stadium to watch the penalty shoot-out United eventually won.
A video posted on X by Tom Goward showed United fans pouring out of Wembley, then hearing news of the VAR decision before running in various directions to try and get back in.
A video has showed how Manchester United fans who'd left Wembley in disgust after Victor Torp's 'winner' for Coventry City tried to race back inside when VAR disallowed it
Victor Torp thought he had scored the winner for Coventry against United in the 121st minute
VAR ruled Coventry's extra-time winner against Manchester United in Sunday's FA Cup semi-final marginally offside (pictured: the VAR decision system replaying the incident)
The Red Devils advanced to the FA Cup final on penalties and set up a repeat of last year's showpiece
It's unlikely they were able to get back in but any that did witnessed Erik ten Hag's men complete a lucky escape by winning 4-2 on penalties to set up a final date against Man City on May 25.
On an afternoon of rollercoaster emotions, United surged into a three-goal lead against their Championship opponents thanks to Scott McTominay, Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes.
But Erik ten Hag's side inexcusably let that lead slip as goals by Ellis Simms, Callum O'Hare and Haji Wright forced extra time.
With penalties looming, Torp ran through to beat Andre Onana and spark delirious celebrations in the Coventry half of Wembley.
However, they were cut short when the VAR officials found Wright had just strayed beyond Aaron Wan-Bissaka into an offside position before crossing for Torp to score.
In the shoot-out, Coventry captain Ben Sheaf sent the decisive kick over there bar, to allow United striker Rasmus Hojlund to win it.
'Had he cut his toenails we wouldn't be talking about penalties,' Coventry boss Mark Robins said of Wright afterwards.
'Our performance will be spoken about for a long time. We are disappointed but we can't be too down about it. For the last hour of the game we performed like Manchester United and that's what I'm proud of.'
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