Yahoo News ‘Written in the stars’ – Pundit Chris Sutton predicts Coventry City v Man Utd FA Cup outcome
Mark Robins’ former team-mate, Chris Sutton, is backing the Coventry City manager to mastermind a shock result at Wembley by knocking Manchester United out of the FA Cup.
The Sky Blues have been off-colour in the Championship in recent matches but have shown that they can dig deep and put in a big performance against top sides, not least in their quarter-final win at Wolves. And old ‘romantic’ Sutton believes an upset could be on the cards on Sunday when Robins goes head-to-head with his former club in their semi-final showdown.
“Coventry are not in the greatest form in the Championship, with three defeats in their past four games, but I am a romantic at heart and I believe in fairy tales too,” said the BBC Five Live pundit.
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“It is written in the stars that Sky Blues boss Mark Robins wins this tie, against his former club. My old Norwich team-mate famously scored an FA Cup third-round winner for Manchester United in 1990 that saved Sir Alex Ferguson’s job, but now I think he will push Erik ten Hag closer to the exit door.
“Some United fans get very angry on social media whenever I predict they will lose, like last week when I thought Bournemouth would beat them. But, while I did not get the result right on that occasion, another weak United performance in their 2-2 draw validated everything I said about them.
“United should be beating Coventry comfortably but they have lacked consistency all season and I don’t have faith in them to suddenly find it now. So, let me dream a little here. I’ve got great memories of the 1987 final, when Keith Houchen’s diving header helped Coventry upset Tottenham and lift the FA Cup, and what a day it would be for them if they win.”
Sutton’s prediction: 2-1
