The Red Devils led 3-0 just before the hour against Coventry City, with the contest seemingly over, but the Championship side went on to score three times themselves to force extra time in the last-four encounter.
Coventry then looked to have won it in the final stages of extra-time, with Victor Torp netting from close range, but the goal was disallowed for an offside in the build-up.
Penalties were therefore needed to separate the sides, and Man United won the shootout 4-2 to advance to the final against Manchester City, and Ten Hag delivered his verdict shortly after the full-time whistle in the English capital.
«It was an incredible game, a strange game too. We had total control for so long and then gave it away in the last part of the game. We did show resilience to win the penalty shootout,» he told ITV Sport.
Erik ten Hag says Man United showed «resilience» at Wembley«We had control for 75 minutes and have to give Coventry a compliment for what they did in the last 15 minutes. We have to improve. We talk a lot about this. First you have to put yourself in a winning position but then you have to take it over the line. In these moments we are making mistakes and not keeping our responsibilities.
»We can't say this group doesn't have the right mentality because they showed character today, but in the final part there was a lack of discipline.
«We have to keep the ball, keep making passes, go for goal and then also be strong in defence. It's about communication and we have to improve on this.
»It was about mentality in that moment (penalties). You have a plan and
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