Man Utd midfielder Amad excited ahead of FA Cup semi; ready for Simms reunion

Manchester United midfielder Amad Diallo is excited ahead of their FA Cup semifinal against Coventry City.

And it will mean a reunion with Coventry striker Ellis Simms, who he played with last season at Sunderland.

"We are excited to play that game against Coventry," he told manutd.c\m. "I will meet Ellis Simms, who was my team-mate, the striker. I think my team-mates are ready for that game. We hope to win it and go to the final.

"It was an unbelievable day for me after that goal [in the quarter-final]. I scored the last-minute goal, against a big team like Liverpool, so I was happy. It gives me a lot of confidence after that goal. I trained every day in training to be ready for every game so I was ready for that game. If I play, or I don't play, every time, I am ready on the bench. I was excited and that goal gave me so much confidence."

The winger played against Coventry last season as a Sunderland player and scored.

"I remember we lost that game 2-1 but I scored a last-minute goal," he recalled. "They are a young team, Coventry and a very exciting team. I don't know which team they've had this season but I remember, last season, they had a very young team and the striker Viktor Gyokeres, who went to Sporting. They're a very strong team, who play football and attack and just attack.

"But we know there are not many games left so now, the most important thing is, as a team, every player needs to fight and we need to win every game. So that is the most important thing now, we hope to maybe win the FA Cup. That is the most important thing right now."