Manchester United winger Antony has been slammed for cupping his ear towards the Coventry City players and fans after his side progressed to the FA Cup final.

United had looked out of sight at Wembley Stadium but were pegged back from 3-0 up shortly after Antony was introduced to proceedings in place of Alejandro Garnacho. Ellis Simms, Callum O’Hare and Haji Wright all scored to take the match to extra time.

Simms hit the crossbar in the final 30 minutes while Victor Torp had a goal ruled out for offside on VAR review. Penalties eventually separated the two teams and while most celebrations on the pitch were subdued, Antony chose to mock Coventry instead.

However, his behaviour has been called out by former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor and the Manchester Evening News’ chief United writer Samuel Luckhurst. Agbonlahor tweeted: “Antony cups his ears as he celebrates in front of Coventry players.

“Is this guy the most shameless flop ever to grace our beautiful league? Shame on you Antony you wouldn’t even start for Coventry you prat.”

Luckhurst followed up with: “Only thing more embarrassing than United’s performance after the 70th minute was Antony’s reaction to the shootout win when he cupped his ears at Coventry players. His social media post this morning referred to them as ‘Covertry’. He struggled to play at their level today.”