Ellis Simms was criticized for an ‘absolute stinker’ of a miss during Coventry City’s FA Cup match against Wolves on Saturday afternoon.
Molineux hosted the first FA Cup quarter-finals of the weekend, with Premier League Wolves entertaining Championship opposition.
But it looked like Simms would give the underdogs the advantage, but slot his shot across goal and straight into the path of Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa with the rest of the net open.
The referee’s flag would have been raised for offside so it wouldn’t have counted anyway, but it was still a chance that Coventry would have been desperate to eliminate as they sought the early advantage during a first half that ended goalless.
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Coventry City’s Ellis Simms was criticized on social media for his poor FA Cup miss
In front of an empty net, Simms sent the ball straight to Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa
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Another wrote: ‘Ellis Simms has had an absolute stinker for Coventry here,’ with laughing emojis.
A third added: ‘How on earth are Coventry not in the lead?
“That’s a bad, bad miss by Simms.”
Simms, who was previously a youth player at Everton before leaving for Coventry last year, let Toffees fans down.
Fans on social media were quick to react to Simms’ miss for an open Wolves goal
Simms got his goal to open the scoring in the FA Cup quarter-final after 53 minutes of action
One wrote: ‘Ellis Simms thinks he still plays for Everton,’ along with a trio of joy emojis.
He then scored the opening goal of the match in the 53rd minute, before Rayan Ait-Nouri equalized with seven minutes of normal time remaining.