A word from Pep Guardiola ...
BBC reporter Kelly Somers is tasked with prising some post-match soundbites from the losing manager and it’s a difficult interview despite her heroic efforts.
She asks him where he thinks it went wrong and is greeted with an exaggerated shoulder-shrug. “Went wrong?” he repeats. “We lost the game and congratulations Man United. It was a tight game and after we concede a goal and in the second half, after the first five or 10 minutes we had the chances and we change our pace up front … mumble, mumble, mumble … and congratulations to Man United.”
Asked if he feels United were the better team, he shakes his head and says “No.” He goes on to explain that it was simply a case of City not taking their chances.
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Ten Hag doesn't know if he is being sacked
Asked if he thinks he’s been treated unfairly by the media, Ten Hag says to Gary Lineker: “I think so, the team as well. It was not right.”
Alan Shearer interjects to say that United have rarely been as good as they were today and often deserved whatever criticism came their way. “You are right but we didn’t have the players,” comes the riposte. “It was not always good football, definitely not, but if you don’t have the players you can’t play the football you want to play.”
Is it his last game in charge of United? “I don’t know,” he says. “The only thing I am doing is training my team, preparing my team, developing my team because this is for me a project. When I came in, I can say it was a mess and we are now better but we are by far not where we want to be.”
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Erik ten Hag speaks to the BBC ...
“Compliments to the team, they played very good, to our identity … very strong,” he says. “You have seen that when we have the players on board, how we can play to our philosophy. Some are not fit, expecially not match fit but I think the performance was very good.”
“I tell you all year this,” he says, when Gary Lineker asks how big a difference it makes having his best defenders back from injury. “I tell you this all year. When the players are fit, we can play good football and you’ve seen a very good performance against the best team in the world, I think.”
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Manchester CIty 1-2 Manchester United
Match report: Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo scored the goals as Manchester United ran out deserving winners in arguably their finest and possibly final performance under Erik ten Hag. Our chief football correspondent David Hytner reports from Wembley …
Bruno hoists the FA Cup skywards
At the front of the stand’s second tier, surrounded by his teammates, Bruno Fernades triumphantly raises the FA Cup to the heavens, before handing it down the line for everyone else to have their moment in the spotlight. When everyone has had their turn, Andre Onoana hands it to Erik Ten Hag, who accepts the trophy sheepishly before planting a smacker on it and raising it himself.
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United's players receive their medals
Prince William is handing out the silverware, with his blazered-up and booted young son George supervising proceedings. They’ll be handing the famous old trophy over to Bruno Fernandes …
Manchester United’s players head upstairs: Erik Ten Hag leads his team up the Wembley steps |(|there are 107 in total to negotiate) to collect the FA Cup. No matter what the next few days have in store for him,. he can be very proud of his own and his team’s effort today.
Manchester City: While most City fans have already left Wembley, their players have to hang around for the formalities. They’re currently receiving their runners-up medals from Prince William.
How this effects qualification for Europe: Manchester United’s win means they get a spot in the Europa League, while Chelsea drop to the Europa Conference League and Newcastle miss out altogether.
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United's goalscorers speak ...
Alejandro Garnacho: “It’s an incredible feeling because nobody believes in us,” he tells the BBC. “We are a team, we are all together with these incredible fans and it is a special moment for us. Me and Kobbie got the goals but all throughout the team we fought as if it was the last game of our lives so we are very happy.”
Kobbie Mainoo: “Absolutely everything,” says the man of the match, upon being asked what victory means to him. “It’s been a tough season of ups and downs and recently the only thing we’ve had to look forward to is this final. Last year I was in the stands watching because I wasn’t involved so it’s incredible for me today.”
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Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United
Full time: It’s all over at Wembley, where Manchester United have ended a season that was little short of shambolic by beating Manchester City to win the FA Cup. They are unexpected but deserving winners, after putting on a terrific display of resilience and obduracy, while taking two of the few chances that came their way. Where have they been all season? Right now, m oments after they’ve signed off from a disappointing season with a flourish, their fans won’t care.
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90+7 min: Doku overhits a cross to the far post but it’s kept in play. United break upfield, Hojlund gets the better of Alveraz as his teammates flood forward and Amrabat wins a free-kick. Alvarez is booked and one suspects that might just be that … it is indeed – Manchester United have defied the odds to win the FA Cup.
90+6 min: Bernardo Silva cuts in from the left but his attempted cross is blocked by Dalot and the ball ricochets out for a United goal kick off John Stones.
90+4 min: Spotting Stefan Ortega off his line, Bruno Fernandes tries his luck from a long way out. It’s not a terrible effort but the ball bounces harmlessly wide.
90+3 min: Man Utd double-substitution: Mason Mount (a three-times FA Cup final loser) and Victor Lindelof on for Scott McTominay and Alejandro Garnacho.
90+2 min: Aaron Wan-Bissaka sticks out a leg to put the ball out for a corner as Doku tries to wriggle in behind him at the byline. Onana comfortably claims the subsequent inswinger.
90 min: All eyes turn to the fourth official, who is pressing the buttons on his electronic witch portal as we reach the end of normal time. We’ll have a minimum of seven minutes of added time. How are your nerves, United and City fans?
89 min: Doku cuts inside from the right again, squaring the ball across the United penalty area in a bid to pick out Haaland. Aaron Wan-Bissaka manages to scramble it clear.
GOAL! Man City 1-2 Man United (Doku 87)
City pull a goal back! Jeremy Doku cuts inside on his right foot and from a couple of yards outside the penalty area, pulls a shot into the bottom corner, beating Onana at his near post. It’s a fine strike but the United goalkeeper should not have let it in.
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86 min: Attendance watch: 84,814 souls.
85 min: Onana hoofs the ball upfield with all his might but it’s back at his feet within seconds. He goes long again, picking out Hojlund on the halfway line.
83 min: City continue to dominate but the clock is against them. This has been an outstanding performance from Manchester United and their beleaguered manager, who are seven minutes and whatever time is added on away from making fools of us all.
82 min: City corner. The inswinger is palmed clear by Onana.
80 min: Into the final 10 minutes we go and Rasmus Hojland wins a fairly cheap free-kick for his team, just outside the City penalty area, well right of centre. Bruno Fernandes shapes to curl a cross towards the far post but then shoots straight at Ortega, who is wise to his ruse.
79 min: It’s Foden who strikes the dead ball and he shoots straight into the United wall.
78 min: Free-kick just outside the United penalty area, almost straight in front of the United penalty area for an Amrabat shove on Doku. This is a chance and Alvarez takes the ball.
77 min: Another long-range tester from Walker, another save from Onana, who pushes the ball into the path of Haaland. The Norweigian is immediately and correctly flagged for offside.
76 min: Haaland screams for a penalty as he goes to ground under a bit of a grapple from Mainoo as the ball came in from a City corner. Not today, Erling.
73 min: Manchester United double-substitution: Jonny Evans and Rasmus Hojlund on for Martinez and Rashford. Doku tries to chivvy Martinezalong as he walks off ther pitch, prompting the Manchester United defender to dawdle even more. At this point, Kyle Walker gets up in the Martinez grill, finger-wagging furiously and slowing the whole process down even further.
70 min: With Doku hugging one touchline and Bernardo Silva on the other, City have stretched the play and are posing United far more problems than they did in the first half. Lisandro Martinez is down with cramp, this being just his second start since early February. He’s been outstanding today, as has Raphael Varane alongside him.
68 min: Shaping as if to cross from the right side of the City penalty area, Garnacho elects to shoot instead. Ortega saves at his near post but puts the ball out for United’s first corner of the match. Nothing comes of it.
66 min: John Stones shoots from 30 yards but was leaning back as he struck the ball and sends it high over the bar, earning himself sarcastic cheers from United’s fans.
64 min: Alvarez misses a glorious chance to halve City’s deficit. Running on to a short pass in behind from Foden, he finds himself in a one-on-one with Onana. The substitute looks a certainty to slide the ball into the far corner from seven yards out but ends up sending it a couple of feet the wrong side of the upright. It’s a bad miss.
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63 min: At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious, one suspects the next goal in this game will be absolutely crucial. Another one for United would surely knock the stuffing out of City, but if Pep’s men were to pull a goal back, you’d give them every chance of going on to win this final.
60 min: Varane concedes a corner and when the ball is sent into the United penalty area, it breaks to Alvarez. The Argentinian sends a left-footed shot over the bar. This is much, much better from Manchester City, who are looking more dangerous with each passing minute.
60 min: City chance!!! Andre Onana saves superbly, diving to keep out a long range effort from Kyle Walker that was heading goalwards.
58 min: Manchester United break upfield after Phil Foden loses his balance and the ball in their penalty area. Garnacho is unable to beat Gvardiol for speed in a foot race and the City defender plays the ball back to Stefan Ortega.
57 min: Manchester City substitution: Julian Alvarez on, Kevin De Bruyne off after an uncharacteristically poor day at the office. The Belgian takes his seat on the bench without making any fuss.
55 min: Signs of life from City. Phil Foden is unable to sort his feet out to fire home a low cross from Doku from about seven yards out and moments later, Erling Haaland smashes a shot off the cross-bar.
54 min: United have a penalty shout turtned down when Scott McTominay goes down under a challenge from Rodri. Nothing doing.
51 min: Just as they did in the first half, City continue to huff and puff but are unable to blow United’s defensive rearguard down. They’re being forced inside and made play the ball down the middle all the time, which is exactly where United want them to focus their attacks.
49 min: United are playing with a swagger I can’t remember seeing from their players for a very long time. City have it all to do but only a fool would say this game is over.
48 min: Doku gets on the ball for the first time but is unable to find a way past Aaron Wan-Bissaka. He plays the ball inside instead.
47 min: Fun fact: This is Pep Guardiola’s ninth Wembley final as a manager and he has won the previous eight. He’ll have to go some to maintain his perfect record.
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Second half: Manchester City 0-2 Manchester United
46 min: Play resumes with two changes in personnel on the City side. Manuel Akanji and Jeremy Doku are on for Nathan Ake and Mateo Kovacic.
A quick recap: United’s first goal came in the form a gift, a mix-up between Josko Gvardiol and Stefan Ortega allowing Alejandro Garnacho to steal in and score into an empty and unguarded. The second was scored by Kobbie Mainoo, who rounded off a fine move in which Rashford, Garnacho and Fernandes all played picotal roles. His finish was excellent.
City, by contrast, have offered surprisingly little in the way of attacking threat and Andre Onana has not yet been forced to make a save. Before United scored, a Kovacic pull-back from the byline had United hearts in mouths but there was nobody in a light blue shirt present to slot the ball home.
Half-time: Man City 0-2 Man United
Peep! Andy Madley draws the curtain on a half that few could have seen coming. Manchester United are two goals to the good on the back of an outstanding display and City have no answers for them. Pep has a lot of work to do in the next 15 minutes.
45+2 min: Having won the free-kick, Kevin De Bruyne takes it from wide on the lefrt. He drops the ball towards the far post, where there’s nobody in a City shirt on hand to get near it. Onana collects at his leisure.
45+1 min: Mainoo is booked for clattering through the back of Kevin De Bruyne.
41 min: Collecting an inch-perfect crossfield pass from Rashford, Garnacho played the ball inside from the right to Fernandes. With his first touch, the United midfilder stabbed the ball out left to the feet of Mainoo. The teenager looked up, picked his spot and guided his shot past Ortega into the corner. And what’s this? Why, it’s only Andre Onana sprinting the full length of the pitch to join in the celebrations.
GOAL! Man City 0-2 Man United (Mainoo 39)
United double their lead!!! Kobbie Mainoo puts the finishing touches on a fine move to pile more pain on City. He gets on the end of a wonderful pass from Bruno Fernandes to tuck the ball into the corner past Ortega.
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38 min: Garnacho gets in behind City’s high line again, gallops forward and under pressure from Nathan Ake, squares the ball for Rashford. The United No10 slots home from five or six yards out, only to see the flag go up. Garnacho was offside, but not by much.
35 min: Sporting the kind of haircut that would make him look more at home playing as a ruckman in an Aussie Rules Grand Final, Lisandro Martinez slides in to dispossess Kevin De Bruyne with a meaty challenge and then gives a rabble-rousing fist-pump. United are on it today, while City are far from their best.
31 min: Oh my! Garnacho took advantage of City’s high line to run into space chasing a long ball played from deep. From the edge of the area, Gvardiol tried to head the ball back to Ortegas, oblivious to the fact that his goalkeeper had sprinted off his line and was right behind him. With defender and goalkeeper stranded in no-man’s land, Garnacho pounced to more or less walk the loose ball into a gaping, empty goal. It was a fine bit of opportunism that paid handsome dividends.
GOAL! Man City 0-1 Man United (Garnacho 30)
Manchester United lead!!! Garnacho takes advantage of a mix-up on the edge of the City penalty area between Gvardiol and Ortega to pounce on a loose ball and score into an empty net.
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28 min: Walker plays the ball out wide to Gvardiol on the left touchline but he is unable to do much with it. He runs into traffic in the form of Wan-Bissaka and the ball cannons off his shin for a goal-kick.
27 min: From the edge of the United penalty area, Rodri tries to stand the ball up for Haaland at the far post but once again, Varane is on hand to head it away.
24 min: While City have dominated possession so far, they don’t look on top of their game today. There’s a certain lack of finesse in their play in the final third and by their own very high standards, they’re spraying a lot of stray passes around. United are pressing them with great intensity but won’t be able to keep that up for more than an hour or so. They need to score a goal or two before their energy levels drop.
21 min: Stefan Ortega trties to play out from the back but doesn’t put enough weight on his pass to Mateo Kovacic. The Croatian midfielder is forced to stretch every sinew in his body to prevent Bruno Fernandes from getting to the ball first.
20 min: City continue to hog the ball, playing short pass after short pass in a bid to break down their opponents but coming up short, thus far, in their efforts to find a way through the United defence.
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17 min: Foden tries to tee up Josko Gvardiol for a shot with a low diagonal pass out towards the left side of the United penalty area but overhits his delivery and sends the ball out for a goal kick.
16 min: A Martinez foul on Foden gives City a free-kick about 40 yards from the United goal in a central position. De Bruyne’s delivery into the penalty area is headed out towards the touchline by Varane, who is once again in the right place at the right time. It’s a throw-in for City, deep in United territory.
14 min: A poor pass from Onana in the direction of Diogo Dalot is intercepted by Phil Foden, who is on the stretch and can only put the ball out for a throw-in.
12 min: City continue to press and probe, then Kevin De Bruyne sends a cross into the United penalty area from the left. Raphael Varane is perfectly placed to head the ball clear before it reaches Haaland and Lisandro Martinez hacks it upfield.
10 min: City get forward. Bernardo Silva clips the ball from the right towards the far post, where Phil Foden can only put it into the side-netting from an extremely tight angle.
9 min: Alejandro Garnacho takes the game’s first shot in anger but his low effort is straight at Stefan Ortega in the Manchester City goal.
7 min: Kobbie Mainoo gets on the ball for United and plays it wide to Aaron Wan-Bissaka. United are forced backwards and play the ball back to Andre Onana in instalments. He hoofs it long toewards Marcus Rashford, who is beaten to the ball by Kyle Walker despite having a head start of a couple of yards as he tried to get in behind City’s high defensive line.
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6 min: Manchester United are struggling to get a touch of the ball but concentrating fiercely on keeping their defensive shape.
5 min: Looking at replays of that penalty incident, I think Haaland might have had a case in arguing that it should have been a penalty. It was a clumsy challenge from Martinez, who appeared to bundle the Norwegian over as he tried to get on the end of a Bernardo Silva ball into the box. Pep Guardiola was furious at the lack of intervention by the referee.
3 min: United have lined up with no recognised striker and Bruno Fernandes is their furthest man forward. City are dictating the pace and hogging the ball in these very early stages.
1 min: Erling Haaland goes down in a sprawling heap on the edge of the United six-yard box, apparently the victim of a shove in the back from Lisandro Martinez. He appeals for a penalty but doesn’t get one.
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Manchester City v Manchester United is go ...
1 min: Manchester City get the ball rolling in the 143rd FA Cup final. Ity’s played straight back to Ortega, who pumps it forward towards Erling Haaland in an almost identical move to that which led to City’s opener in last season’s final. They don’t score this time.
The National Anthem: With the combined bands of His Majesty’s armed forces providing the music, Zara McFarlane sings God Save The King. Cue more pyrotechnics. Kick-off is less than two minutes away …
Out come the teams ...
Not long now: Both managers are suited and booted as they lead their teams out on to the Wembley sward. In a further show of evidence that the FA Cup is losing its magic, neither Pep nor Erik have opted for a carnation in the lapel. The teams line up either side Andy Madley and his team of match officials and are introduced to Prince William and assorted other VIPs.
Abide with me: Young choral/opera singer Malakai Bayo takes to the rostrum assembled in the middle of the pitch to sing the traditional hymn, the end of which is greeted by a volley of pyrotechnics.
Erik ten Hag: "We don't talk about my position"
Asked by ITV if he has been told whether he’ll be staying at Manchester United or leaving the club, Erik ten Hag plays a commendably straight bat. “It’s not about me,” he says. “It’s about the team. It’s a very important game for the team, the club and we only focus on that.” Pressed on the issue, he simply gives a different variation of the same answer.
In an interview published by a Dutch website today, Ten Hag criticised Manchester United fans for having “no sense of reality” and also stuck the boot into British pundits.
‘The pundits in England want to score, they want to show they are worth the money, and for that Manchester United is an easy prey,’ he told Dutch journalist Freek Jansen. “It’s the biggest club in England and possibly in the world. The club is either loved or hated, there is no in-between.
“So when things go bad, they all start talking and talking with very big words. All this negativity from these so called experts who don’t have the capability to analyse something with facts, but who prefer to attack people to make themselves look better. And these same people were the ones who gave me a pat on the back last year. Last year I was able to walk on water, this year I am the worst manager in the Premier League.”
Manchester City: The reigning champions were late out on to the pitch for their warm-up and will have less than 15 minutes to get their stretch and sweat on. They have to vacate the pitch by 2.40pm (BST) sharp, so singing’s Malakai Bayoh can perform the traditional FA Cup final day rendition of Abide With Me without fear of getting biffed in the head by a stray football or accidentally caught up in the middle of a rondo.
Manchester United: Casemiro is not fit enough to take his place on the Manchester United bench and his place among the substitutes will be taken by Willy Kambwala.
Those teams: Pep makes three changes to the side that beat West Ham last Sunday to secure victory in the Premier League. John Stones, Nathan Ake and Mateo Kovacic come into the side, with Ruben Dias, Manuel Akanji and Jeremy Doku making way.
Veteran goalkeeper Scott Carson is on the bench in the absence of Ederson and with all due respect to Stefan Ortega, who wouldn’t love to see the extremely likeable and popular 38-year-old called into action at some point this afternoon?
Marcus Rashford is back in the United side for the first time since their narrow semi-final win over Coventry City last month, taking the place of Amed Diallo. The winger will be obviously be extra motivated to do well following his omission from Gareth Southgate’s England squad. Raphael Varane is also in Erik ten Hag’s side, in what will be his final game for Manchester United. Casemiro drops to the bench.
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Manchester City v Manchester United line-ups
Manchester City: Ortega, Walker, Stones, Ake, Gvardiol, Rodrigo, Kovacic, De Bruyne, B Silva, Foden, Haaland
Subs: Carson, Dias, Grealish, Doku, Alvarez, Akanji, Nunes, Bobb, Lewis.
Manchester United: Onana, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Martinez, Dalot, Mainoo, Amrabat, McTominay, Fernandes, Garnacho, Rashford.
Subs: Bayindir, Lindelof, Mount, Hojlund, Eriksen, Diallo, Casemiro, Antony, Evans.
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Phil Foden: A substitute who had barely taken his seat on the bench when Ilkay Gundogan fired Manchester City ahead in last year’s final, the 23-year-old midfielder will revel in a far more senior and talismanic role this time around, writes Will Unwin.
Kobbie Mainoo: "It’s been a season of ups and downs"
Interview: The teenager conducts a conversation like he addresses the ball in Manchester United’s midfield: with a cool maturity that has been the calling card of a breakthrough season that may end in FA Cup glory and a place on England’s Euro 2024-bound plane. Jamie Jackson reports …
Wayne Rooney appointed Plymouth boss
If Erik ten Hag is sacked after today’s final, Manchester United fans will be gutted to learn that Wayne Rooney will not be available to replace him. Despite his disastrous 15-match spell in charge of Birmingham City earlier this season, United’s former striker and record goalscorer has just been appointed head coach at Championship club Plymouth Argyle.
Kyle Walker: “It’s a machine, a well-oiled machine"
“To be the first team to do the double Double … the first team to win four in a row, the first team since Manchester United to do the treble: we keep knocking down these hurdles and this is another that we need to knock down,” says the Manchester City captain. Words: Jamie Jackson.
Erik ten Hag: "We are here to win"
Programme notes: “It has been a long and sometimes difficult season but here we are, on the final day, with an opportunity to secure our second major trophy in two campaigns,” said the Manchester United manager in an interview with the FA. “For all the issues we have had to deal with, I think that says a lot about our personality as a group.
“When you enter any competition you aim to win it so having reached the FA Cup Final, we are here to get our hands on the FA Cup. Of course, we have the greatest respect for Pep Guardiola and his players – their records as a manager and a team in recent times demand that from us – but we know in ourselves that we have the talent and the character to beat any team when we play at our best with a good plan.
“This afternoon’s game gives us an opportunity to get another taste of the winning habit and give ourselves something more to build upon for next season and beyond. Our players, staff and supporters will all be unified today, giving everything for each other to make that happen.”
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Pep Guardiola: "Getting to the final is never easy"
Programme notes: “It is an absolute privilege to be here with a chance to win this beautiful trophy once again,” said the Manchester City boss in his interview for the FA’s matchday programme. “Last season we played United here in the first ever Manchester derby in a Cup Final. To be back less than 12 months later, facing United again, is amazing. I know you guys are really excited for this game and I know how much it means to you all.
“We have prepared really well this week. We have studied United and our training sessions have been really good. My players look focused and ready. I can’t wait for the game to start.
“Getting to the Final is never easy. Hundreds of teams start off in the competition and every single one wants the same outcome. We have had to win five really tough matches to be here today and we have given so much already. We’ve had to fight and, believe me, we want to make the final step here today and take the trophy back to the Etihad.
“Honestly, winning this trophy in 2019 and 2023 were two of the best days I have had as a manager in football. This is a historic competition and it’s an honour to be involved. We will do absolutely everything we can to win this trophy again today and make our fans proud, I can promise you that.
“Enjoy the game.”
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The double-Double: Eleven sides in history have fallen at the final hurdle while striving to win the the League and FA Cup two seasons in a row, while Manchester United famously didn’t even bother trying after winning the treble in 1999. Sachin Nakrani reports …
Today's match officials
Referee: Andrew Madley
Referee’s assistants: Harry Lennard and Nick Hopton
Fourth official: Simon Hooper
VAR: Michael Oliver
Early team news
Ederson is Manchester City’s only absentee through injury, as the Brazilian remains sidelined with the fractured eye socket he sustained in a collision with Cristian Romero during City’s win over Tottenham Hotspur last week. Stefan Ortega will start in goal for City and almost certainly would have anyway because he’s Pep Guardiola’s go-to FA Cup goalkeeper.
Erik ten Hag has already confirmed that Harry Maguire will miss today’s final, while Luke Shaw, Tyrell Malacia are also sidelined with injury. Victor Lindelof, Mason Mount and Anthony Martial are all back in training after recovering from injury and could feature in today’s squad, while Raphael Varane will hope to feature in some capacity in what will be his last game as a Manchester United player before leaving the club this summer.
FA Cup final: Manchester City v Manchester United
Following yesterday’s Guardian exclusive that Erik ten Hag will be relieved of his duties as Manchester United manager regardless of whether or not his team win this afternoon at Wembley, the 143rd FA Cup final was lent an extra layer of intrigue. United’s refusal to comment on the story suggested it is almost certainly true, even if the news is unlikely to have beenm leaked by any member of the Old Trafford hierarchy.
Given his apparent determination to increase standards of professionalism on and off the field around Old Trafford, Sir Jim Ratcliffe is bound to have been angered and a little embarrassed by a story that doesn’t reflect particularly well on the club the day before a major final; one that is a repeat of last year’s FA Cup showdown won by Manchester City.
Looking to achieve an unprecedented double-Double in English football, Pep Guardiola’s side are white-hot favourites to win today and it is a measure of how far United have fallen behind their rivals in the English football pecking order that they are such easily backable outsiders today.
In light of yesterday’s revelation, there’s every chance Erik ten Hag will field a team of overpaid but underachieving youngsters and primadonnas that he knows will have no chance of winning today, which is not to say he’ll do so deliberately as a final eff-you to his employers, but because he has no other choice. Kick-off at Wembley is at 3pm but we’ll have plenty of team news and build-up.
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