For the first 15 minutes, Man City controlled almost the entire match, despite Crystal Palace's efforts. The ball was almost exclusively on the field of the blue-red striped team, who were almost considered the "home team" because the final took place at the "holy land" Wembley in London.
More than 84,000 spectators created a festive atmosphere at Wembley Stadium.
Despite many attacks but not being able to score, most notably two unsuccessful finishes by Erling Haaland and Josko Gvardiol, Man City had to pay the price. In the 16th minute, Crystal Palace organized a counter-attack from their home field and Daniel Munoz ran up the right wing to make a cross just in time for Eberechi Eze to finish with one touch, scoring against Man City.
Eberechi Eze's goal...
...brought the opening goal for Crystal Palace
The goal completely changed the game, almost turning Man City from "hunter" to "delicious prey" after the fast and extremely dangerous attacks of Crystal Palace players.
The heavy state and fear of losing again this season made the "The Citizens" strikers play ineffectively.
Omar Marmoush missed a penalty kick.
Crystal Palace escaped after a penalty kick
Even when awarded a penalty in the 33rd minute due to Bernardo Silva being fouled in the box, Omar Marmoush missed the chance to equalize for Man City when his weak and quite exposed shot was easily saved by goalkeeper Dean Henderson.
The penalty kick should have been taken by Haaland, but the Norwegian player unexpectedly gave it to his teammate and Marmoush failed to take the penalty kick.
Dean Henderson should have been shown a red card...
...when touching the ball outside the penalty area
Man City will still regret this missed opportunity, because not long before, Dean Henderson should have been sent off when he rushed out of the penalty area and his hand seemed to have touched the ball when preventing Erling Haaland from approaching.
Henderson is the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in an FA Cup final since 2010.
The ball hit Ismaila Sarr before flying into the Man City net
After the break, a similar scenario almost happened again when Man City attacked strongly but conceded again. Again, Daniel Munoz scored from a tight angle but the goal was disallowed because VAR determined that Ismaila Sarr had let the ball touch his foot while in an offside position.
Dean Henderson played extremely well with unbelievable saves.
Dean Henderson continued to be the "nemesis" of Man City's strikers in this match. The former Man United goalkeeper continuously successfully blocked shots from Kevin de Bruyne, Nico O'Reilly and Claudio Etcheverri, helping to preserve the fragile score of 1-0 until the end of the match.
Crystal Palace wins FA Cup after 119 years
Fans celebrate with image of coach Oliver Glasner
Man City set a sad record of losing two consecutive FA Cup finals, officially ending a season of total failure after being eliminated early from the League Cup, Champions League and losing the English throne when they could not defend the Premier League title against the terrible destructive power of Liverpool.
After two appearances in the FA Cup final and defeats to Man United (1990, 2016), Crystal Palace finally succeeded in the world's oldest cup competition. The FA Cup title will help Crystal Palace participate in the Community Shield match for the first time (against Liverpool this August) and officially qualify for the Europa League next season.
Crystal Palace fans celebrate historic victory
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