Manchester City v Manchester United Live FA Cup Final (Live Stream)
Manchester City v Manchester United Live FA Cup Final (Live Stream)
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The City players all collect their medals, and then Ilkay Gundogan – captain, leader, reluctant legend – collects the FA CUP. He gives a kiss, teases the crowd –oooooooooooh –and lifts it high in the air!
Manchester City’s stunning dominance of English football continues, and if it wasn’t for the much-maligned Nathan Jones they’d be going for the quadruple next weekend. That’s going to be a helluva question in future years.
Pep Guardiola, who was in tearsshortly after the final whistle, is now smiling broadly as he leads the City players up to collect the FA CUP His first, trophyless season at City seems a long time ago, and not only because it is a long time ago.
As the United players go up to collect their medals, let’s hear from John Stones
That is very hard to do! Incredible feeling, emotion, especially against our neighbours. I’ve been in a few big games where we’ve scored early doors and it’s not ended how wanted it to, on this pitch as well. Our mindset and courage were incredible, I’m so proud of everyone. It was never gonna be an easy game against such an incredible team.
[It might be Ilkay Gundogan’s last game in England] I hope not. What a player – he always turns up on big occasions. He gets incredible goals and he controls the play as well.
[On the treble] We had to focus solely on today’s game and we did that. Now we can dream, and hopefully do it.
Ilkay Gundogan speaks
Amazing. To play a final is always difficult; it’s 50/50 or close to it. We did well in the first half, but we could have done better. The way we played in the second half was amazing, Rodri and John [Ben Stokes] especially.
[Have you ever scored a faster goal in your career?] I don’t think so, no. The ball landed perfectly for me, and I hit it quite well. It was an amazing feeling. I haven’t seen the penalty again so I don’t know, I trust the referee, but we reacted well. We could have scored more and I think we deserved it.
[Is this your last game in England?] I don’t know. I try not to think about [the treble]. It’s another final, and obviously we play finals to win them, especially that one. It would be even more special. It’s our second [Champions League] final in three years, a great achievement, and I think now we had to do it.
“What drug was Ten Hag on,” says Pax Pineda, “when he decided to bench Garnacho?”
The good stuff. He timed the substitution perfectly. Had Garnacho started, in my opinion, he wouldn’t have had anything like as big an impact.
Full time: Man City 2-1 Man Utd
Peep peep! Manchester City are one game away from immortality after a hard-fought victory in Manchester’s first FA Cup final. Ilkay Gundogan volleyed both goals – one off the sweet spot of his right foot after 13 seconds, one off his left shin – and overall City deserved the win.
Kevin De Bruyne was outstanding, particularly while the game was level at 1-1. United gave City a proper game, though, with Raphael Varane hitting the bar in added time.
90+5 min: City substitutionAymeric Laporte replaces Kyle Walker.
90+3 minFernandes’s corner is headed away by Walker. United keep the ball alive but this time Garnacho overhits his cross.
90+2 min: Fernandes hits the bar!Oh my word. Shaw’s cross bounced off McTominay towards Fernandes on the six-yard line. His shot was smothered by Ortega and looped onto the top of the bar. Then it rebounded to Weghorst, whose header was deflected onto the roof of the net!
90+1 minGarnacho screws a cross that is cleared by the stretching Akanji. In context – an 18-year-old playing against the best team in the world – Garnacho has been quite outstanding, United’s best and most fearless attacking player.
90 minThere will be four minutes of added time.
90 minRodri is booked for a tactical handball on the halfway line.
89 min: City substitutionNathan Ake replaces Jack Grealish.
88 minThis would be City’s second league and FA CUP double (they did the domestic treble in 2019). Is that right or have I missed one? Their FA Cup record under Guardiola has been relatively weak. Relatively is the operative word here.
83 min: Just wide from Haaland!That would have been the weirdest of his 472 goals this season. He cut inside Casemiro thrillingly on the edge of the area, only for Varane to come across and intercept. Varane’s attempted clearance hit Haaland, 15 yards out, and ricocheted just wide of the left post.
83 min: Man Utd substitutionScott McTominay replaces Victor Lindelof, which probbaly means a switch to a back three (although McTominay can play centre half).
82 minOrtega is booked for timewasting at a goalkick.
80 minThe City fans appeal for handball when Foden’s cross hits Wan-Bissaka. Play continues and Bernardo Silva bobbles a cross shot that just evades the stretching Akanji at the far post.
78 min: Man Utd substitutionWout Weghorst replaces Jadon Sancho. He’s playing up front alongside Rashford in a rejigged 4-4-2.
77 minFoden is playing as the right-sided No8. I thought he might swap with Bernardo Silva.
76 min: City substitutionPhil Foden replaces… Kevin De Bruyne. That must be a fitness precaution, because he’s been the best player on the pitch.
75 minNever mind the second half; this is United’s most dominant spell of the whole game. Garnacho runs onto a return ball from Casemiro in the area, cuts inside and hits a shot that is really well blocked by the stretching Walker. Garnacho has made a difference.
71 min: Gundogan has a goal disallowed for offside!
Grealish did much better, finding Haaland with a lovely low pass from the left. His shot was saved by de Gea and put into the net by Gundogan, but he was a couple of yards beyond the last defender.
69 min: Just over from Rashford!That was better from United. Lindelof took matters into his own hands with an intrepid run through midfield. He gave the ball to Fernandes, who found Rashford in a bit of space on the edge of the D. Rashford had just enough time to take a touch and lash a rising drive that went a few yards over the bar. In the context of the game and Rashford’s form this season, that was a decent opportunity.
67 minRashford picks Rodri’s pocket and finds Garnacho, but he is expertly dispossessed by Stones. United can’t lay a glove on City.
65 minUnited have had a bit more of the ball in the last few minutes, though they are still struggling to get into the final third, never mind create anything. City have been really good – too good – since half-time.
65 min“‘Sancho has done okay’,” sniffs Adam Roberts. “Really?”
I think I see him through different eyes to most people, possibly because I liked him so much at Dortmund. In the circumstances I think he’s done, well, okay.
62 min: Man Utd substitutionAlejandro Garnacho replaces Christian Eriksen, who had a fairly quiet game. He’s gone straight to the left wing, with Sancho now officially on the right.
62 min: Important save by de Gea!De Bruyne gets the wrong side of Fred to receive a pass 25 yards from goal. Then he veers away from Varane, to the left, and cracks a low drive that is kicked away by de Gea. De Bruyne has been majestic.
59 minUnited probably need to bring on Alejandro Garnacho soon. Sancho has done okay but they are being overrun now, and they Garnacho’s fearless dynamism before the game gets away from them.
58 minFor a No8, Ilkay Gundogan has some goalscoring portfolio. Two to win the title last year, two today, goodness knows how many to rouse City from their slumber in 2020-21. He even scored a penalty in the Champions League final for Dortmund all those years ago.
57 minDe Bruyne walks away from Eriksen and whacks a cross that is put behind by Lindelof. I said City were taking control of the game, but I was wrong: De Bruyne has taken control of it.
54 min“I note the comments made by my learned friend, G Naylor esq. regarding keepers diving or not,” says Neil Mackie. “While I disagree I can understand the position. I shall endeavour to review my thoughts. Oh, and the tyre is a write off, unless I cut out a chunk of tread from one tyre to replace on this one – and as I don’t have a ruined spare that’s a pointless hypothetical. So that’s £50 down the swanny/supporting a local bike shop.”
De Bruyne took the free-kick on the right following that foul by Fred. He clipped it to the edge of the D, where the unmarked Gundogan backpedalled smartly to hit a left-foot volley towards goal. He didn’t catch it properly at all, but it went through the crowd and spun away from the diving de Gea. It wasn’t in the corner, and my instinct is that de Gea should have saved that one. Maybe he saw it late.
GOAL! Man City 2-1 Man Utd (Gundogan 51)
Ilkay Gundogan scores another volley – this time with his left foot!
50 minFred is rightly booked for a hack at De Bruyne, who has looked really sharp at the start of the second half.
49 minSilva plays a good pass down the right to De Bruyne, who drags a low, first-time cross that beats everyone in the middle. I think Haaland ran beyond the ball.
46 minSancho – who is nominally the left-winger but has played like a No10 folr much of the game – slalmoms dangerously into the area from the right. He beats two players before Rodri comes across to make an excellent interception.
46 minPeep peep! United get the second half under way, with no changes on either side.
Enough of the penalty chat, the players are back on the field.
This is an interesting perspective on the handball from James Humphries
To disagree with both you and Jermaine Jenas (who’s still upset about that call), I reckon that is a legit penalty, not just in a ‘the law is an ass’ kind of way. It looks to me like Grealish does instinctively flick his hand towards the ball – it’s really really difficult not to, from experience, although admittedly I’m not paid millions to play football – before he catches himself. It’s a soft penalty, and he gets unlucky in the sense that most of the time that flick won’t make contact, but I don’t think it’s a silly decision.
Half time: Man City 1-1 Man Utd
De Bruyne’s overhit free-kick is claimed comfortably by de Gea, and that’s the end of an intriguing, if largely scruffy, first half.
Ilkay Gundogan volleyed City into the lead after 13 seconds, but United stayed in the game and equalised through Bruno Fernandes’s calm penalty in the 33rd minute. Jack Grealish was penalised for handball, a pedantic but ultimately correct decision, and has been in a foul mood ever since. Except a furious start to the second half from City.
45+3 minWan-Bissaka is booked for a sliding foul on Grealish. He actually missed the ball and the man but then caught Grealish in his follow through.
45+2 minA subtle foul from Rodri on Sancho stops a dangerous United counter-attack. Whether you like it or not, that’s such an important part of modern football.
45+1 min “I’d just like to point out that Ilkay Gundogan’s goal was not the fastest conceded by United at Wembley,” says Peter Lawton. “In January 2018, when Wembley was Tottenham’s temporary home, a certain Christian Eriksen scored for the hosts after only 11 seconds.”
I’m sure we can all imagine Jose Mourinho’s internal monologue when that went in.
44 min “Wish McCoist would stop saying Firmino,” writes Stephen Bradfield, “it’s very confusing.”
Ha, very good. It took me a while to get that.
42 minRashford wins a corner off Dias after decent play from Fernandes and Sancho in the inside-right channel. Those two are roaming all over the place – there’s very little width in United’s formation.
41 min“It’s really weird to see the shadow of the floating camera whenever they go to a wide shot,” says Joe Pearson. “It’s like there’s an extra invisible man out there casting a shadow.”
40 minThat was a risky challenge from Fred, but I don’t think it was a foul. You certainly couldn’t call it a clear and obvious error.
39 minGrealish plays in the underlapping Stones in the area. He cuts the ball back towards the onrushing De Bruyne, who goes over under a challenge from Fred. City appeal frantically for a penalty without success. IthinkFred got in front of De Bruyne fairly, though we haven’t seen a replay yet.
39 min“I can’t concur with Mr Mackie (22 mins),” writes my Nessun Dorma compadre Gary Naylor. “The best keepers (like the best batters in cricket or the best serve-returners in tennis) pick up clues from the body shape, demeanour and movement of their opponent and anticipate the ball’s direction. They won’t always make the save (I don’t think any keeper is clawing out that shot), but they should have their feet in the right place and be balanced enough to get off the ground. That said, you can look a little foolish on Twitter frozen in midair while the ball is nestled in the top corner worth it thought
38 minDe Bruyne takes a short corner on the right, gets it back and spins a dangerous cross with the outside of the right foot. Casemiro heads clear.
37 minCity are playing with much greater urgency since the equaliser – mainly because of the change in the scoreline but also because of their sense of injustice at the penalty decision.
35 minIn fact it was Lindelof, not Fernandes, who was hit in the eye by something thrown from the crowd. We’ll hear more about that I’m sure.
35 minCity snap the ball around with angry purpose until De Bruyne lofts a chip over the bar from the edge of the area.
34 minNow Fernandes is saying that something has been thrown from the crowd at him. This is going to kick off, isn’t it.
That was so cool.He walked round the ball, waited for Ortega to sit down and passed the ball to the other side.
GOAL! Man City 1-1 Man Utd (Fernandes 33 pen)
A superb penalty from Bruno Fernandes!
32 min: Bruno Fernandes will take the penalty…
31 minGrealish is fuming, and the City players are still moaning at the referee. You can understand their frustration – the law is an ass – but it’s the right decision.
PENALTY TO UNITED!
31 min Fernandes drove a crossfield pass to Wan-Bissaka, whose header hit the outstretched arm of Grealish. He was only a couple of yards away, but in the modern game it’s a clever (if absurd) penalty.
VAR CHECK FOR A MAN UTD PENALTY!
I think this will be given. It’s another of those ridiculous modern handballs.
28 minDias walks forward from centre back, finds Bernardo Silva and keeps running. Silva pushes the ball infield to De Bruyne, who moves away from Fred and rifles a left-footed drive from 25 yards that goes just wide. De Gea had it covered.
25 minDavid de Gea is receiving treatment to his right leg, which allows the other players to have a drink. That drumand bass track you can hear is Jack Butland’s heartbreat.
24 min Casemiro’s cross from the inside-eight channel; is headed well wide by Rashford, 15 yards out. I think he was helping it across rather than towards goal, but there was nobody there.
Moments before that Rashford made an excellent run in the inside-right channel, but Eriksen of all people didn’t spot him. That was half a chance.
24 minUnited haven’t yet been able to release Rashford, whose Vardyish movement is their best chance of troubling City. They’re playing well in the middle third though, and I don’t mean that in a snarky way.
23 minDe Bruyne charges dangerously to the edge of the United area, but he can’t find the right moment to release Haaland and is dispossessed by Eriksen.
22 min“While I’m a strictly amateur keeper with nowhere near the ability of de Gea, he immediately realised, like we often do, that he had no chance of getting a hand on that Gundogan volley,” says Neil Mackie. “So he didn’t dive. I may not have ever rated him highly, but not diving was the right thing to do.
“As an aside, too many keepers try and fly after shots patently out of their range, which only leads me to think that their spatial awareness isn’t great. Yes, modern footballs move about a lot in the air, but nowhere near the amount some top-level keepers think.
“I hope you enjoy the rest of your day, as I will be spending mine determining whether I can repair a bike tyre that was pierced by a shard of glass (10 miles away from home but fortunately within a mile of a railway station).”
Oof, good luck with that.
21 minHaaland turns Varane thrillingly, 25 yards from goal, rumbles to the edge of the area and smashes a left-footed drive over the bar.
20 minNow that they’re in front, City are content to make United work in the heat. Going behind after 13 seconds is never ideal, but against a Pep Guardiola team, in June, it’s especially unwise.
17 minThere’s a touch for Haaland, who stretches to meet Gundogan’s driven pass but can only poke it straight at De Gea. I’m pretty sure he was offside anyway.
16 minI’m not sure Erling Haaland has touched the ball yet, which, depending on your perspective, is either ominous or extremely ominous.
15 minSancho moseys over to the right and gives the ball to Rashford in the area. He’s crowded out by City defenders. United are having more of the ball now.
14 minThe fastest FA Cup final goals, since you asked.
- 14 seconds Ilkay Gundogan, Man City v Man Utd 2022-23
- 25 seconds Louis Saha, Everton v Chelsea 2008-09
- 43 seconds Roberto Di Matteo, Chelsea v Middlesbrough, 1996-97
12 minCasemiro leaves a bit on Akanji, who stays down for a while. It was checked by VAR but it certainly wasn’t a red card.
11 minI was going to say United have weathered the initial storm, but you can’t really say that when they are 1-0 down – even if the goal camebeforethe storm. It is a more even contest than it was in the first six minutes.
10 min“I’m not entirely sure when De Gea passed his peak, but he seems to be quite a way down the other side now. I mean, why didn’t he dive for that one?” says Andy Flintoff. “He just went down on one knee as Gundogan hit it and watched it fly past him.”
He passed it at the 2018 World Cup I think. He does still make outrageous reaction saves, though. To be honest I was so busy typing WTF that I didn’t have chance to assess whether he could have saved it. It looked like a slightly woolly header from Lindelof, though you can probably excuse that in the first 15 seconds.
8 minUnited have their first attack. After a decent spell of possession, Casemiro’s long-range shot is blocked by Stones.
7 min“Before today’s goal, I didn’t understand why City may let Gundogan go…” says Jeff Sax.
I think Guardiola’s attitude is to let grown-ups leave if they want a new challenge, which is a pretty admirable philosophy in more ways than one. They’d miss him though, no question.
6 minUnited look shell-shocked, and if they’re not careful this could be over in the first quarter, never mind the first half. After a lazy backheel from Fernandes is easily intercepted, Grealish drives wide from 25 yards.
4 min: Just wide from Rodri!Dear me, it could have been 2-0. De Bruyne whipped an excellent free-kick from the right towards Rodri, 15 yards out at the near post. He twisted to power an excellent header that beat de Gea, motionless again, and hit the side netting.
3 minThat’s extraordinary. For a moment time stood still as everyone waited to see whether Gundogan’s volley was going inside or outside the right-hand post. The ripple of the net gave everyone the answer.
Ilkay Gundogan took the kick-off, then scored the fastest goal in FA Cup final history!Ortega’s long kick was headed away by Victor Lindelof, but it only went as far as Gundogan 25 yards out. He cut across a beautiful volley that beat the motionless De Gea and nestled in the corner!
GOAL! Man City 1-0 Man Utd (Gundogan 14 secs)
I can’t spake!
1 minPeep peep! City, specifically Ilkay Gundogan, kick off from left to right as we watch.
Before we kick-start our livestream between the Manchester City v Manchester United here is everything on sports News & Transfer we are tracking
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Contract signed on player side too.
Ten Hag ignores Manchester United treble ‘motivation’ for FA Cup final
Erik ten Hag denied that Manchester United required the luck of a controversial Bruno Fernandes goal to beat Manchester City in January’s derby, with the manager pointing to his side’s superior expected goals (xG) in the game.
That match at Old Trafford ended 2-1 to Ten Hag’s team and came after the champions had humiliated United 6-3 in October’s reverse fixture. City took the lead through a Jack Grealish header before Fernandes equalised. The goal was initially ruled out because Marcus Rashford was in an offside position but was awarded after the forward was deemed not to be interfering with play. Rashford later scored the winner.
United face City for a third time this season in Saturday’s FA Cup final, with Pep Guardiola’s side the favourites. Ten Hag was asked whether one reason for wanting to beat City would be to prove his side did not need the fortune of a similar decision.
“I wouldn’t explain it in that way because I have also seen the xG from that game and it was really [for] our side,” he said. “No [fortune], as I say.”
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Ten Hag also denied he would use halting City’s tilt at matching United’s treble success of 1999 as motivation for his players. City face Internazionale in the Champions League final a week on Saturday and United are the only English club to have claimed a league, FA Cup and European Cup treble.
Ten Hag said: “I know what the fans are thinking. But what we want is to restore Manchester United by winning trophies. So on Saturday we have an opportunity to win a trophy and we don’t want to be distracted by anything. If it is important for the fans, it is important for us, so we will give everything to win the Cup.
“It will not give more motivation for the team because their motivation is already enough – it can’t be more. They want to win a cup and they have an opportunity. They want to set a crown on the season.”
Anthony Martial will miss the final with a hamstring injury that Ten Hag described as serious. “Going to be a long one but how long we don’t know,” he said. “We have to do more assessment.” Martial’s United future is unclear and the length of recovery may make him more difficult to sell.
Ten Hag was less optimistic than previously regarding the fitness of Antony, who has an ankle injury. “He didn’t make progress so he still has a chance but unlikely he is available.”
