This Saturday, Crystal Palace faced Manchester City in Wembley (London) on the occasion of the 144th edition of the FA Cup, which is none other than the oldest competition with direct elimination in the world. Just after the quarter of an hour of play, the Eagles opened the scoring thanks to a goal from Eze. Well served by a Muñoz center from the right, the 26-year-old English international deceived Ortega with a right foot (1-0, 16th).
Following Mitchell's fault on Bernardo Silva, in the penalty area, Pep Guardiola's men had the opportunity to equalize. Usual shooter of the penalties of his team, Haaland left Marmoush to transform the sentence. The Egyptian lost his duel against Henderson, who carried out a sumptuous parade after having left on the right side (33rd). Despite many opportunities during this first act, the Cityzens returned to the locker room by being carried out at the score.
Henderson, the unbeatable
During the second period, Muñoz scored the goal of the Break of a pointed to the law. Of the month he believed. Because the realization of the Colombian was canceled for an offside position of Sarr (60th). Entered the 76th minute, Echeverri had the opportunity to equalize, but also rushed to an imperial Henderson. Despite ten minutes of game stoppages, the display panel no longer moved.
Thanks to this short victory (1-0), Crystal Palace won the first FA Cup in its history, after having been a finalist twice in the past (1990 and 2016). For Manchester City, this is a new disillusionment. Indeed, from Bruyne and his teammates only won the Community Shield this season. In the Champions League, they had been released by Real Madrid during the dam. Regarding the Premier League, they only appear in sixth place two days before the end.
