A small pass from Jérémy Doku to find Kevin De Bruyne who then crossed back towards the small rectangle and Bernardo Silva to snatch victory in front of Chelsea in the 84th minute on the Wembley lawn (1-0). A ball from Gabriel Jesus controlled in the area, a small delivery towards Leandro Trossard then a sensational outside foot which finished in the opposite corner to win at Wolverhampton (0-2).
If Manchester City and Arsenal were able to react three days after the enormous disappointment in the quarter-final of the Champions League, we must above all thank their Red Devils. “Trossard is a great player. He’s a little magician. He can score from anywhere and he’s so calm, so cool. It’s just a joy to have him in the team,” said Mikel Arteta, the coach of the Gunners who regained the lead of the Premier League by taking advantage of the FA Cup match which occupied the leaders citizens, nevertheless just as happy to reach the final again.
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What the players did was one of the greatest things I’ve seen.
“I don’t understand how we survived today,” admitted Pep Guardiola. People can’t imagine the punch we received in the face, the way we were eliminated. What the players did today is one of the greatest things I have seen in a group of players, especially after those 120 minutes against Madrid, and considering their physicality and their emotions.
Muscularly tired, Kevin De Bruyne was, for example, able to surpass himself to last the entire match on the pitch at Wembley. Bernardo Silva, whose poorly taken penalty on Wednesday against Real cost him his place in the semi-final, responded by scoring the decisive goal. “The good thing about playing for City is that you play every three days. So you quickly have a chance to get a little revenge and put things back on track,” commented the Portuguese.
Now in the final (against the winner of this Sunday’s duel between Manchester United or Coventry City), the Citizens (73 pts) must already plunge back into the championship and the trip to Brighton scheduled for Thursday. They could get there four points behind Arsenal (74) who will have the opportunity to put pressure on them in the event of success against Chelsea on Tuesday. Especially since it is only on May 14 that City will play their late match, against Tottenham. For its part, Liverpool (71) will try to come back to the level of the Gunners this Sunday afternoon at Fulham.
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