He was finally able to smile Alex Ferguson in the stands Finally he was able to lift his chest Erik Ten Hag. Finally the Manchester United he took off the secondary role that he has worn for a decade and defeated the Manchester City to lift the FA Cup en Wembley.
The ‘Red Devils’, eternal losers of the Manchester derby in recent years, they knocked out the current champion and prevented those of Pep Guardiola They became the first team in history to win Premier League and English Cup two years in a row.
They defeated them by rushing out, taking advantage of the opportunities they had and with a André Onana spectacular between the sticks until a mistake in the final minutes that came close to ending the victory.
Manchester United champion of the FA Cup.
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But the late goal of Jeremy Doku did not overshadow United’s great victory, the most important of the last six years, for the moment and for the rival. Even also because of the way he did it, disarming Guardiola by making his defense run backwards.
Manchester United FA Cup champion: Ten Hag wins the tactical battle against Guardiola
Ten Hag, who has been rightly criticized for his lack of script and ideas, proposed a game with which to catch behind Gvardiolthe slowest of City’s back four, and it worked quickly for him.
In the first ball that Dalot was able to send so that Alejandro Garnacho He ran away, Stones stayed stuck in the opposite profile and enabled the Argentine, who went to clash with Gvardiol, who easily won by a length.
However, the Croatian, in a total lack of understanding with Stefan Ortega, tried to give him the ball without space to react. The ball surpassed the German and He left Garnacho without a goalkeeper to make it 0-1.
Gvardiol heads back and serves the goal to Alejandro Garnacho.
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United’s goal contrasted with City’s inaccuracies in the last three quarters and, in fact, The 0-1 was born from a loss by Rodrigo Hernández, who this Saturday lost his undefeated status in 74 gamesthe longest in European football.
Gvardiol’s lane was a mine for United, who licked their lips every time Kyle Walker did not arrive to correct and help.
The 0-2 warning was made by Garnacho and Marcus Rashford, but the Argentine started offside and the goal was disallowed, and the real 0-2 appeared again on that side of the Croatian. That time, the play was more static, with a quick combination of Garnacho for Bruno that, at first, enabled Kobbie Mainoo in an unbeatable position. The young English midfielder, who will be in the Euro Cup, tricked Ortega and caught him on the wrong foot, to give an unexpected advantage to 0-2 al United.
Kobbie Mainoo defines with hierarchy for Manchester United’s 2-0.
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In a match in which City had a hard time creating chances, apart from a shot against the crossbar from Erling Haalandthe celestials’ chances came from outside the area, with two shots from Walker which Onana cleared in spectacular fashion.
The Cameroonian, one of the best in the game, provided excitement in the final minutes by ‘eating’ a shot from Doku, but the possible comeback, with the addition of seven minutes left, came to nothing and United, eight years later, were crowned champions of the English Cup.
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