BBC Sport pundit Micah Richards believes Manchester City will need a rebuild in order to bounce back from a “disappointing season” after the former Premier League champions lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final. WATCH HIGHLIGHTS: FA Cup Final – Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City Available to UK users only. Read full...
Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi and midfielder Adam Wharton both missed the team’s FA Cup celebration party after being taken to hospital. England centre-back Guehi was substituted in the second half of his side’s 1-0 victory over Manchester City at Wembley after taking a blow to the eye as Palace secured their first major trophy....
Oliver Glasner dedicated Crystal Palace’s FA Cup triumph to the club’s fans – and said it would take time for Saturday’s historic Wembley win to sink in. Palace beat Manchester City 1-0 to win the first major trophy in the club’s 120-year history and secure a place in Europe. More than 30,000 fans of the...
Parish insists Glasner’s position was never in doubt having witnessed his work and upbeat nature on the training ground. This day, when a new chapter was written in Palace’s history, is the payback for that show of faith. Glasner has devised the perfect system to suit the attacking trio of Eze, Ismaila Sarr and Mateta,...
City dominated the opening stages and Haaland had a hooked effort clawed out by the inspired Henderson, but Palace hit them on the break as Eberechi Eze swept home the goal in the 16th minute that ultimately won Palace the match. The defeated opposition players paid due respect to Palace by waiting for the opposition...
Pep Guardiola says his side “performed really well” but refused to comment on VAR’s decision not to send Dean Henderson off for handling outside the area in Manchester City’s 1-0 defeat to Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. WATCH HIGHLIGHTS: FA Cup Final – Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City Read full...
BBC Sport’s Alan Shearer says Erling Haaland “should have been game” for taking the penalty awarded to Manchester City which was missed by teammate Omar Marmoush in their 1-0 defeat to Crystal Palace in their FA Cup final defeat at Wembley Stadium. WATCH HIGHLIGHTS: FA Cup Final – Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City Read full...
Talk to those who have known Eze since he was a boy honing his skills in a small yellow cage in Greenwich, and there is immense pride at how far he has come. “Growing up in south-east London, playing football in cages was a social thing with our mates,” Dajon Golding, a school friend of...
A first half goal from Eberechi Eze is enough for Crystal Palace to secure a 1-0 win over Manchester City and win the first ever major trophy in the club’s history in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. MATCH REPORT: FA Cup Final – Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Available to UK users only....
Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson appears to handle the ball outside of the box but is deemed not to have denied Manchester City’s Erling Haaland an obvious goal scoring opportunity in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. FOLLOW LIVE: FA Cup Final – Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Available to UK users only. Read...
Football Focus pundit Nedum Onuoha believes “big game player” Ella Toone could be the key to help Manchester United retain the Women’s FA Cup against a Chelsea team looking to complete an “iconic” domestic treble and invincible season under Sonia Bompastor. MATCH PREVIEW: Chelsea want treble as Man Utd eye back-to-back FA Cups Available to...
Off the pitch, it has been a momentous week for Chelsea. Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian has bought an 8-10% stake in the club believed to be worth about £20m, stating an ambition to make Chelsea the “next global women’s sports brand”. On it, Bompastor’s side have just completed an unbeaten season in the WSL, winning...
Season ticket holder Jack Dunn, 30, managed to bag himself one ticket for the final – but when his 16-year-old brother Johnny said he also wanted to come, he knew what he had to do. Johnny was born in England but emigrated with their dad, Gavin, to Adelaide, Australia in 2014 and hasn’t been back...
Early exits from the Champions League and EFL Cup mean City will play a total of 57 games in all competitions this season. Last season they played 59, while in the 2022-23 Treble-winning campaign they had 61 games. With 60, Tottenham and United will both play more matches than any other Premier League club this...
Having been asked to bat first at Kampong Cricket Club, Munsey got Scotland off to a flying start despite losing opening partner Charlie Tear for just 12. The left-hander struck 12 fours and two sixes in his 56-ball knock and it set the tone for the entire contest. At the other end, McMullen batted with...