FA CUP FINAL : CHELSEA VS MAN CITY – 16/05/2026 (PHOTO – ANTOINE SEMENYO CELEBRATES WITH THE FA CUP!)

WHAT A BRILLIANT FA CUP FINAL TODAY!  IF IT WAS A GOALATHON YOU WERE AFTER, IT WAS A LITTLE MORE DISCIPLINED THAN THAT BECAUSE OF THE WELL-PRACTISED DEFENSIVE SKILLS WHICH BOTH TEAMS LOOKED TO HAVE UNDERTAKEN BEFOREHAND!  (PLUS GOALKEEPERS WHO WERE BOTH ON TIPPETY-TOP FORM.) IT WAS A GREAT WATCH!

CHELSEA MADE 390 PASSES, WITH AN 85% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 4 CORNERS, AND 5 SHOTS WITH 2 ON-TARGET, BUT, ALTHOUGH EXTREMELY COMPACT AND ENERGETIC, THERE WERE NO GOALS ON THIS OCCASION.  MAN CITY MADE 527 PASSES WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 4 CORNERS, (56% POSSESSION), AND 10 SHOTS 4 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A GREAT GOAL FROM HAALAND EARLY DOORS (WHO WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE) WHICH WAS RULED OUT BY VAR FOR BEING OFFSIDE.  THERE WAS LOT’S OF TOOING AND FROING, BACKSWARD AND AFORWARDSING, WITH BOTH TEAMS TRYING THEIR VERY BEST TO WIN THE TROPHY, UNTIL THE 71ST MINUTE IN FACT, WHEN CITY BROKE THROUGH AND ERLING HAALAND MADE A LOW, PRECISE CROSS TO ANTOINE SEMENYO, WHICH HE SKILFULLY BACKHEELED AROUND LEVI COLWILL WITH A LITTLE FLICK, INTO THE CORNER OF THE GOAL!  IT WAS A BRILLIANT FINISH,  AND MEANT THAT MAN CITY BECAME THE WINNERS OF THE FA CUP 2026!  (YOU WOULD THINK THAT PEP AND THE MAN CITY BOYS MIGHT BE BUYING ANTOINE A FEW BEVVYS TONIGHT, BUT ANTOINE SAID AFTERWARDS THAT THE TEAM WON’T BE CELEBRATING MUCH AND RATHER CONCENTRATING ON THEIR MATCH AGAINST BOURNEMOUTH ON TUESDAY!) HMMMMM…..😊

FA CUP :  CHELSEA VS MAN CITY – 16/05/2026

PEP GUARDIOLA AND CALUM MCFARLANE SPEAK AFTER THE MATCH

FULL-TIME SCENES AS MAN CITY BEAT CHELSEA TO WIN THE FA CUP

FULL TROPHY CELEBRATIONS

PEP GUARDIOLA GIVES POST-MATCH INTERVIEW ON THE PITCH