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In its 155-year past the FA Cup last tin seldom person been won by a much audacious goal.
Manchester City bushed Chelsea 1-0 astatine Wembley Stadium connected Saturday (May 16, 2026) acknowledgment to a infinitesimal of magic from Antoine Semenyo.
The guardant brought to beingness a last that had produced small successful the mode of chances oregon excitement with a spectacular back-heeled extremity successful the 2nd half.
Running onto a transverse from Erling Haaland successful the 72nd minute, Semenyo flicked his bottommost astatine the shot and directed it debased into the acold country past diving Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.
Victory kept City successful the hunt for a home trophy treble, having already won the English League Cup. Pep Guardiola’s squad is besides 2nd successful the Premier League, 2 points down Arsenal with 2 rounds to go.
This was Guardiola’s 17th large trophy successful 10 years astatine City and his 35th successful his vocation overall.
City has won the Cup 8 times and moved level with Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham arsenic adjacent 3rd connected the all-time winners’ list.
Defeat means Chelsea volition extremity the play trophyless — a twelvemonth aft being crowned Club World Cup champion — successful what has been a crisis-ridden campaign.
After firing 2 coaches since the crook of the year, Chelsea went into the last with a novice connected the sideline successful Calum McFarlane, a erstwhile younker manager taking complaint of lone his seventh archetypal squad game.
The turmoil astatine Chelsea led to supporters staging a protestation against its American owners extracurricular the stadium earlier kickoff.
In that consciousness it was commendable that McFarlane was capable to frustrate Guardiola for specified agelong periods.
That was until Semenyo’s match-winning moment.
The Ghana planetary joined City from Bournemouth lone successful January and made an contiguous interaction — scoring 10 goals and helping the squad to 2 trophies.
After the last whistle City fans sang the nine anthem “Blue Moon” loudly, and cheering Bernardo Silva and John Stones arsenic they lifted the celebrated trophy. Both players are leaving astatine the extremity of the season.
“Since I arrived it’s been 20 trophies, which isn’t bad. I attraction a batch astir Manchester City,” said Bernardo, counting Community Shield victories arsenic well.
Triumph for City came aft back-to-back losses successful the last successful the erstwhile 2 years. This was the grounds 4th twelvemonth successful a enactment it reached the final, having past won it successful 2023.
Arsenal has won soccer’s oldest knockout contention a grounds 14 times. Manchester United was 2nd with 13.
