1-0 win<\/a> against Chelsea at Wembley.<\/p>\nSemenyo illuminated a largely scrappy final late in the second half as he improvised a sublime finish to caress Erling Haaland\u2019s cross into the net on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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The Ghanaian winger\u2019s moment of magic was enough to clinch City\u2019s eighth FA Cup triumph, and their second piece of silverware this season after the League Cup final win over Arsenal in March.<\/p>\n
Semenyo joins Ricky Villa, Michael Owen, Roberto Di Matteo and Steven Gerrard among the ranks of iconic FA Cup final goalscorers.<\/p>\n
Ironically, the 26-year-old \u2013 an inspired signing from Bournemouth in the January window \u2013 was born just a stone\u2019s throw from Chelsea\u2019s Stamford Bridge home in west London.<\/p>\n
The third FA Cup success of Guardiola\u2019s reign ended City\u2019s run of two successive defeats in the final against Crystal Palace and Manchester United.<\/p>\n
Guardiola, who also lifted the trophy in 2023 and 2019, has now won 20 trophies in his glittering decade as City manager.<\/p>\n
His attention will turn back to City\u2019s slender hopes of making it 21 pieces of silverware with a miracle in the Premier League title race.<\/p>\n
City, on a 21-game unbeaten domestic run, will be five points behind leaders Arsenal, if the Gunners beat relegated Burnley at home on Monday.<\/p>\n
Guardiola\u2019s men can close the gap back to two points with a victory at Bournemouth in their penultimate match of the season on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
But Arsenal would still guarantee their first English title since 2004 by winning at Palace on May 24.<\/p>\n
Ahead of his 24th trip to Wembley with City, Guardiola joked that he was \u201cso disappointed\u201d he has not had a stand named after him at the home of English football.<\/p>\n
Whether he will be back with City remains a matter of conjecture.<\/p>\n
Guardiola\u2019s future has been uncertain all season and, with just one year left on his contract, the 55-year-old is yet to give an indication if he plans to stay or go at the end of this term.<\/p>\n
If it is about to be the end of an era, Semenyo ensured Guardiola will leave with at least one more golden memory.<\/p>\n
For Chelsea, the loss was the latest blow in another turbulent campaign.<\/p>\n
Without a win in their last seven league games, they are languishing in ninth place with virtually no chance of qualifying for next season\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n
Under interim boss Calum McFarlane, they produced a battling but ultimately impotent display that underlined why frustrated fans protested against owners BlueCo before kick-off and chanted \u201cwe want our Chelsea back\u201d.<\/p>\n
With Chelsea content to sit deep in their five-man defence, City dominated possession for long periods of the first half, but couldn\u2019t make the breakthrough.<\/p>\n
It was a cagey and often flat occasion, in keeping with two teams who have underachieved this season.<\/p>\n
Haaland fired wide from an acute angle after stealing possession on the edge of the Chelsea area.<\/p>\n
The Norwegian also threatened to prise open Chelsea\u2019s well-drilled rearguard late in the first half, surging onto Marc Guehi\u2019s pass for a stinging strike that Robert Sanchez saved at his near post.<\/p>\n
Relying on only occasional counter-attacks, Chelsea felt aggrieved just before the interval when their penalty claim was rejected, after Joao Pedro was bundled over by Abdukodir Khusanov.<\/p>\n
Semenyo should have broken the deadlock immediately after the break, heading over from six yards after climbing to meet Nico O\u2019Reilly\u2019s cross.<\/p>\n
Moises Caicedo\u2019s header was nodded off the line by Rodri after City keeper James Trafford fumbled a corner.<\/p>\n
But City finally delivered the knockout blow in the 72nd minute.<\/p>\n
Haaland made a clever run down the right-hand side of the Chelsea area and cut the ball back to Semenyo, who deftly back-heeled his supreme finish into the far corner from close range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Premier League chasing Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 in tense FA Cup final at Wembley to follow up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[63,4118,85,46,43,2224,105,1299],"class_list":["post-445118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-europe","tag-football","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}