FA Cup final score: Crystal Palace win first major trophy as Dean Henderson shuts out Manchester City

Crystal Palace won their very first big trophy on Saturday and made Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City 1-0 in the FA Cup final. It was Palace’s third performance in the final in their history, and it turned out to be the charm, because the goal of Ebereechi Eze was the difference in the first half, so that Kevin De Bruyne’s city career ended with a defeat while the club legend will leave this summer. City has now become trophy-free for the first time since 2016-17 on the campaign.

United States National team players Chris Richards and Matt Turner take home winners medals as a result of this upset. Richards played every minute of the game, while Turner was the back -up keeper.

Palace started stronger and only needed 16 minutes to store the opener. Jean-Philippe Mateta did well to control the ball in the middle of the field before he played a fast one-two before he immediately found Daniel Munoz on the right. The Colombian took one touch before he played a powerful ball over the knee height over the heart of the box, where Eze managed to put in the distant pole.

Palace was lucky that he continued with 11 players, because goalkeeper Dean Henderson clearly used his hands to beat the ball outside the box, just a few minutes after the opener. CBS Sports Rules Expert Christina Unkel went to X and said that a red card “should have been given on the field. Unfortunately, [assistant referee] Not in line to take the determination … The preference for decision is to recommend the referee to assess “the refusal of a target score.

Before half, City had their golden chance to draw level after a penalty was awarded for an error on Bernardo Silva in the box. Omar Marmoush would be the one who takes it and gets a ball well in the left to the left of the goal, but goalkeeper Dean Henderson did well to get a hand on it, which saved it with a well -timed dive. The ball remained in the box after the rescue with Erling Haaland that approached the rebound, but his poorly hit ball was picked up by Henderson before damage could be caused.

Henderson, a former goalkeeper of Manchester United, denied his former rival with one of the better versions of his career, with 23 total shots and made six rescues in the night. City had 79% possessed and completed nearly 500 more passes during the 90 minutes.

Munoz seemed to have made it 2-0 at the start of the second half after scoring his own rebound, but offside was correctly called on Ismaila Sarr at assessment.

City would try to bomb the palace goal with opportunities, end the game with 23 shots for 2.30 xg, but nobody found their way through, while the underdogs lifted the coveted trophy in the Wembley Stadium for their passionate, hungry supporters.