Man City beat Chelsea in FA Cup final to keep treble dream alive

Premier League chasing Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 in tense FA Cup final at Wembley to follow up League Cup win.Antoine Semenyo produced one of the great FA Cup final goals with an audacious back-flick that sealed Manchester City’s 1-0 win against Chelsea at Wembley.Semenyo illuminated a largely scrappy final late in the second half as he improvised a sublime finish to caress Erling Haaland’s cross into the net on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4David Beckham becomes first British billionaire sportsmanlist 2 of 4FIFA warned ‘gruelling heat’ could impact a quarter of World Cup gameslist 3 of 4FIFA World Cup 2026: What to expect from the new 48-team formatlist 4 of 4Israeli minister blasts Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal for Palestinian flag waveend of listThe Ghanaian winger’s moment of magic was enough to clinch City’s eighth FA Cup triumph, and their second piece of silverware this season after the League Cup final win over Arsenal in March.Semenyo joins Ricky Villa, Michael Owen, Roberto Di Matteo and Steven Gerrard among the ranks of iconic FA Cup final goalscorers.Ironically, the 26-year-old – an inspired signing from Bournemouth in the January window – was born just a stone’s throw from Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge home in west London.The third FA Cup success of Guardiola’s reign ended City’s run of two successive defeats in the final against Crystal Palace and Manchester United.Guardiola, who also lifted the trophy in 2023 and 2019, has now won 20 trophies in his glittering decade as City manager.His attention will turn back to City’s slender hopes of making it 21 pieces of silverware with a miracle in the Premier League title race.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.Guardiola’s men can close the gap back to two points with a victory at Bournemouth in their penultimate match of the season on Tuesday.But Arsenal would still guarantee their first English title since 2004 by winning at Palace on May 24.