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Crystal Palace have won their first ever major trophy. They are the first English club to win their first major title since Wigan Athletic in the 2012-13 FA Cup, who also beat Manchester City in the final that year.
Manchester City have now lost the FA Cup final in 2 consecutive seasons (2-1 against Manchester United last season) . Only once before have they lost consecutive appearances in major domestic finals (FA Cup/League Cup), losing the 1926 and 1933 FA Cup showpieces against Bolton and Everton respectively.
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Highlights.
Nico O’Reilly (20 years, 57 days) is the youngest player to play in an FA Cup final for Manchester City since Matija Nastasic in 2013 (20y 44d), and youngest English player to do so since both Tommy Caton (18y 220d) and Steve MacKenzie (19y 172d) in the 1981 replay.
This win qualifies Crystal Palace for next season’s UEFA Europa League – it will be their first ever appearance in major European competition.
Dean Henderson is the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in an FA Cup final (excl. shootouts) since Petr Cech for Chelsea against Portsmouth in 2010.
Before today, Manchester City have won their last three FA Cup meetings with Crystal Palace by an aggregate score of 18-4. The most recent meeting was in the fourth round in 2016-17, with the Citizens winning 3-0 at Selhurst Park.
None of Man City’s last 45 games in the FA Cup have been drawn (W38 D6). Six of the Citizens’ seven defeats in that run have come at Wembley Stadium.
Crystal Palace have conceded just one goal in the 2024-25 FA Cup so far, while they’ve scored exactly four goals in their fifth round, quarter-final, semi-final and final victories this term.
Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner is the first Austrian coach to win the FA Cup final. The last two ‘new’ manager nationalities in the showpiece have lost, with Germany’s Thomas Tuchel going down against Leicester in 2021, and Israel’s Avram Grant losing to Chelsea in 2010.
Erling Haaland has failed to score in any of his six appearances for Manchester City at Wembley stadium, with four of those coming in the FA Cup. It’s the most games he’s played for the Citizens at a specific venue without finding the back of the net (followed by Anfield, 3).
Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze has now been involved in five goals in his last five games in the FA Cup (3 goals, 1 assist), putting them 1-0 up in their semi-final win against Aston Villa. He hadn’t registered a single goal or assist in any of his first 14 appearances in the competition.
