2-1！ Lock up Haaland, Ten Hag defeated Guardiola, Manchester United won the title, and Manchester City's dream of a double was shattered

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2024-05-25 23:58Posted in Guangdong sports creators

Pep Guardiola ushered in an era by beating West Ham United at home last weekend to make Manchester City the first team in Premier League history to win four consecutive titles. However, the Blues will not rest on their laurels as they reach the FA Cup final for the second season in a row and are on track to win the Double. On this match day, the FA Cup final came as scheduled, Manchester City and the city rival Manchester United competed for the title, the latter only ranked 8th this season, creating the worst ranking in the Premier League era, the British media have broken the news that Ten Hag will be out of class after the season, this game is likely to be the curtain call of his Red Devils coaching career, whether he can say goodbye with a trophy, become the focus of fans' attention.

Haaland was invisible again, Manchester City was out of form, Garnacho and Mainou scored twice through counter-attacks, Doku scored a goal, and Manchester United had the last laugh 2-1 to win the 13th FA Cup in team history.

Pep Guardiola was unreserved, setting up a 4-2-3-1 formation, Ortega replaced the injured Ederson as the starting goalkeeper, the back four were Walker, Stones, Ake and Gvardiol, Rodri and Kovacic sat in the back, De Bruyne, B and Foden lined up, and Haaland played as a lone arrow.

Ten Hag responded in a 4-4-2 formation, with Fernando Fernandes and Scott McTominay playing as the attacking duo, Marcus Rashford and Garnacho playing as wing-backs, Mainou and Amrabat forming a back two, Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez returning to the backline, joining Diogo Dalot and Aaron Wan-Bissaka in defence, with Onana still the starting goalkeeper. It is worth mentioning that Casemiro, who has been playing as a central defender before, was withdrawn from the squad due to injury before the game.

After the start of the game, the confrontation between the two teams was very fierce, just 50 seconds into the game, Gvardiol crossed from the left, Haaland grabbed the point in front of the goal, and fell to the ground under the defense of Lima, but the referee signaled a normal confrontation and did not award a penalty. In the 9th minute, B Fei split the ball at the edge of the penalty area, and Garnacho cut inside on the right side, but still failed to test Ortega.

In the 21st minute, Manchester City made a mistake at the back, McTominay and B Fei forced to rush to the goal, the latter fell to the ground after making contact with Kovacic, and the referee still signaled that there was no problem. In the 31st minute, Varane's long pass from the back instigated the attack, Ortega abandoned the goal, Gvardiol's header was sent back, Garnacho easily sent the ball into the empty goal, Manchester United took the lead in breaking the deadlock, 1-0!

In the 37th minute, Garnacho received a long pass and rushed into the right, selflessly crossed in the penalty area, and Rashford outflanked and pushed it into the net, but unfortunately it was offside. However, 2 minutes later, Manchester United still went to the next city, Rashford transferred a wide range of long passes on the left, Garnacho crossed on the right, B Fei followed up the ball in the middle, and Menou pushed it into the net at the back point, 2-0!

Garnacho and Mainou joined Cristiano Ronaldo to become the third and fourth Under-20s in Manchester United history to score in an FA Cup final, and the Reds went into the dressing room with a 2-0 advantage.

After the game resumed, Guardiola immediately made two substitutions in a row, with Doku and Akanji coming on. In the 56th minute, Doku broke through the low ball on the left side and passed it to the goal, and Haaland, who was silent for most of the half, followed up with a shot, but was rejected by the crossbar. Unable to equalise, Pep Guardiola continued to adjust, and in the 56th minute, Alvarez came on to replace De Bruyne.

In the 64th minute, Foden's straight ball in front of the box was just right, and Alvarez ran a one-on-one shot that went wide of the post. In the 68th minute, Garnacho took the ball on the right side, dodged the angle and sneaked into the near corner, and Ortega flew to save the ball.

In the 74th minute, there was controversy again on the field, Manchester City corner cross, Varane's header was overheaded, Haaland was about to shoot at the back point, but was dropped to the ground by Menu, but the referee still refused to award a penalty, making Guardiola quite desperate.

City pressed hard to keep United in the box, but the iconic cross struggled to break through the Red Devils' buses. In the 87th minute, Doku showed his personal ability, cut inside on the left side and forced a shot, Onana misjudged and pounced the ball into his own door, Manchester City pulled the score to 1-2!

Unfortunately, the rest of the game failed to pull off a miracle and could only accept a 2-1 defeat, shattering the dream of a double this season, Manchester United won the FA Cup for the first time in eight years, and Ten Hag bid farewell to the Red Devils with a trophy.

With Manchester United winning the FA Cup and qualifying for next season's Europa League, Chelsea will have to play in the Europa League, while Newcastle have nothing to play in Europe.

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