Manchester City will face Crystal Palace in their third successive FA Cup final after securing a win of 2-0 against Nottingham Forest at Wembley on Sunday.
Rico Lewis’s first goal in the second minute and Josko Gvardiol’s second-half goal sealed a comfortable semi-final success.
Manchester City are looking forward to a showdown with Palace at Wembley on May 17 after the Eagles won 3-0 against Aston Villa in the other semi-final on Saturday.
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Their 14th FA Cup final appearance gives Manchester City a chance to win the competition for the eighth time and the third since Guardiola arrived in 2016. City lost to Manchester United in last season’s FA Cup final after beating their cross-town rivals in the 2023 showpiece.
Guardiola is hoping to salvage a turbulent season by lifting the FA Cup and qualifying for the Champions League via a top-five finish in the Premier League. City, who sit fourth in the league with four games left, will go into the final as favorites after thrashing Palace 5-2 at the Etihad earlier in April.
But nothing has come easy for City this season, and Guardiola will need no reminding of that after their four-year reign as English champions was officially ended by Liverpool’s win against Tottenham at the exact moment the final whistle blew at Wembley.
In conclusion, it was Manchester City’s 28th trip to Wembley since it reopened in 2007 and just Forest’s second.
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