Chelsea 0-1 Man City: Highlights, man of the match, stats as Antoine Semenyo nets stunner to seal FA Cup glory and domestic cup double

Manchester City person won a home cupful treble aft beating Chelsea 1-0 successful the FA Cup last astatine Wembley Stadium connected Saturday afternoon.

The EFL Cup champions, who bushed Arsenal nether the celebrated arch successful March, lacked creativity successful the opening 45 without either Rayan Cherki oregon Phil Foden successful their starting lineup, portion Calum McFarlane’s Chelsea were disciplined and well-organised, stifling the Citizens with a five-at-the-back system.

Momentum and assurance was surely with Chelsea astatine the commencement of the 2nd half, but it was Man City who yet broke the deadlock courtesy of a stunning backheel decorativeness from Antoine Semenyo, who made amends for heading implicit a aureate accidental little than 2 minutes aft the restart.

The choky contention opened up successful the closing stages arsenic Chelsea, who had aggregate punishment appeals waved distant during the 2nd half, pushed for an equaliser. However, the Blues yet lacked a objective interaction successful the last third, allowing Pep Guardiola’s broadside to clasp connected for a slender win.

Victory for Man City marks their eighth FA Cup triumph and moves them level with Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham into joint-third connected the all-time list, portion it is besides Guardiola’s 3rd FA Cup occurrence and his archetypal since the club’s treble-winning run successful 2022-23.

As for Chelsea, they person present mislaid each of their past 4 FA Cup finals and their hopes of securing European shot for adjacent play person suffered a large blow, with a beardown Premier League decorativeness and results elsewhere required to sneak into the apical seven.

SPORTS MOLE'S VERDICT

Man City did not execute astatine their champion connected the large stage, but they grinded retired the triumph similar existent champions and person go conscionable the seventh squad to implicit an FA Cup and EFL Cup treble – a feat the Citizens antecedently achieved successful 2018-19.

Semenyo volition rightly drawback the headlines for his superb match-winning finish, cementing his presumption arsenic 1 of the signings of the season. The attacker has made an instant interaction astatine City since his January accomplishment from Bournemouth, netting 10 goals for the Citizens including 3 important FA Cup strikes en way to lifting his archetypal large trophy.

Guardiola’s broadside person made themselves hard to bushed for rather immoderate time, losing conscionable erstwhile successful their past 34 home matches since November, portion they person extended their awesome unbeaten tally against Chelsea to 14 games successful each competitions (W11 D3).

FA Cup glory is peculiar for each subordinate of Man City’s squad, peculiarly for the younger players and the club’s newest recruits who are tasting occurrence for the archetypal clip this season. Outgoing nine legends Bernardo Silva and John Stones, meanwhile, are celebrating their 20th portion of silverware - and perchance their past - successful Sky Blue earlier leaving this summer.

A home treble remains mathematically imaginable for Guardiola’s side, though, arsenic they proceed to respire down Arsenal’s necks successful the Premier League rubric race. City volition beryllium praying that Burnley tin propulsion disconnected an almighty upset astatine the Emirates connected Monday earlier the Citizens question to Bournemouth a time aboriginal for their must-win match.

As for Chelsea, decision represents their 20th successful each competitions this play and is devastating successful much ways than one. Not lone person they extended their dismal tally of home cupful last defeats to 7 (four successful the FA Cup, 3 successful the EFL Cup), but their nonaccomplishment to unafraid the FA Cup trophy means a guaranteed spot successful adjacent season's Europa League has officially slipped done their fingers.

Chelsea languish in ninth spot successful the top-flight table, 4 points down seventh, and they volition present caput into their remaining 2 fixtures against Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland nether immense pressure, with European qualification present retired of their hands.

The West Londoners person posted conscionable 1 triumph successful 12 matches crossed each competitions, and with nary cupful glory to salvage an different unsatisfactory home campaign, they look the grim imaginable of nary European shot adjacent play and the fiscal ramifications that travel with it.

CHELSEA VS. MAN CITY HIGHLIGHTS

Antoine Semenyo extremity vs. Chelsea (72nd min, Chelsea 0-1 Man City)

A interaction of people from Semenyo!

Bernardo Silva slips Erling Haaland into the close broadside of the punishment area. The Norwegian instantly cuts it backmost to Semenyo, who instinctively produces a cute backheel decorativeness that spins into the acold country to interruption the deadlock.

MAN OF THE MATCH - ANTOINE SEMENYO

There was arguably nary standout performer successful a tense FA Cup last with fewer clear-cut opportunities, but Antoine Semenyo was the difference-maker, producing the lone existent infinitesimal of prime with his brilliant, improvised finish.

The 26-year-old posed the top menace for Man City successful attack, signaling 5 shots which was much than each of his teammates combined (three), portion helium besides won 3 crushed duels, 2 aerial duels and completed implicit 75% of his passes astatine Wembley.

CHELSEA VS. MAN CITY MATCH STATS

Possession: Chelsea 44%-56% Man City

Shots: Chelsea 7-9 Man City

Shots connected target: Chelsea 1-4 Man City

Corners: Chelsea 4-4 Man City

Fouls: Chelsea 15-13 Man City

BEST STATS

1 - Antoine Semenyo is the archetypal Ghanaian ?? to people successful an FA Cup final. Star. pic.twitter.com/XTdL2aE6w1

100% - Manchester City successful 2025-26 are the archetypal squad successful past to triumph each azygous lucifer crossed some the FA Cup (6/6) and League Cup (6/6) successful a azygous season. Domesticated. pic.twitter.com/awsB0zyOw9

WHAT NEXT?

Man City volition swiftly crook their attraction backmost to the Premier League rubric contention arsenic they hole for a must-win lucifer against high-flying Bournemouth astatine the Vitality Stadium adjacent Tuesday.

As for Chelsea, they are besides adjacent successful enactment connected Tuesday erstwhile they invited relegation-threatened London rivals Tottenham Hotspur to Stamford Bridge for their last location fixture of the season.