Manchester City have painted the city of Manchester blue as they continued with their push to finish the 2022-2023 season with a historic treble.
Earlier this evening, Manchester United and their city rivals Manchester City met at Wembley Stadium for the first English FA Cup final between the clubs.
As anticipated, it was a thrilling encounter that almost looked like an end-to-end battle that only recorded three goals within 90 minutes.
Coach Pep Guardiola and his boys who were just crowned the Premier League champions for the third time in a row, started the game like a house on fire.
However, it was not the usual suspect, Erling Haaland, who has scored 51 goals this season, that opened the scoring, it was 32-year-old German midfielder ฤฐlkay Gรผndoฤan that opened the scoring as early as in the first minute of the encounter.
Gundogan scored a volley from 20 yards out after taking charge of De Bruyneโs long-range pass.
However, Manchester Cityโs fans had to switch mood in the 30th minute when the VAR ruled that Wan-Bissakaโs header touched Grealishโs hand in Cityโs penalty box in the 29th minute.
Bruno Fernandez stepped up to score the equalizer from the penalty box in the 30th minute. Afterward, both sides couldnโt breach the defensive line as the first half ended in a 1-1 draw.
In the second half, both sides played more cautiously but Manchester City had the better of United in the 51st minute thanks to Gรผndoฤanโs strike.
The two goals from Gรผndoฤan were enough to give coach Pep Guardiola and his team their second title of the season as they prepare for the Champions League final against Inter Milan on June 10.
Man City lift the FA Cup trophy ๐๐ pic.twitter.com/pV9fRIUVVL
โ ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) June 3, 2023
Reaction as Manchester City Win 2023 FA Cup:
After Manchester City beat Manchester United 2-1 to win the FA Cup, the social media was awash with series of reactions from football enthusiasts.
A fan, @PaddyArsenal tweeted after the game: โWhy are Man United fans upset? Youโve been supporting Man City all seasonโ.
Rashford vs Man city highlights | Goals | Skills | Balondโor 2023? pic.twitter.com/SotGyyhtLY
โ iโฟou ๐ฎ(๐ฅ) (@teamibou23) June 3, 2023
@ars_informer tweeted: โArsenal will face Man City for the community shield. Letโs do it again boys, we need some paybackโ.
Marcus Rashford vs Man City | highlights | FA Cup Final Edition๐๐ | Ballon dor contender ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
โ cherry (@cherry_lfc) June 3, 2023
@chameleon_fr tweeted: โPep Guardiola has won 13 trophies for man city in the space of 7yrs. We can all agree heโs the greatest coach of All time.โ
While @abazwhyllzz wrote, โArsenal fans were Celebrating until they remembered that Man City is waiting for them in the Community Shield..โ
And @PrimeCR7i tweeted: โTen hag: โThese players will defeat man city next weakโ Messi: โchampions league will comeback to camp nouโ Same vibes. They think they are ronaldoโ
๐ข๐ Pep Guardiola couldnโt hold back the tears as Man City won the FA Cup! (@EmiratesFACup) pic.twitter.com/wokCU7GptF
โ EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) June 3, 2023
