FA Cup Final Highlights, Man City vs Man United: Ilkay Gundogan scored two goals — the first inside 13 seconds, for the quickest in 142 years of FA Cup finals — to lead City to a 16th trophy since 2011.
Manchester City vs Manchester United, FA Cup Final Highlights: The second leg of Manchester City’s treble mission is secure. Add the FA Cup, after a 2-1 win over great rival Manchester United on Saturday, to its latest Premier League title. Now only a first ever Champions League title stands between City and immortality in English soccer.
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“We’re in a position,” City manager Pep Guardiola said, “that we’ll probably never be in again.” Ilkay Gundogan scored two goals — the first inside 13 seconds, for the quickest in 142 years of FA Cup finals — to lead City to a 16th trophy since 2011 in what is looking like the crowning season in the tenure of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family.
If the Germany midfielder’s opener, a perfectly executed volley from the edge of area, was probably his best goal of his seven years at City, his 51st-minute winner at Wembley Stadium might be one of his scrappiest.
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Revisiting the fiery rivalry between the two Manchester clubs
Manchester United’s Holy Trinity of Denis Law, George Best and Bobby Charlton is immortalised with statues outside Old Trafford. But would you believe it if I told you that Law, a player who had represented the Red Devils between 1962 and 1973, is regarded as one of the architects in relegating United after his famous backheel goal for Manchester City in the 1973-74 season?
In hindsight, United would still have been relegated even without Law’s goal but that backheel has been mythologized and considered one of the factors that took an already fierce rivalry between the erstwhile Newton Heath (United) and St Marks (City) to the next level. In their 131-year history of clashing on the football field, the initial days were calmer. The two clubs locked horns for the first time on November 12, 1881.
But as the years went by, the two most powerful entities of Manchester traded titles and endured relegations before morphing into the almost mythical clash we see unfolding in front of our eyes in modern times. During Sir Alex Ferguson’s time, especially in the 1900s till the mid-2000s, United were the dominant team with City flip flopping around the lower divisions. They would ultimately reach the top flight in 2000 but the gulf between the two sides was palpable. United had won the treble just the previous season.
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First published on: 03-06-2023 at 18:40 IST
