Crystal Palace v Man City LIVE: FA Cup final result and reaction

The VAR Jarred Gillett checked the incident after referee Stuart Attwellfailed to penalise the goalkeeper, but he also deemed it not to be a goalscoring opportunity with the ball, after Henderson touched it, moving away from goal.

The VAR deemed concluded: “The direction Haaland was going made it a possible but not obvious goalscoring opportunity (GSO).”

It’s a little late, but here’s the reaction from Palace boss Oliver Glasner.

“I can’t believe it, we had to defend so much. The spirit and togetherness on the pitch was amazing. It was all about being patient, we analysed that if you give them the pocket then they are so good.

“We had to be patient, let them cross, defend and wait for the moment to attack.

“They are so good in their movements, from the 5-2 defeat we learned that if you give them the pocket we will lose. we usually attack more but we had to be patient and wait for the right moment.

“When they play with four attacking players it’s difficult to defend, but in transition we knew we could create overloads. No winger likes to defend. It was a great goal.

“Tomorrow’s training is already cancelled. The players want to cancel Monday too. Special credit to the players, they’ve never lost belief in me and the coaching staff,” he adds.

It was a display of brutal ruthlessness from Manchester City. Not, admittedly, in an FA Cup final when they had 58 touches inside the Crystal Palace box, 23 shots and one penalty yet scored no goals. But beforehand. Two of their own disappeared from the squad, Pep Guardiola’s cull removing Rico Lewis and James McAtee from the teamsheet.

Academy products were instead spared parts in another of the off-days that have pockmarked Guardiola’s worst season as a manager. It may end up being bookended by trophies, by the Community Shield and the Club World Cup, but City lacked the clinical streak their manager demonstrated. On a day when few of Guardiola’s decisions worked out, a manager who has fashioned many a historic feat instead played a part in one for Crystal Palace, their belated first major trophy, some 120 years after they were formed.

Palace defeated City 1-0 at Wembley to win the club’s first major trophy, with Oliver Glasner’s team making history by lifting the FA Cup.

Henderson was the player of the match – making a series of fine saves and stopping Omar Marmoush’s penalty in the first half.

Pep Guardiola is speaking to BBC after the match.

“We didn’t score so congratulations to Crystal Palace for the victory – we did everything,” he says.

“Today, we were more aggressive. If you’re not going to score goals, you’re not going to win,” he adds.

On VAR decision to not send Dean Henderson off: “Ask the referee.”

On clashing with Dean Henderson post match: “No, nothing.”

On Erling Haaland giving Omar Marmoush the penalty: “I don’t know, I didn’t speak to them. They made a decision. They decide.”

On Man City’s performance, he adds: “They performed really well, much better than last season against Man Utd.

“Football sometimes is like this. At the end with Claudio Echeverri, we created a chance.

“We controlled really good in transitions.

“Yes, unfortunately we couldn’t win, but congratulations Crystal Palace.”

It seems inconsequential now, but both of these sides have upcoming Premier League games too.

Palace are in 12th currently, and they face Wolves at 8pm on Tuesday, 20 May.

City have more to do with two games left, and they must draw at least against Bournemouth in order to move back into the Champions League qualification places.

That match also takes place at 8pm BST on 20 May, at the Etihad.

Eberechi Eze scored the winning goal with Palace’s first attack of the game, catching Pep Guardiola’s dominant side on the counter.

Dean Henderson was fortunate to stay on the pitch after handling the ball outside the box to deny Erling Haaland.

And Palace held on to claim a historic victory at Wembley. Here are how the players rated.