Manchester City wins FA Cup final

Manchester City won the 2026 FA Cup with a 1-0 victory over Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, according to match reports from the club and the Football Association. Antoine Semenyo scored the only goal in the 72nd minute, and City said the result delivered the club’s eighth FA Cup. The FA’s report said Semenyo was named player of the match after converting Erling Haaland’s cross with a near-post flick. The win added the FA Cup to City’s League Cup success this season, according to the FA. ### Which details in the original card needed correcting? The FA said the final was played on Saturday, May 16, 2026, not May 23. The governing body’s pre-match notice listed a 3 p.m. BST kickoff at Wembley for Chelsea against Manchester City on May 16, and City’s own match report carries the same date. Manchester City also did not set an outright all-time record with the victory. (mancity.com) The FA and City both said the trophy was the club’s eighth FA Cup, which moved City level with Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur on eight wins, behind Arsenal’s 14. ### How was the final decided? Antoine Semenyo scored in the 72nd minute after meeting a low cross from Haaland, according to the FA’s match report. (thefa.com) The FA described the finish as a “wonderfully executed flick” at the near post, while Sky Sports called it a “sublime flick” that settled a tight final. Chelsea’s official report said the match was settled by a solitary second-half goal after a tense contest at Wembley. (thefa.com) City’s highlights page said Semenyo’s intervention came with 20 minutes remaining and followed a match in which both sides were aware of the stakes. ### What did the result mean for Manchester City’s season? (thefa.com) The FA said the victory completed a domestic cup double for Pep Guardiola’s side after City had already won the Carabao Cup. Sky Sports said the FA Cup triumph gave Guardiola his 20th major title as Manchester City manager. The broader context for the season was different from City’s recent title-winning campaigns. (chelseafc.com) CNN reported on May 23 that Arsenal won the Premier League after Manchester City drew 1-1 with Bournemouth, leaving the FA Cup as one of City’s major trophies in 2025-26. ### How unusual was another City appearance in the final? The FA said before kickoff that Manchester City were the first team to play in four consecutive FA Cup finals. (thefa.com) That sequence included victory over Manchester United in 2023 and defeats to Manchester United in 2024 and Crystal Palace in 2025 before this year’s win over Chelsea. (skysports.com) Chelsea entered the match with their own difficult recent history in the competition. The FA said only Chelsea, from 2020 to 2022, had previously lost three consecutive FA Cup finals, and its post-match report said the London club’s wait to lift the trophy again now stretches back to 2018. ### What happened after the final whistle? (thefa.com) Manchester City said the trophy presentation followed the match and published video of the team lifting the cup at Wembley. The club’s post-match coverage on May 17 also included brief, eight-minute and 20-minute highlight packages from the final. The FA’s competition page now lists Chelsea 0-1 Manchester City in its final statistics section and links to post-match coverage, including Semenyo’s player-of-the-match reaction and Guardiola’s comments on the win. (thefa.com 1) (thefa.com 2) (mancity.com)