Manchester City will compete with Crystal Palace for the FA Cup. Guardiola: We must perform well
2025-05-17 02:05
The 2024/25 FA Cup final will be staged, and the "Blue Moon" Manchester City will go to Wembley Stadium to compete with the "Eagles" Crystal Palace for the championship. Guardiola said that his team must show an excellent performance in this game.
In the FA Cup semi-final, Manchester City relied on Rico Lewis and Gvardiol to break the opponent's goal and finally defeated Nottingham Forest 2-0, successfully winning the ticket to the final.
As for Crystal Palace, Glasner's team defeated Aston Villa 3-0 in the semi-finals and successfully advanced to the final.
In terms of head-to-head record, Manchester City has achieved 1 win and 1 draw in two matches against Crystal Palace in the Premier League this season, including a 5-2 home win over their opponents.
Manchester City manager Guardiola said at a press conference, "Crystal Palace is an excellent team. They performed really well in the second half of the season, and Glasner has been working with the same players for more than a year."
"It's the FA Cup final and it's an honour for us. We will of course have to put in a great performance and we will go to London to try to win it."
Guardiola pointed out that "Philippe Mateta is very good at controlling the ball in the air, and Eze's individual strength is also very outstanding. Ismaila Sarr posed a great threat to Aston Villa in the semi-final, and Adam Walton is a very good defensive midfielder who can also handle the team's tacit cooperation well."
"It's a final and it would have been the same if it was Aston Villa. When we come here we want to lift the trophy and we were disappointed with our performance last season.
In addition, Guardiola also emphasized that "to win the trophy, you must first go to the end and win the previous game, and we have done this many times over the years."
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