🏆 Manchester United defeated Manchester City to win the FA Cup.

For the second year in a straight, it was an all-Manchester FA Cup final, with Pep Guardiola's side hoping to repeat their 2023 success over Erik ten Hag's men.

This is what occurred.

United's teen dream.

Despite Manchester City's late surge, Manchester United won the FA Cup final with a 2-1 victory at Wembley.

Manchester City had a penalty claim within seconds, but Haaland's protests were denied following an apparent push by Lisandro Martinez.

United had their own penalty appeal on 20 minutes when Bruno Fernandes went down inside the area, but the referee waved play on.

Ten Hag's team broke the stalemate after half an hour when Alejandro Garnacho tapped in following a massive mix-up in the City defence.

United believed they had increased their lead just a few minutes later, but Marcus Rashford's strike was ruled out for offside.

The second goal came on 39 minutes, when Kobbie Mainoo capped off a superb team play.

Into the second half, United remained ahead as City went for broke, bringing on Jeremy Doku and Julian Alvarez.

Doku was quickly involved in the action, attempting to square for Foden, but the England international was unable to find his feet as Andre Onana snatched the ball.

On 54 minutes, City had their greatest chance of the game, when Haaland got space at the back post but saw his attempt rebound off the crossbar.

Guardiola's team was really pouring on the pressure now, as Kyle Walker's 20-yard shot was saved acrobatically by Onana.

It was becoming an onslaught, but City couldn't reach the back of the net as Alvarez got through but slipped his shot wide of the post.

United were holding on now, and Haaland believed Mainoo was doing the same inside the area on 75 minutes.

Despite Guardiola's several objections on the sideline, their calls for a penalty were denied once more.

That pressure paid off with three minutes of regular time remaining, as Doku struck from the perimeter of the area.

However, it wasn't enough as United won the FA Cup for the 13th time.

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