AFCON 2025
Crystal Palace beat Manchester City 1-0 at Wembley in the 2025 FA Cup final to secure the club’s first-ever major honour.
City were relentless in the opening 15 minutes, but for all their hard work, it was a Palace counter-attack which ignited the cup final.
Daniel Muñoz sprinted down the right and delivered a pinpoint cross, which Eberechi Eze swept home on the volley. Palace defended valiantly, but City had a chance to equalise when Tyrick Mitchell made a rash-looking challenge on Bernardo Silva in the area, as he brought down the Portuguese midfielder for a City penalty.
Fortunately for the full back, Dean Henderson, , bailed him out, producing a stunning one-handed save to deny Omar Marmoush from the spot.
Henderson was proving to be an immovable object in the Eagles’ goal, and he conjured one more moment of magic, diving to his left to beat Doku’s curling effort away.
City kept pushing, but in the end, the underdogs Palace held on for a famous win.
