we start with the fa cup, and for the very first time, both manchester clubs have reached the final. city were awaiting the winners of sunday s game between united and brighton, but that match needed extra time and penalties to decide it. natalie pirks reports from wembley. high flying brighton landed at wembley, relishing their status of favourites. the seagulls are pushing for europe in the league, and under a grey london sky, an fa cup final for the first time in a0 years was at stake. united were looking to respond after a defensive horror show in europe. early on alexis mcallister put david tejeda s reflexes to the test. united were buoyed by the return of bruno fernandes. sanchez needed to be sharp. but it was brighton with all the running. they came out in the second half, all guns blazing. as the game opened up for them, tejeda had to yet again be on his toes. tired legs and heads now faced extra time. chances came and went. in this slugfest neither could inflict the
and for the very first time, both manchester clubs have reached the final. city were awaiting the winners of sunday s game between united and brighton but that match needed extra time and penalties to decide it. natalie pirks reports from wembley. high flying brighton landed at wembley relish the status as favourites. the seagulls were pushing for europe in the league and under a grey london sky, an fa cup finals for the first time in a0 years was at stake. united were looking to respond after a defensive horror show in europe. early on alexis mcallister put david de gea to to the test. manchester united were buoyed by the return of bruno fernandes. sanchez needed to be sharp. but brighton had all the running and came up in the second half with all guns blazing and as the game opened up for them the manchester united goalkeeper had to be on his toes. tired legs and heads faced aextra time. chances came and went in this slugfest nobody could inflict the final blow. even all pe
only one place to start the confrontation billed as a potential title decider was a one sided affair as manchester city dominated premier league leaders arsenal to strike a psychological blow at the etihad stadium. pep guardiola s side, now two points behind arsenal with two games in hand, were inspired by the partnership of this man kevin de bruyne and erling haaland. de bruyne got city s opener after seven minutes and then the belgian crossed forjohn stones to double city s lead before half time de bruyne capped off a vintage performance with his second after the break before, who else but, haaland scored his side s fourth. gunners defender rob holding scored arsenal s goal, 4 1 the final score. city can now go top with victory at fulham on sunday. a very good game from both aspect. defensive, the concentration, how aggressive we were to create moments and our buildup was much better. and we made contributions. you can t throw it away because you lost you can t throw
only one place to start the confrontation billed as a potential title decider was a one sided affair as manchester city dominated premier league leaders arsenal to strike a psychological blow at the etihad stadium. pep guardiola s side, now two points behind arsenal with two games in hand, were inspired by the partnership of this man kevin de bruyne and erling haaland. de bruyne got city s opener after seven minutes and then the belgian crossed forjohn stones to double city s lead before half time de bruyne capped off a vintage performance with his second after the break before, who else but, haaland scored his side s fourth. gunners defender rob holding scored arsenal s goal, 4 1 the final score. city can now go top with victory at fulham on sunday. a very good game from both aspect. defensive, the concentration, how aggressive we were to create enviroments and moments and our buildup was much better. a fantastic performance. you can t throw it away because you lost a ga