- WEMBLEY — Manchester City reached the FA Cup Final for a third successive
season with a 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest.
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- Rico Lewis' early strike and Josko Gvardiol's second-half
header were enough for Pep Guardiola's men, who will now face Crystal Palace on
17 May.
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- The seven-time Emirates FA Cup champions dominated a
largely uneventful first 45 minutes after Lewis' goal and were able to see the
game out after Gvardiol doubled their lead just six minutes after the restart.
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- After a slow start, Forest pushed City all the way with a
strong second-half performance but were unable to find a way through despite
hitting the woodwork on three separate occasions, as their wait for a first FA
Cup Final appearance since 1991 continues.
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- "Seven semi-finals in a row, three finals speaks so
highly about this generation of players and this Club in itself. We are really
pleased that we are there. This season has not been good because what defines
it is the Premier League," said City manager Pep Guardiola.
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- "Since I have been here always we have been there
(in the league) but we try to avoid the damage and qualify for the Champions
League.
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- “We have five days to play a team like Wolves who are
playing really good. We have four finals in the league and then, unbelievably,
pleased to play Crystal Palace here. Yesterday you saw how good they are,"
he added.
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- Man of the Match Rico Lewis said, “Obviously I’m over the
moon with my goal. It’s just a position that I like to play, it’s different to
playing as a full-back and then coming inside, you know, you’re always inside.
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- “Today was a tough game, but you know we showed a kind of
different side to our game where we can survive and get through it at the end.”
