City's Semenyo seals FA Cup with brilliant backheel
Updated On: 17 May, 2026 09:41 AM IST | London | AFP
Winger Antoine’s deft touch in 72nd minute helps Manchester City defeat Chelsea 1-0 to clinch FA Cup and complete domestic double with EFL Cup already in the bag

Manchester City players celebrate after winning the FA Cup on Saturday. Pics/Getty Images
Antoine Semenyo produced one of the great FA Cup final goals with an audacious backheel goal that sealed Manchester City’s 1-0 win against Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday. Semenyo illuminated a largely scrappy final late in the second half as he improvised a sublime finish to caress Erling Haaland’s cross into the net.
The Ghana winger’s moment of magic was enough to clinch City’s eighth FA Cup triumph and their second piece of silverware this season after the League Cup final win over Arsenal in March. The third FA Cup success of Guardiola’s reign ended City’s run of two successive defeats in the final against Crystal Palace and Manchester United.
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