Rico Lewis and Josko Gvardiol were on goal when Manchester City Nottingham Forest defeated 2-0 in Wembley to book their place in the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace.
City celebrated on Sunday within two minutes when Lewis spans itself and put a well -affected effort in the top left corner from the D.
Nico O'Reilly avoided two forest challenges and shot wide of the correct pole of 25 meters in what would have been a sensational effort because the difficult trees were overwhelmed.
Indeed, it was only in the beginning of the second half that they had their first shot, and it should have been a goal because replacement Anthony Elanga miserably side Voets wide side of eight meters after great work by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
City punished the forest on the other side in a hectic spell where Mateo Kovacic had saved a shot on the line by Mats Selz, and handball shouting from Zach Abbott Go unheard of.
From the resulting corner, Gvardiol hit a header in the right corner of the delivery of Omar Marmoush.
Morgan Gibbs-White hit the bar against the bar and then hit the left post after completing Stefan Ortega that was punctured on a gvardiol error.
The happiness of Forest was out again when Taiwo Awoniyi also hit the woodwork and Ortega de Blanco header from Gibbs-White, while City held firmly to reach a third straight FA Cup final.
20 – With today's opening goal, Rico Lewis (20Y 157D) became the youngest player who scored for Manchester City in Wembley since Steve Mackenzie in May 1981 (19Y 172D in the FA Cup Final v Tottenham). Blue. pic.twitter.com/5q6e3d2yqm
– Optajoe (@Optajoe) April 27, 2025
Data Debrief: Lewis emules Mackenzie
It was a memorable day for Lewis, who only resulted in his fifth city goal.
20 years and 157 days he became the youngest player who scored for City in Wembley since Steve Mackenzie, who was 19 years old and 172 days old when he scored in the FA Cup final of 1981 against Tottenham.
In the meantime, the goal of Gvardiol was his 11th for the city in all competitions, which the joint-mest represents by a defender for a Premier League club since the start of last season, together with Fabian Schar of Newcastle United.
Marmoush earned the assist for the goal of Gvardiol and this season he has 41 target contributions in all competitions, a count that was only improved by Liverpool Ace Mohamed Salad (55) among the current Premier League players.
This victory means that City has reached a third consecutive FA Cup final and therefore the first team is to reach the final of both large domestic trophies in three consecutive seasons, after the EFL Cup Pronze Past Falled between 2018 and 2021.