Crystal Palace leaves Guardiola's City without a title for the first time since 2017.

Crystal Palace won the FA Cup, their first title in their 164-year history, with a 1-0 victory, leaving Manchester City with a clean sheet, their first since 2017.

The Eagles, louder, hungrier, and with a spectacular Dean Henderson who even saved a penalty, outclassed Pep Guardiola 's team, who continued their season-long form but faltered in the decisive moment.

A goal from Eberechi Eze, culminating a counterattack launched by Jean-Philippe Mateta and followed by Colombian Daniel Muñoz , who put in a brilliant cross for the Palace number 10 to finish, unsettled a City side that received the final blow on Saturday.

This FA Cup was their chance to save the season with a title, a sort of icing on a rather sour cake given their fate in the Premier League, Champions League, and League Cup, three trophies long lost.

But City never fully recovered from that sting from Eze , undoubtedly the best player at Crystal Palace, but not the only one in a team that has Mateta as a center forward from another era, a ball-playing midfielder like Adam Wharton , who will be seen a lot in the English national team in the future, and the electric Daniel Muñoz on the right wing.

And Dean Henderson in goal, too, because although the keeper could have and certainly should have been sent off for cutting off Haaland's run on the edge of the box with a hand, he saved a penalty from Omar Marmoush that could have changed the game.

Henderson , formerly of United, guessed the Egyptian's intentions, a surprising penalty taker with Kevin de Bruyne and Haaland on the pitch, and added to his impressive record with penalties. He has saved nine of the 22 taken against him in his career, a success rate of over 40%. Truly brutal.

He added several more to this action to round out his performance. Most notably, a stretch against Jeremy Doku and a one-on-one with debutant Claudio Echeverri . He saved his team in crucial moments and, from his own goal, under the City fans, celebrated Daniel Muñoz 's 2-0, during the few moments it took for VAR to rule it out after verifying that the play was offside.

It was a small cold shower for the Londoners, who already saw themselves with the trophy under their belt, but they were able to withstand the final push from Guardiola 's team and secure a title that had eluded them in the 1990 and 2016 finals.

Glasner's major project

The first major trophy for the Eagles in their 164-year history and a reward for the great project that Oliver Glasner has built since arriving at Selhurst Park in February 2024. He has saved Palace two consecutive seasons, kept them in mid-table and given them the long-awaited title.

On the other side of the spectrum is a defeated City, in need of regeneration and with the only joy this season remaining: qualifying for the top five in the Premier League to avoid relegation to the Europa League next season.