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Manchester United football club of England put up a superb display to beat Manchester City 2-1 in the final of the FA Cup at the Wembley Stadium on Saturday, May 25.
The under-pressure Erik Ten Hag coached his side to score twice in the first half through youngsters Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo.
Garnacho capitalised on a confusion between Stefan Ortega and Josko Gvardiol to fire into an empty net on the half hour mark before Mainoo added the second nine minutes later.
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City tried to recover in the second half as a weak save by Andre Onana on 87 minutes left the score at 2-1 after Jérémy Doku’s shot.
Despite enormous pressure, United held on and sealed a memorable victory.
The win pushes Newcastle out of Europe and takes Chelsea from the Europa League spot to the European conference league .
Ten Haag will be hoping that the win is enough to keep him at the club.
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