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Chelsea 0-1 Manchester City (Semenyo 72′)

Antoine Semenyo scored the game’s only goal as Manchester City beat Chelsea to win the FA Cup for the eigth time.

It took a moment of quality in a game where both sides struggled to make much of an impression in front of goal as Semenyo sent a clever flick past Robert Sanchez.

Chelsea created chances but were unable to find the cutting edge needed to punish City.

Victory delivered a 17th trophy in 10 years for City under manager Pep Guardiola.

Chelsea player ratings

Robert Sanchez: Rarely had much to do against an often stagnant Manchester City attack. 5/10

Wesley Fofana: Made some important clearances 6/10

Levi Colwill: Was front-footed, defended well and played a substantial role in Chelsea quickly shifting the ball from back to front. 6/10

Jorrel Hato: Looked to move forwards and dribble through the lines, but sometimes caught out at the back. 5/10

Malo Gusto: Played some nice combinations as Chelsea went forwards. 6/10

Reece James: Linked play well at times but did not do much of note. 5/10

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Moises Caicedo: Had the only effort on target and made some promising runs, but could not take advantage of Chelsea’s chances. 5/10

Marc Cucurella: A little bit clumsy at times before going off. 5/10

Cole Palmer: Sprung into life as the game went on to cause trouble for the City back line, but lacked the clinical edge. 7/10

Enzo Fernandez: Was potentially lucky to only get a yellow for a foul on Bernardo Silva. 6/10

Joao Pedro: Did not make the most of Chelsea’s opportunties. 6/10

Substitutes:

Pedro Neto: 5/10

Alejandro Garnacho: N/A

Liam Delap: N/A

Manchester City player ratings

James Trafford: Had very little to deal with and only had to make one save. 6/10

Matheus Nunes: Produced some great defensive work and pushed further up the pitch when needed. 6/10

Abdukodir Khusanov: Part of a defence which held back Chelsea but did not do anything to stand out. 5/10

Marc Guehi: Dependable presence at the back to win tackles and make clearances. 6/10

Nico O’Reilly: One of City’s brightest sparks. Sent in an excellent cross for a potential opener which Semenyo wasted. 8/10

Antoine Semenyo: Provided the needed quality and scored with an audacious flick in a game which was often drab. 8/10

Bernardo Silva: Constantly involved as City went forwards and created chances. 7/10

Rodri: Played his usual metronomic role in midfield before going off, although misplaced a few passes. 6/10

Jeremy Doku: Constantly in battle with Palmer and Gusto, but was often beaten. 6/10

Omar Marmoush: Did not make much of an impact before being taken off at half-time. 5/10

Erling Haaland: Failed to score in a final once again, but had a goal ruled out and assisted Semenyo. 7/10

Substitutes:

Rayan Cherki: 7/10

Mateo Kovacic: 6/10

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Eighty-seven minutes into their 38th league match of the season and the title belonged to Hearts. If all anybody remembers is who won, never how and never the losers, there will be an exception this season. But this day still belonged to Celtic. The gravitational pull of established might and financial advantage found a way in the end.

Celtic are not used to winning titles in different ways, having to sprint down the home straight rather than easing up to pose for the cameras, shake a few hands and admire the view. Let the record show that they won seven straight league matches to end the season.

That, we must include, is what champions do. They hadn’t been top since September but they were top at 2.30pm on 16 May and that will keep half a city dancing until Monday morning and beyond. For Martin O’Neill, an extraordinary story arc towards the end of a managerial career that many thought was done.

Hearts both lost it at Celtic Park and didn’t; they came to Paradise and missed out on their nirvana. As in 1986, that great calamity they were attempting avenge on Saturday, this was a final-day drama after so long in a position of strength.

But the pressure became heightened due to opportunities missed and precious oxygen wasted along the way: Livingston, Kilmarnock, St Mirren. Hearts had failed to win 13 league matches before the final day and more than half were against sides who ended in the relegation group. They beat the Old Firm five times, the most since Fergie’s Aberdeen. That should have been enough.

Inevitably, there will be a great deal of forlornness, along the Maroon Mile and in Scotland and beyond. A widespread gnashing of teeth about coming so close and ending so far, about hope being all that keeps you alive until it kills you in the final scene. About domination and power and financial might ruling all else.

And…fair enough. If you can’t win it this year, The One With Wilfried Nancy and after Brendan Rodgers’ grand falling out part two, when will you? Celtic are not a club in rude health; quite the opposite. The off-field structure is broken, much of the fanbase is engaging in quiet or noisy protest and they have employed the same guy as an interim and permanent manager in the same season. And still they won again.

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The assumption is that change is coming at Celtic. The assumption has to be that Rangers respond, either by changing manager again or working on better solutions to guarantee a title challenge throughout next season. That is the lot of the outsider: your window of opportunity usually exists only as a crack and can be pulled shut without warning. Ask the boys of 1986 about that.

But there is another story here, perhaps one for when Celtic Park has emptied out and when the bitter disappointment of leading but not winning dissipates just enough to make it bearable to countenance.

In June 2025, Brighton owner Tony Bloom’s company bought a 29 per cent stake in Hearts. The club had already been using Jamestown Analytics, another Bloom company, for their recruitment. Bloom arrived with a plan to disrupt the Glasgow domination of the Scottish Premiership and it would be impossible to argue that he has not done so already. This was a five-year plan that almost achieved the unthinkable inside 12 months.

The recruitment has shifted significantly already. Last season in the Scottish Premiership, 72 per cent of all playing minutes were given to those who represent Scotland, England, the Republic of Ireland, Wales, Northern Ireland and three major British-speaking countries (Australia, Canada, USA) and most of the exceptions were at the Old Firm.

Against Celtic, Hearts’ team had representatives of Burkina Faso, Netherlands, DR Congo, Greece, Austria and Germany; add Norway, Kazakhstan, Albania and Portugal on the bench. That work will continue again this summer.

It will take time – how could it not? It may well never happen – how could there be any guarantee? The financial reality of this league means that the duopoly will take years to shift. They will always generate more revenue and attract higher-profile players because that is how established wealth and power works. To make any dent in the establishment, you have no choice but to try something different. Different means risk and risks don’t always work and aren’t always enough.

But remember too where Hearts have come from so quickly. In April 2025, they lost 0-2 at home to Dundee and Neil Critchley was sacked with relegation a genuine possibility. That was the last time Hearts lost at home, 13 months ago. Now it is a place of wonder.

At Tynecastle in October, when Hearts won the Edinburgh derby in added time, the place felt visceral enough as to make relentless pursuit of more days like this a certainty. If you could come that far in four months of new investment and ownership, where could the next four years of the five-year plan take them?

The crying shame, for almost everyone not associated with Celtic or Hibernian, is that we are still talking in questions rather than monumental results; a different vista is still a mirage for now. We wanted to know if the duopoly would ever end and we still do.

I still think there’s room for hope of change here. I think we have to believe in that and I think it would be good for Scotland, whatever Glasgow will – entirely understandably – say. The world was not shifted off its axis and rolled down the Gorgie Road, but it surely wobbled for a while. A glimmer of air finally rushes through that dusty window again. Celtic won the battle; Hearts are still preparing for war.

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My Sporting Life is The i Paper’s look behind the curtain at what drives sports stars to greatness. Former England and Tottenham maverick Glenn Hoddle speaks with remarkable honesty about being described as a “luxury player,” the toughest opponent he faced, Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God,” music advice from Boy George and his biggest regret.

Football chose me rather than the other way round

I didn’t have a choice. It was in my DNA. I used to sleep with a football until I was nine years old.

There was a couple of things that might have ruined my career. I nearly lost my eye and had my cartilage out when I was 14. But I just loved the game. I’ve never been on drugs in my life, but I felt as if I was on drugs. I thought differently to the era that I played in.

The way I played was more important to me than winning trophies. It’s easy for me to say, but it’s true. It was never hard work for me because I just loved playing.

Being called a ‘luxury player’ never bothered me

It used to make me smile. I always wanted to play abroad. I felt that my style was more suited to the continental game.

I nearly went abroad a couple of times, once to Germany when I was very young, at 20, and then Italy, when I was a bit older. But when I went to Monaco, I worked with Arsene Wenger and the philosophy was totally different. Back when I started, teams never had a No 10.

I got man-marked in France, which didn’t happen in England. That’s why Eric Cantona did well in England but didn’t do well in France, because he couldn’t cope with that man-to-man marking. So it took a bit of adjustment, but I ended up overcoming that and I felt it improved me as a player.

Getting relegated with Tottenham was my lowest point

I was only 18, and we got relegated in 1977. That was the lowest I’ve ever felt without a shadow of a doubt, because it was my team. I’ve supported Tottenham since I was eight years old, and to think I was in a team that got relegated was crucifying for me as a youngster.

But it was good for me in the end, because I learned from it a lot and I learned how to cope with adversity. Some people, they’re great when they’re winning. The minute it goes the other way, they don’t know how to deal with that.

If I could turn back time, that would be the one, because I would approach things so differently now.

Having a perm is my biggest regret

Everyone had a perm back then, so it wasn’t something unusual. But looking back, that was something I shouldn’t have bought. You didn’t used to pay much for a haircut but it cost a fortune.

It took hours. Oh my God, that was the problem. The barber put me in the front seat in his shop in Harlow, which was my town.

I was only a kid but people were walking by and everyone was laughing at me. It was mortifying. So yeah, that was a big personal regret of mine. I can’t look at the photos. I hate it.

The toughest opponent I faced was a player called Jiri Sloup

I’ve got 26 stitches in my forehead to tell you about him. It was the second leg of the Uefa Cup tie against Bohemians Praha, and it was pretty evident after two minutes this fellow was trying to kill me. Dingy, old place we were playing in. The floodlights were dreadful. The pitch wasn’t great.

I remember Ray Clemence threw me the ball, bless him, and I was on my own for a second or two. I could see Sloup coming at me out of the corner of my eye, so I thought I’d flick it round him and spin the other side. He hit me like an express train. His elbow caught me in the head. I tore my groin, so I got stretchered off.

So that was an experience. He was probably the hardest bloke I played against. I wouldn’t want to play against him every week.

Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ played on my mind a hell of a lot

I felt we were cheated. I had to get out of the country. Psychologically, it was tough.

My holiday was a bit later in the summer. I just said, look, we’re getting on a plane, we’re going to go abroad. I watched the World Cup final in Spain somewhere with a load of Germans if I remember rightly.

That was a horrible time. I felt numb. I kept playing it over and over again in my head.

Boy George gave me a music lesson at the urinal

I bumped into him in the men’s toilets in the recording studios, which I can’t remember the name of, where Chris Waddle and I were doing “Diamond Lights”.

I go to the toilet, it’s about two o’clock in the morning and suddenly a fellow walks in behind me. I turned my head and thought, “bloody hell, it’s Boy George!” He was having a pee next to me.

It was a bit of a surreal moment, I’ve got to say. We ended up having a quick chat – he gave me a few tips about music. That was probably the most random [celebrity encounter].

Glenn Hoddle was talking ahead of a month like no other, with five major football finals live on TNT Sports & HBO Max kicking off with the Emirates FA Cup this Saturday.

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James Trafford will be a wanted man this summer with four Premier League clubs already expressing an interest in the Manchester City understudy goalkeeper.

Trafford is likely to start in the FA Cup final for City against Chelsea at Wembley, where he has excelled in cup competitions for Pep Guardiola’s domestic treble-chasing side.

Gianluigi Donnarumma is first choice in Europe and the Premier League, leading to the England international – who rejoined City last summer before the Italy goalkeeper was also signed – to consider his options this summer.

Aston Villa, Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle are all monitoring Trafford’s situation. Several sources suggested a fee of around £40m could be enough to tempt City into letting Trafford go.

Villa have already made contact with the 23-year-old’s representatives as Emiliano Martinez’s future remains up in the air. The Argentine stopper has been strongly linked with a move to Liverpool, who look set to lose Alisson Becker in the summer.

Newcastle are the other frontrunners for Trafford’s signature, with signing a new goalkeeper a priority this summer after a difficult season between the sticks for Nick Pope.

Chelsea and Tottenham have also joined the race more as a “market opportunity”, one source added. The chance to sign an England international for a reasonable price could tempt them into a move, with both lacking in sufficient quality in the goalkeeper department.

Trafford is understood to be open to a move away from the Etihad. He is likely to finish the season with at least two trophies, but his bit-part role in the Premier League and slim chances of usurping Donnarumma on a permanent basis will come into his thinking in the summer.

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The signing of Donnarumma took everyone – including Trafford – by surprise, not long after the England goalkeeper had returned to City from Burnley.

City are not actively looking to sell at the moment, as they brought Trafford to the club as a long-term investment. They are perfectly set up in the goalkeeper department to fight on multiple fronts, as they have this season, with Trafford starting 16 times. However, making a profit on a second-choice option could tempt them into selling.

A lighter workload is not what Trafford returned to City for, something that will not be enough to see him replace Jordan Pickford as England’s number one regularly. He is set to go to the World Cup this summer as second choice.

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There was a social media post doing the rounds last week that asked an awkward question about Alexander Isak.

Would you cut your losses, sell him for £80m and reinvest in a more reliable player? Seen 385,000 times, the replies were surprisingly mixed. For every five accusing the original poster – a high-profile Liverpool account – of rage bait, there was one admitting he might have a point.

It is not a feeling shared inside the four walls of Anfield. Liverpool sources insist they retain confidence in Isak – to the extent that their summer transfer plans revolve around signing a right-footed winger who will draw the best out of their record signing.

The transfer plan was always to build on last summer’s substantial spend – their player trading strategy giving them room within the financial rules – but the departure of Mo Salah and Hugo Ekitike’s serious injury have focused minds. Everything still revolves around Isak.

Arne Slot drew criticism when he referenced Newcastle’s Jacob Murphy, who dovetailed so effectively with the Sweden striker at St James’ Park, as the sort of player Liverpool couldn’t call upon but the message clearly got through to the hierarchy. They are prepared to commit up to £75m to sign RB Leipzig’s Yan Diomande, with Bradley Barcola of Paris Saint Germain another possible target.

Antonio Nusa, who primarily plays on the left, is another on Liverpool’s radar and all would probably give Isak a better chance of returning to the sort of form that persuaded the Reds that they were signing a “sure thing” when they paid Newcastle £125m for him in September.

What’s gone wrong?

Clearly, the impact of a summer of turmoil has lingered. Sources at Newcastle always described Isak as a confident, thoughtful and popular member of the dressing room but the manner of his departure was bitter and consumed the club.

David Hopkinson, Newcastle’s CEO, hailed it as a “good deal” for the club recently but the Magpies have not really recovered from it. At one point Newcastle’s entire legal department were so busy working on Isak’s transfer that Odysseas Vlachodimos was left in limbo over his own loan move. That didn’t feel healthy – and neither did training on his own for months.

Sessions lacked intensity and Isak, according to one source who witnessed the summer’s events, became “deconditioned”. That was a dangerous position for a player whose fitness had to be carefully managed at Newcastle.

Sure enough he was a long way from match sharpness when he eventually moved to Anfield, unable to replicate the explosive bursts of pace that made him so unplayable for Newcastle.

A broken leg suffered just before Christmas – just at a point when Anfield insiders felt he was approaching something like the Isak they signed – was a significant setback. He worked hard alongside Liverpool’s head of rehab physiotherapy Lee Nobes to get back but even now he looks a pale shadow of the player they were supposed to be signing.

‘He’s got to deliver’

“He’s never really looked anything like the player I believe we signed,” Dan Clubbe, presenter on Redmen TV, tells The i Paper.

“The numbers speak for themselves: no 90 minutes completed, four goals, no assists. That’s damning in itself but he just hasn’t passed the eye test. Even when he’s been getting back fit, looked to be getting back to groove, the system around him doesn’t make much sense.

“And of course he’s still got that instinct in front of goal but the other stuff – the dribbling, the running off the ball, the coming deep – he’s not been doing any of that. No one is going to write him off, he’s clearly a wonderful footballer, but I think he’s going to have to deliver next season.”

Isak has not been helped by a changing of the guard at Liverpool, with reliable Jurgen Klopp lieutenants like Andy Robertson and Salah moving on. While there is little doubting the technical quality of the players the Reds signed in the summer, some fret about the lack of true “leaders” in the dressing room now.

That probably doesn’t help Isak, who left a Newcastle team full of forthright personalities. Liverpool is a different kettle of fish – a club expected to challenge for titles every year.

A changing of the guard

While supporters may be losing patience with Slot, there’s no suggestion that the club are readying the ground for a change. Liverpool are unmoved by Xabi Alonso’s advanced talks with Chelsea – first revealed in The i Paper this week – and Slot’s own comments appear increasingly bullish.

But there may be change elsewhere. Sources have told The i Paper that sporting director Richard Hughes is set to join his former colleague Simon Francis at Al-Hilal at the conclusion of the summer transfer window.

What that might mean for the future direction of the club is unclear but one thing is certain. Hughes’ biggest gamble needs to start paying off next season.

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Two years ago, Hummel promised to deliver the Rolls Royce treatment after agreeing the biggest kit deal in Sunderland’s history.

Despite record sales and critical acclaim, they are not in the mood for a victory lap.

Instead a recently inked long-term extension to the original five-year deal, which represents a significant uplift for the Black Cats to reflect their Premier League status, appears to have focused minds at the Danish kit manufacturer.

“When we first started talking to Sunderland I felt there was something special there but it’s turned out to be even bigger than we could imagine,” Hummel UK chief executive Neil Burke tells The i Paper.

Part of that is local sales, which have increased year-on-year but “are yet to reach their ceiling”.

But an equal amount is what Burke calls “the connection”, fans queuing round the block for replica kits and responding to a firm that has committed to “100 per cent bespoke designs” for the club every season.

Globally, Sunderland shirt sales have also spiked since a return to the English top flight.

There is now a roaring trade in Mexico for example, while Burke says there has been a brisk take-up among shirt collectors.

He says he wants to “carry on the momentum” with next season’s strips.

The first kit to launch is slated for a June release while the others will follow in July and August.

Hummel are planning activations to coincide with the club’s US tour, all part of Sunderland’s desire to grow their global brand.

While the home kit will always be red and white, Hummel will “play around” with patterns and shirt collars to give the kit a point of difference.

Burke flags the away kit as “one we’re really, really excited about”.

The bold design will be eye-catching but also has a story behind it that he believes supporters will instantly connect with.

Hummel are also planning two “retro drops” that will be a play on the period between 1988 and 1994 when Sunderland previously played in the brand’s famous chevrons. 

While speculating on designs and leaks is part of the supporter experience, kits actually matter for the club.

Under the Premier League’s new financial rules, Sunderland’s spending will be capped according to revenue – so Hummel committing more money to the partnership is significant.

“We thank the club for backing us because they would have had other offers but they’ve stuck their neck out and gone for Hummel,” Burke says.

“We felt the partnership could be big but it’s turned out even bigger than either side thought so our financials of what we’re offering have increased. We feel that is justified with how things have gone in the last two years.

“It’s fair to say commercials are different when you’re in the Championship and Premier League so we felt it was only right to pay that worth back to Sunderland now they’re established in the Premier League.”

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Long-term the aspiration at Hummel – who recently signed Bournemouth to their stable of clubs – is to become part of Sunderland’s “brand”, perhaps even into the late 2030s or even 2040s.

“We’ve recently signed the extension but I’d love to go even further than that into the 2030s and beyond,” Burke says.

“Why not? There aren’t many bigger clubs in the country than Sunderland.”

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It is currently a matter of time until Michael Carrick is officially charged with being the latest rabbit in the headlights at Manchester United.

The senior figures leading the managerial recruitment process, chief executive Omar Berrada and director of football Jason Wilcox, are convinced and will recommend the former midfielder for the role in the coming days and weeks.

Other candidates remain in the frame, but nobody has impressed Berrada and Wilcox enough to persuade them to overlook what Carrick has achieved in steering this faltering giant back into the Champions League.

There were dream targets, Paris Saint-Germain’s Luis Enrique being the ultimate pick, but of the attainable options, Carrick is deemed the best fit.

The days of United being able to attract anyone they wanted are long gone.

Formal talks will begin shortly, only after one person in particular can be completely assured over the 44-year-old’s credentials.

Gravitas important for the owner

When Sir Jim Ratcliffe purchased a minority stake in United, one of the many business-focused mantras he was keen to get across was that appointments in senior positions had to be the “best in the class”.

Before Ruben Amorim was hired, Ratcliffe was a fierce proponent of then England coach Gareth Southgate, someone he saw as having the global footballing persona and fluid public speaking acumen to lead a sporting behemoth like United.

Amorim was hardly the biggest name, but his honest and fiery approach to the media, where he wasn’t afraid to speak his mind, while also keeping the gravitas of being United manager in mind, sat well with the Manchester-born billionaire.

The Portuguese coach said the right things behind the scenes early on, too, which is why Ratcliffe persevered with Amorim longer than many would, given the disastrous form on the pitch

Ratcliffe has been buoyed by United’s uptick in results since Carrick took charge – no team has taken more Premier League points in that time.

Where he isn’t quite won over is with personality. Carrick is comfortable enough in the media spotlight, but doesn’t really give much away, in terms of insight or passion.

Ratcliffe wants the manager to have the character to match the size of the club. It is unlikely to be a sticking point enough to overrule Wilcox and Berrada, who Ratcliffe entrusted to identify the next candidate, but it is understood to have dampened the co-owner’s enthusiasm.

Player power still has a sway

Whoever you ask around Carrington, first-team regulars or those on the periphery, there is unanimity.

Mason Mount insisted he “likes the way Michael works” in a recent interview with The i Paper. Matheus Cunha claimed Carrick has the “Fergie magic”, while captain Bruno Fernandes hailed the interim coach’s attempts to champion togetherness.

Carrick and his close-knit team of coaches have really enhanced the feelgood factor, with the mood in the camp as buoyant as it has been for many years.

Ineos has made a point of making the right signings in terms of personality to compliment the playing talent, which has helped create an impressive widespread bond, with no cliques.

Senior sources suggested it would be somewhat foolish to go against so many senior players’ wishes.

Backroom staff equally impressive

Steve Holland is starting to develop something of a cult following at Old Trafford.

Having someone of his experience and enthusiasm has been a welcome addition, with sources insisting the assistant coach has played as big a part in United’s success under Carrick as the interim boss himself.

What has been so unusual for a short-term appointment is how Carrick already has a full coaching staff in place. Not just assistants, but first team coaches already gelling with players.

Holland, Jonathan Woodgate, Jonny Evans and Travis Binnion come as part of the Carrick package. There would be no bedding-in process that could have a detrimental effect on results early in the season, effectively writing off yet another campaign before it had even begun.

Signing up Carrick includes a backroom staff who have forged relationships with the club’s shiny new data department, one who are in regular consultation with the recruitment team, ahead of what promises to be a huge summer in the transfer market.

Fits perfectly into the Ineos structure

What got Amorim sacked in the end was what had earlier earned him a stay of execution: his mouth.

Once you clash with the director or football over power, there is only going to be one winner. It is unlikely Carrick would repeat the same mistake.

Carrick is more than happy to take a backseat in recruitment and overall vision. If he has to play a certain way, then so be it. That is what he has been doing since he walked in the door.

It is not clear what Carrick’s tactical approach will be long-term, as he hasn’t had the opportunity to showcase it. Should he get the role on a permanent basis, we will get a better indication of his philosophy.

There will be no Amorim-esque insistence on a back three, however. Carrick’s style of play could come to the fore and bring great success. If it doesn’t, and the powers that be insist he changes his tactical approach, Carrick would be more than willing to toe the company line. Keeping everyone important happy.

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