Manchester United’s players shook off a season’s worth of criticism to produce a masterful performance against City. When you play Manchester City, you will never have it easy. And there were spells where City had lots of possession. At the same time, this was also Manchester United’s most straightforward FA Cup final since the 2004 victory over Millwall. United won 2-1 but led 2-0 for most of the game, although, bizarrely Pep Guardiola did not agree United had been the better team. It was a game full of top performances from the entire starting team, with Sofyan Amrabat in particular standing…
