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Dean Henderson celebrating with the FA Cup© Sebastian Frej/Getty Images
Manchester City will end this season without a major trophy added to the cabinet after they were beaten 1-0 by Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final on Saturday.
Omar Marmoush let Manchester City down
The Egypt international, signed from Eintracht Frankfurt in the January transfer window, was given the ball by regular penalty taker Erling Haaland to shoot from 12 yards for the first time in his Manchester City career.
Marmoush, after a long wait whilst VAR confirmed the decision, struck his penalty low to Dean Henderson’s right, not far enough in the corner to prevent the goalkeeper from getting a strong hand to it.
The Cityzens still have Champions League football to fight it out for in their last two matches in the Premier League, but a goal from Eberechi Eze ensured that their cup campaign ended in failure.
Alan Shearer believes Dean Henderson was fortunate not to be sent off for his handball outside the penalty area in Saturday’s FA Cup final. The Crystal Palace hero made a string of saves. including to deny Omar Marmoush from the penalty spot, as his club won their first ever major trophy at Wembley.
But he clearly used his hand outside the box to keep the ball out of Erling Haaland ’s reach during the first half, an action that somehow went completely unpunished by referee Stuart Attwell and VAR Jarred Gillett.
And Shearer said: “To win the FA Cup you always need a bit of luck too, and perhaps they got that with the decision not to send off goalkeeper Dean Henderson for his handball outside his box when Erling Haaland ran through in the first half.
“They got away with one there, because if I am a City player then I want that to be a red card and it probably should have been, but there was no luck about the saves Henderson made, including Omar Marmoush’s penalty, and he was another of their heroes.
Despite that assessment Shearer says Palace were entirely deserving of their victory. In a BBC Sport column, the Premier League ’s all-time top goalscorer added: “There were so many impressive individual performances from the Palace players, and I thought they were the better team too. They deserved their win, and they certainly gave everything to get it.
Source:The Mirror