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"contents": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said before the FA Cup final against Manchester City on Saturday that his charges always play well </span><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-05-24-despite-the-worst-premier-league-season-man-united-could-lift-some-silverware-if-they-beat-city/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when they are underdogs</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. His troops proved him right when they upset Pep Guardiola’s side 2-1 at London’s Wembley Stadium.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United’s thoroughly deserved victory came courtesy of a strike from each of their teenage starlets Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho. Belgian Jérémy Doku scored City’s consolation goal in the dying minutes, but the Red Devils held on to clinch a second major trophy in as many seasons.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was an impressive feat considering that the decorated club went six years without silverware before Dutch tactician Ten Hag masterminded a 2-0 win in the 2023 Carabao Cup final against Newcastle United.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With victory over City, Ten Hag and his men avenged last season’s disappointment in the final of the same competition, which their crosstown rivals clinched 2-1. </span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2201733\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2154652416.jpg\" alt=\"Erik ten Hag\" width=\"720\" height=\"498\" /> <em>Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag celebrates after their FA Cup victory over Manchester City at Wembley in London on 25 May 2024. 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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag celebrates after their FA Cup victory over Manchester City at Wembley in London on 25 May 2024. (Photo: Alex Pantling / Getty Images )
Manchester United fans at the FA Cup final against Manchester City at Wembley in London on 25 May 2024. (Photo: Alex Pantling / Getty Images )
Kyle Walker of Manchester City and Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United during the FA Cup final at Wembley in London on 25 May 2024. (Photo: Robin Jones / Getty Images)
Manchester United fans celebrate during the FA Cup final against Manchester City at Wembley in London on 25 May 2024. (Photo: Reuters / Hannah McKay)
Manchester United's Sofyan Amrabat celebrates with the trophy after their FA Cup victory over Manchester City at Wembley on 25 May 2023. (Photo: Reuters / Hannah McKay)
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag and Lisandro Martinez celebrate after winning the FA Cup on 25 May 2024. (Photo: Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Couldridge)
Manchester United's Marcus Rashford in action with Manchester City's Kyle Walker during the FA Cup final at Wembley on 25 May 2024. (Photo: Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Couldridge)