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Record breaking Manchester City complete treble with Watford thrashing in FA Cup final

InternationalRecord breaking Manchester City complete treble with Watford thrashing in FA Cup final
Manchester celebrate FA cup win. Pic Man City Twitter

The unstoppable looking and record breaking English Premier League champions Manchester City FC completed first ever domestic mens treble in England by wining the FA Cup final against Watford At Wembley.

It was Raheem Sterling who scored the first FA Cup final hat-trick since 1953 as Manchester City rounded off an outstanding season by crushing Watford.

Manchester City celebrate goal. Pic Man City Twitter

Sterling was the star of the show as Pep Guardiola’s team became the first English men’s team to achieve the feat of winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup in the same season.

They reaffirmed their status as this season’s dominant force as Watford were utterly outclassed.

Manchester City celebrate goal. Pic Man City Twitter

Watford’s best chance of over-turning the odds came early on when City keeper Ederson saved at the feel of Roberto Pereyra and they were furious when referee Kevin Friend waved away penalty claims after Vincent Kompany blocked Abdoulaye Doucoure’s shot.

The contest was effectively over from the moment David Silva finished from close range after 26 minutes, Sterling doubling the advantage before half-time by turning in Gabriel Jesus’s goalbound shot.

Watford rallied briefly after the break but were always wide open to the counter attack.

They were brutally punished by an imperious City side, as substitute Kevin de Bruyne scored from Gabriel Jesus’s pass just after the hour before the Brazilian raced clear for another goal shortly afterwards.

Sterling wrote his own name into the history with a treble by scoring twice in the final 10 minutes – turning in Bernardo Silva’s perfect cross before bundling in the final goal of a memorable display from Guardiola’s side.

Manchester City celebrate goal. Pic Man City Twitter

It was City’s sixth FA Cup triumph and their first under Guardiola, who has now won six trophies since taking over at Etihad Stadium in 2016.

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