Nico Gonzalez scored a late screamer as Manchester Metropolis roared again from an almighty scare to beat Southampton 2-1 on Saturday and attain the FA Cup ultimate for a fourth consecutive season. Finn Azaz’s unstoppable roller had given the Championship facet an unlikely lead, however Jeremy Doku’s deflected equaliser quickly restored parity earlier than Gonzalez supplied the grandstand end.
After a primary half that actually lulled two Metropolis followers to sleep reside on tv, the event roared into life as Pep Guardiola’s facet took the sport by the scruff of the neck and did every little thing to open the scoring. However after the hapless Omar Marmoush and substitute Savinho got here shut, it was Southampton who took a shock lead within the 79th minute with an unimaginable long-range roller from Eire worldwide Azaz.
The Saints’ elation solely lasted three minutes, although, as Doku, who had been probing ever since he emerged from the bench, reduce inside and aimed a shot at objective which ricocheted off defender James Bree and nestled into the far backside nook.
Southampton responded with one other rocket from Kuryu Matsuki, however James Trafford tipped it over the bar, and moments later Gonzalez took intention and fired Metropolis into the ultimate.
GOAL charges Metropolis’s gamers from Wembley Stadium…
