Manchester City have reached the FA Cup final with a 1-0 victory over Brighton that was high on tension.
Gabriel Jesus made the crucial breakthrough in the third minute when he stopped to head in Kevin De Bruyne’s perfect cross as City kept their hopes of a quadruple on course.
The emotion of the day could hardly have been more different for the two clubs involved.
For Brighton, it was their most important game since their appearance in the FA Cup final in 1983, while City have a bigger match in three days’ time in the Champions League.
The Seagulls were full of passion and emotion as they tried to pull off an upset, but City maintained their composure to get the job done.
City were far from their best. After taking such an early lead, they could have made it a far more comfortable evening if they had been more ruthless and killed off Brighton’s hopes earlier.
As it was Chris Hughton’s side were still running City hard until the final kick of the game.
