Eberechi Eze continued his exceptional scoring type to comb resilient Crystal Palace forward with a splendidly labored aim within the sixteenth minute of the FA Cup remaining 2025 – and Manchester Metropolis then spurned a penalty.
Palace soaked up a succession of early Metropolis assaults earlier than Daniel Munoz raced down the best and located Eze contained in the field, who fired in first time along with his proper foot for the England worldwide’s sixth aim in his final 5 matches in all competitions.
“That actually is an unbelievable aim,” former Three Lions striker Alan Shearer informed BBC Sport. “It’s solely the second time they’ve been previous the midway line.”
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2025 FA Cup remaining: Eze aim vs Metropolis
“It actually, actually is a formidable aim,” mentioned Shearer, including that Metropolis goalkeeper Ederson had “no probability”.
“The ball as much as [Jean-Philippe] Mateta, the centre-forward play to carry it up, then the working off the ball from Munoz, then the standard to choose his head up and decide the best move to Eze.
“May he end it off? Completely. That’s Crystal Palace in a nutshell – from again to entrance, punishing you. Who says possession is essential? They’ve been beneath big strain for the overwhelming majority of this sport.”
EZE!!!!
CRYSTAL PALACE ARE IN FRONT AT WEMBLEY 🔥#FACup pic.twitter.com/cEw7voYVwK
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) May 17, 2025
FA Cup remaining 2025: Marmoush penalty saved
Whereas Palace supervisor Glasner celebrated the aim in animated vogue, Metropolis high scorer Erling Haaland was seen along with his arms on his hips within the aftermath and team-mate Bernardo Silva was seen scratching his head.
There was extra first-half distress to return for Metropolis when Omar Marmoush’s first penalty for the membership was saved by Dean Henderson.
January signing Marmoush fired his spot kick to Henderson’s proper however the England goalkeeper guessed appropriately and sprung to beat the hassle away earlier than returning to his toes to collect the ball from Metropolis’s try to capitalise from the rebound.
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Haaland, who has missed three of his seven penalties in all competitions in 2024/25 together with one at Bournemouth within the quarter-finals, appeared to resolve in opposition to taking the chance, kissing the ball and Marmoush’s head whereas handing the chance to the Egypt striker.
“What a save that’s,” mentioned Shearer, who was a penalty specialist on his solution to changing into the all-time report scorer within the Premier League throughout his taking part in carer, which resulted in 2006.
SAVED BY HENDERSON 🚫
Omar Marmoush misses from the spot ❌#FACup pic.twitter.com/PfvBowkW6V
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) May 17, 2025
“The goalkeeper is in command of that state of affairs, guesses proper and [makes] an enormous, sturdy save to maintain it out.
“[Haaland’s] match sufficient to begin the sport, so it should be mentally that he’s both mentioned he doesn’t need it or [City manager] Pep [Guardiola] doesn’t need him to take it.
“That could be a huge shock to me, although. I wouldn’t be ready to surrender a penalty in a cup remaining – no probability.
“Metropolis might be kicking themselves that they’re not at the very least degree, as a result of they’ve had a few actually good probabilities.”
FA Cup 2025: TV channels
Followers have been capable of watch this season’s competitors on the BBC and ITV, and the ultimate is being proven on BBC One and ITV1.
FA Cup remaining on-line streams
The BBC Sport web site and BBC iPlayer app and ITV.com and the ITVX app are the locations to look at the FA Cup remaining dwell.
Each apps can be found on all kinds of gadgets, permitting supporters to observe the drama on the go.
Man Metropolis FLEW out of the blocks yesterday! 🚀🔥#ITVFootball | #EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/v3bc10Qjrn
— ITV Soccer (@itvfootball) April 28, 2025
FA Cup 2024/25 prize cash
Listed below are the figures printed by the FA for the way a lot the winners and losers obtain at varied levels.
Third spherical – winners £115,000 / losers £25,000
Fourth spherical – winners £120,000
Fifth spherical – winners £225,000
Quarter-final – winners £450,000
Semi-final – £1 million / £500,000
Last – £2m / £1m
