Pep Guardiola made a beeline towards Dean Henderson after Crystal Palace stunned Manchester City in the FA Cup final and told the goalkeeper that he was upset with his “time-wasting”.
Palace defeated City 1-0 at Wembley to win the club’s first major trophy, with Oliver Glasner’s team making history.
Henderson was the player of the match – making a series of fine saves and stopping Omar Marmoush’s penalty in the first half.
But the former Manchester United goalkeeper was lucky to avoid a red card before his penalty save.
He handled the ball outside the box to stop Erling Haaland running through on goal but VAR determined he did not prevent an obvious goal scoring opportunity.
Guardiola clearly disagreed and went towards Henderson at full-time. The manager wagged his finger towards Henderson, and had to be pushed away from him as the goalkeeper celebrated with his team-mates.
“I just went to shake his hand, but he was disappointed by the time-wasting, but no hard feelings,” Henderson told ITV.
“It’s incredible, we had a feeling it’d be our day today, we executed the gameplan, we deserve this so much,” Henderson told the BBC.
“Haaland might’ve stepped up, I didn’t know which way he’d go, but Marmoush, I knew which way he was going.
“I knew I would save it. The ball carried into my box, I knew I was fine, it held up as it was a bit dry, it doesn’t matter, who cares?”
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