Dragoș Petrescu article – published on Saturday, May 17, 2025 23:25 / Updated on Saturday, May 17, 2025 23:25
Crystal Palace He succeeded in a historical victory. The formation of Selhurst Park defeated it on Manchester City In the final of the Cup, score 1-0, and won the first trophy in the history of the club. Dean Henderson, the goalkeeper of “Vultures”, had a big day performance, contributing decisively to the success of his team.
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The 28-year-old English goalkeeper from Palace made a big match against the “citizens”, at the end of which he and his team, passed their first major trophy.
Throughout the final at Wembley, he had numerous notable interventions that prevented Guardiola's students from marking, But the most important of them came in the 36th minute, when Henderson managed to look at 11 meters executed by Omar Marmoush.
Dean Henderson dedicates to his father Victoria and the Penalty saved: “This day is his”
Once the final and celebration of the London club, Captain Henderson said that the success in the England Cup is one of the most important moments in his life.
He also added that the main man to whom he wants to dedicate both his trophy and the saved penalty, without which this success would not have been possible, is his father, who died last summer, just before the start of the season.
I am extremely excited … we wanted this victory very much. And the club and me. I really think we deserved this trophy. And now that I have won, what I can say, it is one of the happiest days of my life.
I am very happy that I managed to save that penalty. I don't know if you believe me or not, but I felt it would appear. As if I knew beforehand where he would shoot.
I am extremely happy that I defeated, I really needed it. In the last period I went through difficult times, I lost my father before the start of the season. I miss him every day. Even at this moment, but I know he is with me at every balloon touch. I want to dedicate to him all that happened today
– Dean Henderson said excitedly after the final won against Manchester City
Henderson could be removed in the Wembley final
In addition to the good parades and the saved penalty, the English goalkeeper created a little panic among the London supporters.
In the 25th minute, Erling Haaland escaped alone with Henderson, and he rejected the ball by hand, when the ball was outside the box.
The people of City vehemently asked for Henderson to be eliminated, but after the Lime analysis, the goalkeeper escaped without warning, and the “citizens” received no free kick.
The duel between Henderson and Haaland
After finishing the match, Gary Lineker explained as the decision made by the referees in the Var chamber follows: “The direction in which Haaland was heading was a possible opportunity to mark but not an obvious one”.
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