Football: Toure seals City’s FA Cup triumph

LONDON:

Manchester City ended their 35-year trophy drought, beating Stoke 1-0 to clinch the FA Cup final at Wembley.

Ivory Coast international Yaya Toure was the hero once again for City, rifling in a shot on 74 minutes to settle a largely one-sided encounter. A shot from Balotelli deflected off Marc Wilson and fell kindly to the former Barcelona midfielder who blasted an unstoppable first-time shot past Sorensen. The win gave City their first piece of silverware since their victory in the 1976 League Cup final at Wembley.

It also sealed a fine week for City, who had clinched qualification for next season’s Champions League on Tuesday by beating Tottenham.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 15^th, 2011.