Football Daily - The Debrief: Celtic win the Premiership & Semenyo inspires City

Episode Date: May 16, 2026

Steve Crossman is at Celtic Park with former player Pat Nevin, commentator Conor McNamara and reporter Kenny Crawford with instant reaction to a pulsating title decider between Celtic and Hearts.They pay tribute to the job Martin O'Neill has done in turning Celtic's season around and discuss how unlucky Hearts are to come up just short in the enthralling title race.Plus, former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson is with commentators John Murray and Ian Dennis speaking about the fallout from Manchester City winning an eighth FA Cup against Chelsea at Wembley Stadium.They talk about Bernardo Silva and John Stones ending their City careers on a high and what's next for manager Pep Guardiola.01:02 Unsavoury scenes at Celtic Park 02:08 Pat Nevin talks about the pitch invasion 07:49 Kenny Crawford on the significance of Callum Osmand's goal 15:04 Interview with Luke McCowan 19:19 Celtic boss Martin O'Neill speaks on the pitch 21:37 Manchester City on their way to receive the FA Cup 22:38 Bernado Silva's impact on the club 26:33 The trophy lift 28:20 John Murray describes Pep's fashion choices 29:31 What next for Guardiola? 30:42 Antoine Semenyo on his match winning goal 32:48 Chelsea interim head coach Callum McFarlane

On the Football Daily podcast, The Debrief with Steve Crosman. Welcome to The Debrief on what has been a remarkable day of football, that brilliant backheel by Antoine Cimeno to win the FA Cup for Manchester City against Chelsea at Wembley. More on that later in the show. The big story of the day is the events in Scotland here in Glasgow, where Celtic won the premiership title. They took it from under the noses of hearts in this. pulsating decider in the east end of Glasgow. Hearts took the lead in the first half through their captain, Lauren Shankland. Remember, a draw would have been enough for Hearts.

At this point, they won nil up, but then two big VAR checks, pivotal and tipping the game in favour of Celtic. They went on to win by three goals to one. Connor McNamara then picks things up just after the final whistle amidst some unsavory seats. The full-time whistle has blown. Celtic are the champions, but one or two are letting the club down here. One or two?

The actions to Hart's players on the pitch. Martin O'Neill has done it again, and in the most traumatic circumstance, Hart who gave it everything, sending the goalkeeper up for a late quarter, free kick to try and win the game. But with no one in goal, Osmond scores a goal that will go. down in Celtic history and amidst the pitch invasion and amidst the security and the police and the pitch and the crowds trying to escape down the tunnel and the players seeking refuge and some players now being contained and the pandemonium that we knew at one stage or another

was somehow going to seep its way into this the game finishes with four goals and it finishes with Celtic winning the title for the 56th time to move. Celtic played brilliantly. The vast majority of fans, which it was exciting. And probably, I see, for the third time this season, cellar fans have come on the pitch. But there was hundreds of them missing. Even that you can get the tension.

But attacking hearts players when they're on there, it's just not on. It's totally and utterly, secondingly unacceptable. And don't make excuses for it. Grilled on Celtic. Great. Delighted for you winning the league.

That's a horrible scene then. Things are calming down now, relatively speaking, but this is going to keep bubbling, you would imagine, for some time. The day that Celtic found away, they found a way,

despite a far-from-perfect campaign, the dark days under Brendan Rogers early on, when Martin O'Neill came in and steady the ship, the disastrous tenure, Wilfred Nancy more goals conceded than any title winner in the last quarter of a century as many defeats as any champion season and yet Steve drop because Celtic win the title

record that Rangers it is a 56th notch on Celtic's belt of brilliance Celtic Park is at a decibel level I'm not sure I have ever heard before for the first time since 1928. Celtic have more league titles than Rangers. The heart of Midlothian has broken. Season for Celtic that has lurched from crisis to crisis to pain ends with champagne. I'm sorry, I cannot get over the moments as the full-time whistle went when, when Lauren Shanklin, was attacked. Yep. I'm not the only half player as well.

Underline, brilliant Celtics, fantastic. What spirit, what play for the players, how brilliant my head has been at the end of the season, how fitting he scored, what was the crucial goal? What a magical moment to break away in those last

seconds to put it to bed. Everything's sent here to be a fabulous celebration. It is going to be a fabulous celebration here. Are those scenes yet again? People running on. Okay, you run on. But don't get the morons.

And they are some of them are morons going attacking players. It's totally unacceptable. We'll go back on to them and spend a lot of time on that. Well done, Celtic. Congratulations Celtic. They deserve winners of the title. You do feel sorry for Hart?

Of course you do. But that's league titles. That's sport. That's the way it is. It was always going to go at last time. in Scotland. We knew that. It was an absolute stick on. It was no surprise to sell to it or not either.

Their home ground. So yeah, it's a great day that when the entire nation stroke continent struck large parts of the world were in Scottish football, at a glorious moment, we saw something ugly.

And I know exactly what that means, Conner, because we were saying just before the game, the eyes and ears of the world are on this. You know, the L.A. The Wall Street Journal they're writing about this game and this occasion and it ended on the pitch in the most dramatic way possible, but then that happens and that is going to be for a lot of people the image they take away, I think. There is an alternative story that could have been told today, maybe more of a fairy tale, maybe more of romantic story, maybe one that would have garnered more column inches in the global media. This is Celtic Park.

There is a reason why they have won so many titles that ruthlessness on display will be savored in this city where they don't really care about the global audience. It's who has the bragging rights here. Those scenes on the pitch of the end are dreadful. But in terms of the romance, the story, you want romance, look at Martin O'Neill because in the eyes of Celtic fans,

There is a living day saint just walking down the tunnel. He's somehow done it again. I've never seen a 74-year-old move like that. He's just done a quick turn, Martin O'Neill, because somebody threw a Celtic scarf in his direction. He dodged back. And we can see that the stage is being brought out where that trophy will be presented.

Kenny Crawford has just rejoined us as well. Kenny, as I've just been saying, in a second we will be all over Celtic and their achievement. What we saw is nothing to do with the players on the pitch. It's not the fault of the vast, vast majority of Celtic fans. But seeing what happened to Lauren Shanklin and some of the other hearts players, that will leave a real sour taste for a lot of neutral fans.

Yeah, that's not what we want to see at all. But something that we do want to see is the kind of moment that there was for Callum Osmond there, just to give a little bit further context. Callum Osmond was playing for Celtic. I think just before Christmas in a Champions League match, a European match and he pulled up with a hamstring injury just as he was breaking into the scene at Celtic he was in tears as he had to be subbed off that night

as Celtic start was finished just as soon as it started then he's the man who gets to run up the other end of the pitch today and put that ball into an empty net just 20 years old I think he's from the Channel Islands and what a moment for him the tears of despair before Christmas I'm sure have turned into tears of joy for him and perhaps to play such a key part in that, it's just wonderful. Pat Nevin, let's talk about this Celtic achievement then,

and especially you have to start with Martin O'Neill, who ran down the tunnel. I do hope he's coming back. He will do, don't worry about that. You may be putting a suit on, you never know. No, it is extraordinary. During the commentary, we're saying, if anything's likely to win, it's like to be Celtic,

don't ever give up on them until the last seconds, because they've got that in the BNA to keep. fun going and that's Delty Park I've been here, Manning Boy for decades watching this story. Turned up time and time and time again and yes we did it again today.

The fight, the battle, the belief but in top of that, well done, the manager, because you had to get everything right, you had to make the right changes. He did make all the right changes, got the right spirit within the group, got the right spirit within the fan base as well,

who turned on the club to some degree, Well, they weren't there. They hadn't turned on the club today, had they? It was incredible how much they in these stands got behind our team and drove them on to that win that they needed to get. Now the scenes of celebration on the pitch and in the stand some of the Celtic players are making their way towards us. They're dancing up and down.

They're almost conductors for 60,000 Celtic supporters. As I look to my right, it was ever thus on a cup final day. and this has been A Cup final day. All of the Hartz fans have disappeared. The Maroon shirts have gone. Well, they'll be thinking back to the number 86 for two reasons. 86 was on the clock when Dyson Maeda's shot hit the back of the net. 19806 was the year that Hart lost at Dundee on the final day

and lost the title on season. For so long, the Celtic were creating chances. But the goalkeeper, Scholov, was not. having save after save, after save to make. But Conner, it just turned. It turned when Ian Atchio hit the post, and all of a sudden it was a green and white tide. It's just been an incredible afternoon.

Steve, the celebrity, nobody's left the stadium. Celtic fans, they were confident coming here today. But as you said, for such long stretches of the afternoon, this was Hart's title. And Celtic had to dig into that muscle memory. the way they have achieved it so many times. Goliath beat David today. You know, despite the scare,

despite that weight of history that could have just tilted in the balance of hearts, Celtic flexed that muscle, and they have delivered. And, you know, Shanklin's goal, how quickly it felt like about a minute later that the penalty was awarded down the other end. Hearts never settles into that lead.

And I think the time in it, of that equalizer just as important as anything else today. And then once they made it two one in the second half, I think it was over then. The third goal was just the moment to save her. That will be a moment that Celtic fans live over and over again. But in truth, this contest had been decided by then. Well, the pitch is empty of players for now,

but it won't be for very long. I'm sure Martin O'Neill is just getting ready. I have imagined when the Celtic players emerge. They'll have the pre-prepared T-shirts, with Celtic champions. Maybe it'll say 56 times on it. We'll see. They'll have come in maroon as well.

There'll be hearts t-shirts in cardboard boxes that said champions 2026, which will never ever see the light of day. There's a pitch announcer down there ready to bring back the players onto the pitch. Every eye and every lens inside Celtic Park is on that tunnel. when Maeda scored, Pat, it wasn't just this stadium that shook, but it did. It was the east end of Glasgow that shook.

It was Scottish football that shook. And it was extraordinary. It's sometimes there's a story and it's not a story you're always expecting, but you cannot expect it at some point Maida was having effect today. A big effect in this game. He's had such a brilliant end of the season,

herself and he just turned it on and by the way don't ignore the fact that once they got that two one up my idea was back at left back chasing back constantly to make sure that it was nothing done that could get him off the headline so yeah he done a brilliant job as well that every single Celtic player the guys that won't be noticed as much as the likes of scales and trusted center back they gave perhaps very very few chances today you know the simple stuff of having to do the ugly stuff of dependers It's done it brilliantly well, but you will keep on going back and back and back. Martin and Neil, when he took over again for the second time, you couldn't have dreamed that this could be happening today.

And not even Martin and Neil, I suspect, would have expected it. He has brought Celtic back looking like Celtic football for again. The ultimate photo finish for Scottish football, not won by a head or a nose, but won by a hair by Celtic football. this afternoon. Kenny Crawford, let's bring you back in here

as we wait for the Celtic players to retake the field. Any chance people will be saying Martin O'Neill one more year? Exactly, he said when he finished his first interim spell when Wilfred Nantesi was going to come in it had been a nice little journey.

Who knew he was going to be coming back again after that fateful spell by Nonsei to take the reins once more and he's now won 19 league games in his spell drawn two league games and lost two league games. Brilliant way to go about his business and it could have been so much clearer

for Celtic the title win if he had been in that whole time. Nancy, I think, had eight games in charge and those were not profitable games for him. But Martin O'Neo, as if he couldn't do anything else better, he's just topped it all off with this. Well, let's get a bit of reaction then, shall we, down pitch side.

We can hear from Luke McCowan, who's been speaking to Brian McLaughlin. What a game. and what do you always believe? Always. Especially this season with how bad things got at a point. This group are just something special to bounce back

with that. Every single person in this country counted us out and we never counted ourselves out so I'm so proud of them. Guys they're on the pitch today, I didn't have to play my part of the day but they were amazing. Played with heart, played with composure, everything. So I'm so so happy. The players, the staff and this amazing

club, but it's just brilliant and it's hard not to get emotional. It's just for amazing. get to this stage, it's been quite remarkable, isn't it? Because many were doubting that Selty would actually make it to this last game. Yeah, and it's probably understandable. I mean, we went through stages of this season where there were just such inconsistent results.

And on the last 17, 18 games, I think we lost one. And I said it before, and I said that again, when we're at our best, and everybody touches us, and I'll stick by that, and I'll back our players every single day or week. And it's just a bit new, enjoying the night, and then moving on to Saturday as well,

when we've got another cup final. go and get your mail. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Thank you. Luke McCowan down there with Brian McLaughlin. So we've got Kenny Crawford and Connemat Mara. And as we look around Celtic Park, 60,000 and not one person is left.

Exactly. And I'm trying to think about that Celtic dressing room just now as they probably put their celebratory T-shirts on before they come back out. They must have just slubbed down and thought, I can't believe we've done it. And then in the contrast, do you think about the Hartst dressing room who they left for so much of the season? they'll be slumped in a totally different way I can't believe that in the 86 minute they were winning the league and then in the 87th minute it was Celtic winning the league just an unbelievable season of twists and turns and it's been so good to have the spotlight in Scottish football for this season and so much more exciting towards the end than it normally is and I hope for hearts that they can take the encouragement that they ranes the Celtic and Rangers so so Celtic so close and put Rangers eliminated them out of it towards the end for the next few seasons Tony when they came in said he wanted to rival Rangers in Celtic. They certainly did that. Yeah, Connor, this is the right moment

just to really give hearts their due as we wait for Celtic to celebrate the title. Had Hearts got over the line, they would have been getting the trophy, the maroon ribbons would have been attached and we would have seen that here at Celtic Park for the likes of Lauren Shanklin, for the likes of Derek McKinness,

for everyone here and back in Edinburgh who wears maroon. I mean, all right, Celtic fans won't care for them, Hips fans won't care for them, but everybody else will have something in the throat for hearts. There are hearts fans in Edinburgh who've waited their whole lives for today. This is not the outcome they wanted. They fear it may not happen again in their lifetime,

but it does feel a club that's made some very strong decisions lately. The way the club has been wrong, the way their recruitment, who knows, hearts could be back battling for this. Maybe it won't be another 40 years before the top two overall. Firm clubs get challenged with the pinnacle of Scottish football. But that shadow of, you know, 1986 still lingers. And Hart's, no, they gave it everything here. And sometimes if you make the mistake, if you're not good enough, that can hurt more.

They won't feel it now, Steve, but they can leave with their heads high. They gave this season everything. The minuscule budget compared to the side that's beaten them here. For the badge, for the club, for the supporters, hearts need to be proud. It'll take a few days to feel that way, though, because this, as all sport does when it doesn't go your way, will really, really sting.

So the dust has settled on another Celtic Scottish premiership title. The scepticism around VAR in the game from some quarters, no doubt, will continue. That said, the goal from Maida, the key goal was disallowed on the pitch. It was clearly on side. So without VAR, certainly that would have been a decision, an incorrect decision that would have stood.

Anyway, let's hear from the man who's masterminded Celtic's 56th Scottish League title. Martin O'Neill, who spoke on the Celtic Park pitch during the celebrations. I must admit, I never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that I could experience those lads up there in O'Clyckney. And the atmosphere is just so. The players, the coaching staff, have given me a reason to live as much. And that's not to say my family haven't, you know. But this is the most special place on earth.

I think that when there is absolute unison in this stadium, it is a sight to behold. And I think, obviously the players have been absolutely magnificent, epitomised by the captain, but overall we could not have won it without you. Absolutely not. Tea Radio 5 Live. Patrick Kilty. Stumble in your way into Saturday mornings with great guests. Good morning, Jimmy Nesbitt.

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Patrick Kilty. Saturdays from nine. Listen on BBC Sounds. On the Football Daily podcast, the debrief with Steve Crossman. All right, let's move on to the FA Cup final at Wembley. Eighth win for Manchester City on his 24th trip to England's national stadium. Crikey. Pep Guadiola won for the ninth time as a player

and manager at City's third FAA Cup under PEP Guardiola. They have a double this season, if you like, because of course they won the League Cup as well. Here's correspondent John Murray. Yes, the military have just delivered the FA Cup to the plinth in front of the Prince of Wales and salutes were exchanged there. So it sits there.

Above our level, out of our sight. It's on the next level up with the sky blue ribbons on it, fluttering once again. It might not be a wild and frenzied trophy presentation this one, but I think it will be emotional because it'll be Bernardo Silva who will be receiving the trophy. In the final days now of his Manchester City career, this excellent 31-year-old Portuguese midfielder

who today has played his 458th match in a Manchester City shirt. So he will finish 8th on the Manchester City shirt. city appearance list. You know, and that's the entire history of the club. Just in front of Mike Somerbyt, just behind Tommy Booth. That Paul Robinson, that is a career. Well, he's going to leave a hole, isn't he? I mean, he's slight in size, but he's going to leave.

Quite a small hole. A hole nevertheless. Yeah, but he's going to leave a huge cavity in the middle of that Manchester City team. But Pep seems to rejuvenate these teams, regenerate his teams. And what we spoke about there, the signings of Gae and Semenyo in January. is just another example of that and they'll have to do that again next season because Silver has been such a big part of this team

and a classy touch as well I know just just before they set up up the Wembley steps he saw Cole Palmer and Liam Dallap two of his former teammates coming down and went across and had a word with them Bernardo Silver and now they're gathered here

as they do on our level which is the top of the lowest level of Wembley Stadium Manchester City fans have stayed looking out from where we sit here one half sky blue the other mainly empty red seats. Some Chelsea supporters have stayed back

and actually the Chelsea squad is all down there as well preparing to give their applause to Manchester City in the time-honoured sporting way. So the Manchester City squad begins to set off now up the steps. Pep Guardiola is leading them up there

so he will be first along the line And as I look through the various railings and across the heads of people, I can see lots of smiling faces in the Manchester City squad. And it's a very satisfied smile on the face of Pep Guardiola, going to be part of the trophy celebration on the balcony at Wembley in his cream roll-neck sweater. It's been that sort of day at Wembley. It's not the classic sweltering FAA Cup final day.

And he leans forward. And the Prince of Wales puts the ribbon with the golden medal around his neck. And then, of course, the rest of the Manchester City players follow along the line. And Antoine Simeonio, the man who scored the goal. I think the Prince of Wales has just said something along the lines of what a goal that was to him as he received his medal. They're wearing the special shirts. They're Manchester City shirts, but they have written on them in golden numbers. 26 for the year and winners at the top.

And I see Thomas Tuchel and Pep Guardiola exchanging a word a two as well. Remember how Thomas Tuckel's Chelsea won against Pep Guardiola's Manchester City in the Champions League final in Ptoe in 2021. That was and remains the last time that Chelsea have beaten Manchester City. So the city players and all of the various substitutes and squad members are in place now and we're waiting for the moment when one of the great trophies of sport will be handed to the winners

the FAA Cup trophy itself and John Stones and Bernardo Silver who are both leaving City after such great service John Stones he didn't get under the pitch here today it looks as though the two of them will be lifting the FAA Cup together if I am right.

So they're waiting at the back of the line. Smiles Bowes. John Stones comes across. He gets a hug from Debbie Hewitt who's been handing the medals to the Prince of Wales. It goes around his neck and he has Bernardo Silver now.

So the Manchester City captain in his final season, the Prince of Wales just tucks his jacket together. Bernardo Silva actually says gets a word as well from Caldoun al-Mubarak the Manchester City chairman

and reaches across as well. well with the various other officials there. And now we're ready for the moment where the FA Cup is presented to the winning team. And in 2026, it is Pep Guardiola's Manchester City team led by Bernardo Silva. And the players just squeezed together up there in that narrow space on the balcony.

And it is going to be John Stones with one hand, Bernardo Silver with the other handle and together, Bernardo Silver and John Stones lift the FA Cup at Wembley for Manchester City. The ticket tape rains down on all of these supporters down in front of us. City cheers go up around half of Wembley Stadium and yet again the sky blue flags are waving inside Wembley Stadium as Manchester City win the FAC Cup for the eighth time. time now only Arsenal and Manchester United have won it more times than Manchester City

and Pep Guardiola will be getting his hands on it very shortly the third time they've won it under pep Guardiola whether this is heading towards the end of the story for Guardiola and Manchester City right now sitting here in Wembley we don't know but for Guardiola now lead Cup winners in 2026 FA Cup winners in 2026 and under Guardiola in his 10 years, the running tally is now. Six Premier Leagues, three FA Cups, five league cups, a Champions League, a UEFA Super Cup, a FIFA Club World Cup and throw in three community shields as well. What a role of honor that is for Guardiola as one of the great of the game. Manchester City, winners of the FA Cup against Chelsea. And Paul Robinson, I was just looking at Pep Guardiola's face then,

and he's now walking down. In fact, it's probably just outside your window right now. He is right outside the window. Can you see? Absolutely correct. Yeah, should we give back? He's right outside the window here. And it's Kashmir, I can tell you that, because I can see it close up.

His roll neck and his brown trousers have got a nice check to them as well. And he is standing there. Manchester City supporters just in front of us, shouting out to him. gives them a little wave and he's just waiting for the other Manchester City players. The final ones now coming down the steps. Here's Benardo Silver and he turns here.

He's just waiting to be told what to do. The gold medal bouncing off the Kashmir. And down he goes now in front of us and here's Antoine Cue. There's the F.A. Cup as well. Tajani Rindus has got it in his hands and listen to this. This is Manchester City and their players

dancing down the steps of Wembley Stadium with the FAA Cup in that hands. Lovely. Well, Pep said before the game, Paul, and I will paraphrase here, because it doesn't quite make it for radio, he said, I've been fun, I've been flipping fun. Looking at him, looking in his eyes there, he just looked like someone who was thinking, this never gets old. And people will talk about his future, but he never gets bored of winning. Well, listen to that record where John's just read out there, it's actually incredible, isn't it? I mean, this is a club now that's been ingrained with winning trophies. It's a regular. You know, they're here at Wembley so often now,

and they've become a superpower, thanks to him. You look at the investment that the club's had, and yes, you can talk about the off-field events, but somebody has to put a team together year and a year out, and he's been able to do that on a regular basis and have them competing at the top of the English Premier League and across Europe for a number of seasons now. And you talk about the hole that Bernardo Silver and leave.

When Pep Guardiola ever does decide to leave Manchester City, it will be a ginormous hole that they have to fill. And do you know that mentality, Steve, that you're talking about is that he said to the players there'll be a short celebration tonight they're not staying over in London they're going to travel back to the northwest

and then they're going to focus on Tuesday's trip to Bournemouth. That winning mentality is ingrained in him. All right, let's get reaction from both camps, shall we first Mark Chapman with the match winner Antoine Semenio and then Chelsea interim coach Callum McFarlane with Masferuki. Antoine, congratulations.

These three have been trying to analyse your finish. What I'm in They talk about practicing training. Have you been practicing that back heel in training? It's happened a couple times in training. Has it? It happened perfectly. Today it was behind me.

As long as I got contact on it and it was towards goal, I was hoping we were going. Just in the build up to it, it looked like you thought you might make the run and the Harlem go inside and then you checked and let Harlem make the rod. Yeah, I know. Everything happened so fast, to be honest. But when you got the ball, I just wanted to make the box, make sure I'm a present, see what would happen and came straight to me

and just had to improvise as quick as I can. I can and I'm happy with the finish grateful. How to feel to score the winning goal from January move to Man City and then scored the willing to football? I feel surreal to be honest. I don't even have words to describe. Obviously I've never competed for trophies like this before

so everything's just so new to me now. I'm enjoying every day, enjoying all these trophies and hopefully we can finish off the job at the end of the season, hopefully. These two are trophies again at a bit, get a bit but let's show you your goal shall I don't know how many times you you've actually based it to see it yeah but you had to leave like like well as well right next year didn't you yeah no I did he was real close a lot

of contact but again it was behind me I just needed to get contact on it towards the goal and yeah it was good enough contact time perfectly and Sanchez couldn't get there yeah I'm happy with that it's a good finish that's a good finish you're in a bit of shock yourself as you see this this is this is the second time I've watched it back so yeah it's a good finish it's a good finish I found out good and your career has been being beautiful to watch I saw clips of you practicing your finishing on soldiers and I was blown away by it right and I can see you used

to pray for times like this and shine like this oh 100% I mean as a kid I've always wanted to be playing for the top teams and competing for all the trophies and shining and it took a long time to get there but listen I'm grateful I mean whatever happened when I was 16 15 whatever it is it doesn't mean it's the end of the journey so Just have to keep working hard and you get your chance. Callum, talk us then through how that final played out from your side's perspective. It's a disappointing result.

I thought it was too evenly matched sides. Got a lot of respect for Manchester City. They cause you a lot of problems. Firstly, congratulations to them on winning the FA Cup. But I thought it could have gone either way today. I thought there were moments where we were the better side. I thought there was moments where they were the better side. And they've produced a really high quality moment that's decided the game.

Yeah, talk to us about. the real positive moments from your team. You really built up a head of steam towards half time. And you started the second half, incredibly strongly as well, but just you didn't seem able to build on those moments. Yeah, I think they started the better side. We didn't quite get our press right in the first 15 to 20 minutes.

Once we started getting that right, we started to take control of the second half. We had momentum, we had moments. We got into really good areas. We didn't quite capitalize on that. I thought we started the second half, the better team as well. And you felt like we need a go at the,

this moment and then they actually end up producing a moment when the game went a bit into nothing and then you end up having to chase the game and it makes it very difficult. There are a couple of challenges as well of your players in the city area, a couple of appeals for penalties. I wonder if you have thoughts on those moments as well. Yeah, listen, for me, the Jarrell Hato and Kusinoff is a penalty. Jarrell gets in front. He's got in front of him. There's a collision into his back. He's not trying to win the ball. It's a penalty. similar to last week with Jiao Pedro and Fringpong.

For me, they're both penalties. We don't seem to be getting the rubber the green on that. If that's anywhere else on the pitch, the ref gives a foul. So it makes it even harder to take in all honesty. I wonder for you personally as well, obviously, with your managerial career, what you've taken from this whole experience. I mean, an FA Cup final is so massive and all the demands there are on your time in terms of working with your players, but obviously media commitments as well.

I just wonder what you take away from the whole experience as well, personally. I don't think it's the right time to speak about my experience. I'm honestly devastated for the players. I thought they gave everything today. There's been a lot of people questioning their fight, their commitment to this club and I thought it's just disappointing with how inconsistent we've been. But this team on their day when they produce that level of performance, they can compete with anyone.

So I'd probably like to focus on that more than my experience. Okay, finally then, obviously you've got games still in the Premier League to play and I wonder therefore how you approach those. I mean, we've just been hearing that obviously eighth place now in the Premier League could secure European football next season. So, you know, you're still very much in the hunt. Yeah. We can't really think about that. We've got two massive games.

We've got a massive game on Tuesday night against Spurs at home. It's a big game for this club, especially. So we need to recover from this. It's going to be difficult because we're devastated at this moment in time. But we've got a couple of days to get over it, to get the plan ready to go and face Spurs who are fighting for their lives as well. So it's going to be a massive game. And we need to produce these things. sort of level of performance again and hopefully have those moments of quality that decide the game.

All right, that's it for this edition of the Football Daily podcast brought to you from here in Glasgow and from London at Wembley Stadium as two of the biggest titles in British football were won by Celtic and Manchester City. As always, thank you so much for listening. Welcome to the Wai Rueh. We're joined by Wain Ruiroen. We are joined by the actor James. Nelson Jumps. Saturn, Lars. We've got to get you in season,

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