The Catalan has now led us to the trophy three times.
This game was our fourth final in a row, a record in the long and illustrious history of this competition.
Further to that, we’ve set a record in getting to the semi-finals in each of the last eight seasons.
That’s come thanks to 32 successive victories in the FA Cup outside of matches at Wembley – semi-finals and finals.
That stretches all the way back to the 2017/18 campaign, which is currently the only year of Pep’s nine at the Etihad Stadium in which he hasn’t led us to the final four of the world’s oldest cup competition.
We have won each of our last 18 home matches in the FA Cup and making this the longest home winning run by any side in the competition proper, surpassing Clapham Rovers’ 17 wins from December 1873 to February 1881.
No side can match our three trophies since Guardiola took charge, with City now on eight successes overall.
Our first came all the way back in 1904, a record 122 years before this one.
In total, Guardiola has taken charge of 54 FA Cup matches as City boss. He’s won 46 of them, nine more than the next best team in the competition over that time period, Chelsea.
We’ve scored a whopping 160 goals in that time, at an average of exactly three per game.
City have only let in 23 goals over those 54 games, leaving us with an astonishing competition goal difference of +137 under Guardiola.
Our biggest win came against Exeter City earlier this season, beating the League One side 10-1 at home.
2018/19 was our highest scoring season in the competition, netting 26 times across six games including a 7-0 defeat of Rotherham United, 5-0 win over Burnley and 6-0 demolition of Watford in the final.
We conceded just once en route to lifting the trophy at Wembley in 2022/23 and that came in the final itself – scoring 19 goals in total across all the rounds.
We’ve also enjoyed a strong record against many of the Premier League’s biggest clubs, beating Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and others on our way to finals and trophies.
Now with 20 major honours under his belt at City, Guardiola may not have lifted the FA Cup as much as English football’s other big prizes but he’s always shown the same excellence and will to win as he has in the Premier League and League Cup in particular.
The boss has now marked his 24th visit to Wembley as a neutral ground with yet more silverware.
