Manchester City thrash Brighton to claim first Women's FA Cup crown since 2020

[p]After bulldozing their way to ‌the Women's Super League title on the back of Bunny ‌Shaw's 21 goals, the Jamaican ⁠international ‌was instrumental again and, after rumours that ​she might depart, she celebrated signing a new contract ​with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/bcOx8Zz6/"]City[/a] by opening the scoring in the 38th minute.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brighton/KxpSSJgi/"]Brighton[/a], ⁠who beat ​City in the league run-in but could not prevent them from being crowned champions, started well ‌in their first trip to the final but the wheels came off when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/greenwood-alex/fuSC1MTu/"]Alex Greenwood[/a] added a second goal deep into first-half stoppage time to send City in 2-0 up at the break.[/p][embed guid="95be5514-3524-42e4-a945-0b4031e669b5" url="https://x.com/ManCityWomen/status/2061115290033750054" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fujino-aoba/0zVMb1vQ/"]Aoba Fujino[/a] netted the ‌third in the 66th minute, ​ghosting past two Brighton defenders ‌and firing home with her left foot, and Dutch striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/miedema-vivianne/8zMQviTF/"]Vivianne Miedema[/a] headed the fourth three minutes before full time ⁠to ⁠complete the rout.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/brighton-KxpSSJgi/manchester-city-bcOx8Zz6/?mid=ITaURIZQ"]Check out the match stats here[/a][/b].[/p]