TEMPERS have boiled over on the Wembley benches with Manchester City and Crystal Palace staff squaring up.
Wembley security was forced to calm the situation midway through the second half of the FA Cup final.
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Palace’s Daniel Munoz saw his strike ruled out for offside with the Eagles leading 1-0.
But it was an incident involving Marc Guehi that appeared to have the City medical staff incensed.
The defender went down with what appeared to be an eye injury, before being substituted shortly after the disallowed goal.
City’s head of sports medicine Max Sala was seen roaring in the direction of the Palace bench.
He went face-to-face with Eagles assistant manager Paddy McCarthy, before security was forced to intervene.
City boss Pep Guardiola was seen helping usher Sala back to his seat on the bench.
One stunned fan wrote on X: “The Crystal Palace and Man City medical teams are squaring up to each other. I’ve seen it all now.”
Another joked: “Who’s on standby if the medics need medics?”
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And a third commented: “This is why we love football.”
Palace are looking to win the FA Cup for the very first time in their history.
Oliver Glasner’s side had less than 20 per cent possession in the first half, but stunned City on the break.
Eberechi Eze smashed in following a lightning-quick counter from the underdogs.
And Dean Henderson later saved a penalty from Omar Marmoush – with Erling Haaland passing on the chance to take it.
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