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Hello and welcome to live, minute-by-minute coverage of the FA Cup final between Crystal Palace and Manchester City. Since the FA Cup started to lose its lustre in the late 1990s, many finals have failed to get the juices flowing – and that’s just before the game. It is my abundant pleasure to tell you that today’s match is very different, a fascinating prospect and a delicious study in contrasts.

Palace are one of the deadliest counter-attacking teams around; City, even in such a disappointing season, remains England’s possession kings. Palace are dreaming of the first major trophy in their history; City are desperate to win their first major trophy this season. It’s a perfectly pitched contest – not a heavyweight clash but not David v Goliath either. Palace have a much greater chance than that little shepherd boy with the sling, and look what he managed.