After seven years, all four of them were gone, and Manchester City s last fig leaf was stripped of

Reporter Han Bing reported that the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium is a microcosm of Manchester City's season from the process to the results. For the same weak London team, Manchester City could sweep 5-2 in April, but now they are helpless. Even with the major misjudgment of Crystal Palace goalkeeper Henderson being sent off a handball outside the penalty area and the accident of Marmush losing a penalty, Manchester City should not reverse from 5-2 to 0-1, and use a signature loss to complete the "four majors are empty" failed season.

Please before the game Guardiola declared that he hoped to send De Bruyne off with the trophy. But the cowardly Haaland and the tired De Bruyne were unable to get Manchester City to win this season's consolation prize, so the Premier League over the past eight years has been torn off the last fig leaf.

This is the first time that Manchester City has "all four majors are empty" since the 2016/17 season. That year was Guardiola's first season at Manchester City, and it was understandable, but this time it was back 8 years ago overnight, and the first phase of Guardiola's Blue Moon Dynasty had officially come to an end.

The finals of the season collapsed, the trophy was considered by Manchester City people as the last comfort of the failed season. Haaland anonymously donated 5,000 euros to create a huge banner paying tribute to De Bruyne, but neither of the superstars contributed to the consolation prize. Haaland does have the chance to score a penalty, but the Norwegian, who had previously missed 7 penalty kicks and lost three times this season, timidly gave the opportunity to Marmush. Ferdinand sighed for this: "(Give the point) is the biggest difference between Haaland and Mero."

Manchester City lost not only a trophy, but also a comprehensive failure from psychology to tactics, from employment to adaptation. Not only Haaland is cowardly, but also Guardiola, who was defeated by Glasner's psychological warfare. In April, he fell behind two goals against Crystal Palace at home, and Guardiola completed a 5-goal reversal with a 4222 formation. At that time, Crystal Palace coach Glasner faced Guardiola and claimed that if Guardiola was still 4222 in the FA Cup final, he had enough ways to deal with it.

Guardiola finally chose a formation without a pure midfielder. The B seat was alone in the midfielder position, and the midfielder Nico Gonzalez, who had been signed for 50 million pounds in the winter window, was sitting on the bench. Guardiola's paranoidness about passing football made him fall into Glasner's psychological warfare trap from the beginning. As Guardiola said after the game, all 11 people in the Crystal Palace were in the penalty area, leaving Manchester City with only more boring and ineffective passes.

Manchester City has three times more shots and shots than their opponents, and even has a penalty kick to save the game. But it turns out that between chance and the final score, it is not just luck, but also clear determination.

Haaland, Doku and Echeviri all waste opportunities. 40 minutes after Crystal Palace main central defender Guy retired due to injury, Manchester City paid the biggest price for wasting opportunities. This is a microcosm of Manchester City's entire failed season. In fact, since the last round of the league was forced into a blank slate by Southampton, which had been reduced to a long time ago, fans should realize that Manchester City has been step by step throughout the season, heading towards inevitable failure in the cycle of ineffective ball control and low morale. What's even more ironic is that if Nottingham Forest did not have the "bad luck" of hitting the bar three times in the semi-finals, Manchester City might not even have the chance to win the final consolation prize of the season.

After Rodri was seriously injured, inefficient passes, confusion, and lack of enthusiasm were the norm for the Blue Moon Army. With a 78% ball possession rate, Ruben Dias successfully passed the ball alone (129 times) than the entire Crystal Palace team (126 times). What's the use? When he picked up the Community Shield at Wembley last August, no one would have expected Manchester City's condition to decline so much. At Wembley Stadium in May 2025, Manchester City returned to the starting point where they had nothing 8 years ago. And to revive the might of a wealthy family, it is not as simple as welcoming Mr. Golden Ball back.

Blue Moon Dynasty ended in a sad way

With the failure of the FA Cup final, Manchester City completed the "four majors are empty" cycle from 2017 to 2025. Between the two "four majors are empty", Manchester City won 6 championships and 1 runner-up in the Premier League in 7 years, completing the golden age of the two Grand Slams in England (2018/19 season) and the Intercontinental Competition (2023).

Manchester City's failed season ended at Wembley Stadium. It was not only De Bruyne who dispersed, but also Begiristan, who joined hands with Guardiola to create the Blue Dynasty. In addition, 34-year-old Gundogan, 31-year-old Kovacic, 30-year-old B-seat, and even Gallish, who has been proven to be high and low-energy, may all leave the team. Guardiola has not made a clear statement yet, but there is no doubt that an era at Manchester City has ended and reconstruction is necessary. The Spanish coach will spend two years building a brand new championship team and then retire successfully. This is the ending he announced publicly in early May: because his time at Manchester City is really exhausting and exhausting.

But the suspense left to this failed season is not just a comprehensive iteration like 8 years ago. Guardiola has used too many injuries as a major reason for the failed season, but Haaland is increasingly becoming a problem. Guardiola has been defending his super scorer: "Haland won the triple crown for us, and we need him to create goals against a team that is good at defending." But in three seasons, Haaland has lost 8 cup finals, and has missed 3 penalty kicks seven times this season. In this game, he even handed over the pressure of penalty kicks to Marmush.

Pugaldiola, who was empty in the four majors in the past eight years, said with confidence: "I will definitely do better. This season is a lesson for me." 8 years later, Guardiola, who was empty in the past four majors and had gray hair, still has the strength and fighting spirit to build a championship team?