Dean Henderson was confronted by a furious Pep Guardiola following the FA Cup final – but it wasn’t anything to do with is controversial handball.
The Crystal Palace goalkeeper was snubbed for a handshake by the Manchester City manager at the final whistle.
Guardiola could be seen wagging his finger at Henderson as he approached him on the pitch at Wembley Stadium.
It followed a heroic performance from the England international in goal for Palace, who was lucky to stay on the pitch after he handled the ball outside the box in the first half.
Henderson pulled off six saves to help his side win the FA Cup for the first time.
The triumph is also the maiden major trophy in the club’s 164-year history.
Amongst his stops was a penalty save to deny Omar Marmoush from 12 yards in the first half.
In doing so, Henderson became the first player to save a penalty in an FA Cup final since Petr Cech against Portsmouth in 2010.
The 28-year-old was later booked for time-wasting as Palace defended their narrow lead.
Henderson’s antics angered City boss Guardiola, who made his feelings known at full-time.
Speaking to ITV after the match, the keeper revealed what the opposition manager had told him.
He explained: “I just went to shake his hand, but obviously I think he was disappointed with the time-wasting.
ITV FootballHenderson pointed out the amount of stoppage time after ten minutes were added[/caption] The Palace star had earlier saved Marmoush’s penalty to preserve his side’s leadGettyView Tweet: twitter.com/hashtag/ITVFootball?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
“I said, ‘You got your ten minutes,’ so no hard feelings.”
Guardiola had earlier been spotted approaching fourth official Darren England with a stop watch despite ten minutes being added.
Henderson had earlier escaped a potential red card after appearing to handle the ball outside the area to stop Erling Haaland from getting to it first.
After he had flicked the ball away from Haaland, a VAR review deemed he had not denied ‘an obvious goal-scoring opportunity’.
Asked about the incident, Henderson admitted: “I didn’t know it was for me in all honesty.
“I knew the ball had come into the box so I wasn’t sure what they were doing it for.
City dominated possession, but they ended up losing their second successive FA Cup final“Then I asked Chilly (Ben Chilwell) down the side what they were doing it for, he said for me, but who cares? Doesn’t matter.”
With Henderson remaining on the pitch, Palace were able to hold on to beat City 1-0 thanks to Eberechi Eze’s first half goal.
The victory also secures a European campaign for the first time in the club’s history.
Oliver Glasner’s side will compete in next season’s Europa League as a result of their FA Cup triumph.
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