Boyhood Man City Fan To Wembley Winner - O'reilly's Fairytale Continues

Cometh nan hour, cometh nan man - pinch nan '0161' telephone codification inked connected his body, O'Reilly came calling connected nan large shape erstwhile City needed a leader to measurement up.

His first decorativeness was nan easiest extremity he is apt to people successful his career, stooping adjacent to nan goalline to caput successful aft Kepa Arrizabalaga fumbled nan shot into his path.

The 2nd conscionable 4 minutes later was a brilliantly-placed header from Matheus Nunes' cross, efficaciously sealing triumph for a jubilant Guardiola who performed a jig of delight connected nan touchline.

O'Reilly took nan adulation of nan City fans aft his goals and it will beryllium a double ceremony this play aft turning 21 connected Saturday.

The only players younger than O'Reilly to people doubly successful nan last of this title were 20-year-olds Wayne Rooney for Manchester United successful 2006 and Liverpool's Ronnie Whelan backmost successful 1982.

The Englishman took his goalscoring tally to 8 for nan play and said: "Bit of disbelief seeing each nan fans cheering for illustration that erstwhile I scored those goals. Really a bully emotion and a awesome day weekend.

"My full family came down today. They are each successful nan guidelines and I cognize they will beryllium buzzing. I can't hold to observe pinch them."

This was O'Reilly's 2nd match-winning double of nan play arsenic well, aft scoring doubly successful nan 2-1 Premier League triumph complete Newcastle a period ago.

Former England defender Matt Upson said connected BBC Radio 5 Live: "Nico O'Reilly is accelerated becoming 1 of nan cardinal members successful this Manchester City side. He gets nan goals, he gets nan headlines. He is simply a subordinate successful apical form.

"Physically, he is simply a machine. He's sewage height, he tin run, he has sewage nan spot and physicality."