Chelsea beat Manchester City to win women's FA Cup in front of record crowd

Chelsea players celebrate one of their goals in the women's FA Cup final against Manchester City.
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Sam Kerr scored twice for Chelsea's women in a thrilling extra-time win for the Blues over Manchester City in the Vitality FA Cup final on Sunday, watched by a record crowd at Wembley.

Around 55,000 fans were expected for the match on Sunday, but the official attendance was later confirmed to be slightly lower as 49,094 watched the showpiece fixture.

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Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is the Weekend Editor of FourFourTwo. A European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.