Antoine Semenyo Warns Arsenal There Will Be ‘No Celebrations’ as Manchester City Target Premier League Title

Antoine Semenyo, the man whose goal settled the FA Cup final, has made clear that Manchester City’s players will not be spending long celebrating their Wembley triumph as the Premier League title race enters its final stretch.

City defeated Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley Stadium on Saturday to claim the FA Cup, completing the second leg of a potential domestic treble having already secured the Carabao Cup earlier in the 2025-26 season. Yet with the Premier League title still to be decided, Semenyo was unequivocal about where the squad’s attention would quickly turn.

“I don’t think there will be much celebrations tonight, it is getting ready for Tuesday,” Semenyo told BBC Sport after the final whistle at Wembley. “Just train the same way we have been training, and hopefully the results fall in our hands, so we just have to pray that happens.”

The Ghanaian forward’s winning goal also placed him in distinguished company. By scoring in the FA Cup final, Semenyo joined a select group of African players to have found the net in the showpiece occasion, alongside Chelsea and Arsenal legends Didier Drogba and Nwankwo Kanu.

In the Premier League, Manchester City currently sit two points behind Arsenal with two matches remaining. Arsenal host already-relegated Burnley at the Emirates Stadium on Monday evening, a fixture that represents a significant opportunity for Mikel Arteta’s side to tighten their grip on a first league title since the 2003-04 Invincibles season — a drought stretching 22 years.

Should Arsenal beat Burnley and City then fail to defeat Bournemouth on Tuesday, the Gunners would be confirmed as Premier League champions regardless of subsequent results. City, however, must win their remaining fixtures and rely on Arsenal dropping points to reclaim the title they have held for much of the past decade.

The scenario underlines the fine margins at play in what has become one of the more compelling late-season title races in recent Premier League history. City’s ability to win a major cup final and then immediately refocus on league business will be tested over the coming days, and Semenyo’s comments suggest the dressing room is under no illusions about the scale of the task ahead.

With Pep Guardiola’s side chasing an unprecedented domestic treble and Arsenal seeking to end two decades without a top-flight title, both clubs face defining fixtures before the season concludes.