Kobbie Mainoo calls FA Cup win unbelievable career highlight

Kobbie Mainoo has picked Manchester United’s 2-1 FA Cup final victory over Manchester City at Wembley as the moment he would happily relive for the rest of his career.

The midfielder explained just how intense those closing stages felt as City piled on the pressure after pulling a goal back.

“When the whistle blew in the FA Cup final. That was a pretty amazing moment. That last 20 minutes was tough because they brought it back to 2-1, and the pressure was on a lot. It was just like: survive, survive. We watched the clock going down and they were piling the pressure on us. But it was just, survive, every five minutes looking up at the clock thinking, it’s going so slow.

“When that whistle finally went I was just knackered and dropping to my knees. Yeah, that’s the one moment I’d say I’d relive.

He admitted even scoring in a major final could not match the emotion of the full-time whistle.

“A goal’s good, but you score and then it’s like (clicks fingers): right, back to the game… So it’s a lot more of a ‘phew, okay, more breathing room, let’s go again’ than ‘oh my god’. Whereas at the end of the game it’s over. You can feel everything then,”

Kobbie Mainoo played alongside Moroccan midfielder Sofyan Amrabat. Mainoo had 84% pass accuracy, 100% shot accuracy, one defensive contribution, four recoveries, and 31 touches in attack.