City was beaten 1-0 after Eberechi Eze's 16th-minute strike sealed a first major trophy for the Eagles.

But the Citizens had their chances in the contest, with Omar Marmoush seeing a first-half penalty saved by Dean Henderson, who was in inspired form for Palace.

Henderson also denied efforts from Erling Haaland, Josko Gvardiol and substitute Claudio Echeverri, with City unable to find a way through despite its dominance of the ball.

Guardiola's team had 76.7 per cent possession across the match, the most on Opta's records (from 2014) in an FA Cup final.

Ruben Dias completed more passes himself (129) than Palace did as an entire team (126). But despite this, the Citizens' 23 shots were the most on record (from 2014) by a side that failed to score in an FA Cup final.

But it was yet another defeat for City, which has now lost 16 games in all competitions this season, its most in a single campaign since 2008-2009, when it lost 23.

After the full-time whistle, Palace hero Henderson clashed with Guardiola over the Palace goalkeeper's delaying of restarts throughout the entirety of the encounter.

Guardiola said his City side never tries to waste time because he wants to "play the game like people deserve to watch".

"He defended his position, we defended our position. It's time-wasting," Guardiola said.

"I understand in the last minutes, but since one or two minutes? He's British, in English football, you have to play.

"I'm sorry. Everyone can do whatever they want. We have to score goals. We didn't lose because Henderson was time-wasting. In the last minutes, I understand [time-wasting]."

City has now lost the FA Cup final two years in a row after defeat to Manchester United last season.

But Guardiola was happy with how his side performed compared to its display against its city rival a year ago.

"Congratulations to Palace. We did everything. Nothing to regret. In the last two games, we faced teams who are so, so deep," Guardiola said.

"We created a lot. If you cannot score goals, you cannot win.

"We are sad because we didn't win, but we played much better, better than against United last season. We did everything. We created a lot of chances.

"In the last two games, we shot 50 times. Football is sometimes like this. We did everything, and they defended well. We created chances.

"We controlled the transitions really good. Unfortunately, we could not win, and we congratulate Crystal Palace.