FA Cup final talking points: Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag seeks Wembley redemption as Pep Guardiola eyes more history with Man City

The two managers preparing their teams for Saturday's FA Cup final could scarcely be doing so under more polarised circumstances.

With Manchester City enjoying a period of success unprecedented in English football, United are weathering a storm so fierce it may not subside even if they upset the odds and beat their rivals at Wembley.

The contrasting fortunes of Pep Guardiola and Erik ten Hag is just one of the talking points ahead of Saturday's showpiece event. Sky Sports' football writers take a look at what is at stake this weekend.

Following one of the club's worst league seasons in a generation it could be that the writing is already on the wall for Ten Hag after two years in the job, as new minority owners INEOS consider how best to take the club forward.

The United manager has overseen the club's lowest Premier League finish as well as 14 league defeats and a first-ever negative goal difference, while defeat at Wembley will leave them facing just a second season since 1989/90 without European football.

Four victories in the final 13 games of the Premier League season, a run that included a calamitous 4-0 humbling by Crystal Palace early in May, was an indicator that progress under their Dutch coach has stalled, while even the manner in which they reached Saturday's final - throwing away a 3-0 semi-final lead against Championship side Coventry and requiring penalties to edge through - drew harsh criticism.

Ten Hag called the hostile media reception to the semi-final win "embarrassing", but the assessment of United's performance against the Sky Blues was a snapshot of a campaign in which they have consistently been accused of failing to exercise control over games.

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