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(FT) Manchester City vs Chelsea live update at the Etihad stadium
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- Holders Manchester City face Chelsea in the semifinal of the FA Cup.
- The match at Wembley Stadium kicks off at 16:15 GMT
- Live updates
- Match stats
- Lineups
LIVE: Manchester City vs Chelsea – FA Cup semifinal
- Live updates
- Match stats
- Lineups
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FT: CITY REACH THE FA CUP FINAL! They’ve done it for a second successive season and have dumped Chelsea out.
90th minute: Eight minutes will be added on! Can Chelsea find an equaliser?
88th minute: Pochettino throws the dice one final time. Sterling and Chilwell come on for Cucurella and Fernandez.
84th minute: GOAL! SILVA! City lead in the semifinal. De Bruyne’s drilled cross is deflected and finds Silva at the back post who sweetly strikes it into the back of the net.
82nd minute: City work it well and find Alvarez on the edge of the box who hits it first time but it’s way over the bar. Both teams have been extremely disappointing in the final third today.
79th minute: Chelsea make changes. Mudryk and Disasi come on for Madueke and Gusto.
70th minute: De Bruyne is the latest to have a go from distance but it’s well wide.
66th minute: Grealish is forced off through injury which is a shame as he was just starting to pick up City’s pace. That shouldn’t be too much of a problem, though, as the electrifying speed of Doku enters the field.
61st minute: Walker and Jackson are in a foot race to the box and the City defender proves to be too strong for the Chelsea forward. This game is well and truly heating up!
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Doku on for Grealish
Grealish can’t continue and limps off to be replaced by Doku.
The England midfielder is still furious and has plenty to say to the fourth official as he leaves the field.
65 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
3m ago
Grealish caught by Caicedo
Grealish is down injured after being caught on his left knee by Caicedo. It was a nasty looking challenge from the Chelsea man who clumsily followed through after clearing the ball.
Grealish is furious, asking the referee to watch a replay.
Jeremy Doku is warming up on the touchline.
64 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
5m ago
Jackson goes down in the box
City win a corner after an effort from Grealish flies behind. It’s a deep corner which Chalobah does well to deal with at the back post.
Chelsea manage to counterattack through Jackson, who races away with Walker. The Chelsea forward goes down in the box after colliding with Walker, but there’s no penalty following a quick VAR check.
It looked like good defending from the City captain.
This game is certainly waking up.
61 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
8m ago
Chelsea hassling City
We have just been shown another replay of that Chelsea penalty appeal. Grealish was moving his arm towards his body, after it was wrapped around his teammate at the wall.
It does look like his hand has moved in the direction of the ball, but it still would be a harsh penalty to concede.
Despite not winning a penalty, Chelsea have their tails up and are chasing City down all over the pitch.
16m ago
Two minutes added on
Caicedo receives the first yellow card of the game after grabbing Grealish’s shirt to stop him breaking away.
Two minutes added on at Wembley.
45 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
17m ago
City win a dangerous free kick
Foden wins a free kick in a great positon after Caicedo makes a late challenge.
A number of City players stand over the ball, which is just outside the penalty area to the left hand side.
Foden curls the ball into the box, but it evades everyone and runs behind for a Chelsea goal kick.
44 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
20m ago
City toiling through the first half
Cucurella does well to block Bernando Silva from reaching a Foden through ball. The Chelsea full back has had a very good first half at Wembley.
Five minutes to go until half-time and City continue to lack a spark in this game.
41 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
23m ago
Ortega saves an effort from Palmer
Brilliant defending from Stones who throws himself at an effort from Madueke in the penalty area to keep Chelsea out.
Moments later and we see more evidence of the quality of Palmer. He picks up the ball in the box, shifts past Rodri before trying to force an effort into the corner of the net. Ortega does well to get down and keep the ball out.
Pochettino’s side have definitely had the better of the chances so far.
3m ago
City toiling through the first half
Cucurella does well to block Bernando Silva from reaching a Foden through ball. The Chelsea full back has had a very good first half at Wembley.
Five minutes to go until half-time and City continue to lack a spark in this game.
41 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
6m ago
Ortega saves an effort from Palmer
Brilliant defending from Stones who throws himself at an effort from Madueke in the penalty area to keep Chelsea out.
Moments later and we see more evidence of the quality of Palmer. He picks up the ball in the box, shifts past Rodri before trying to force an effort into the corner of the net. Ortega does well to get down and keep the ball out.
Pochettino’s side have definitely had the better of the chances so far.
37 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
10m ago
Silva shoots over
Chelsea fans will be rueing that missed opportunity from Jackson. Rather than shooting he opted to round the keeper, but found himself at a bad angle for a shot on goal and instead misplaced a pass to a teammate.
There was a collective groan from the Chelsea fans – they knew how big a chance that was.
City, however, remain without an attempt on target. Bernardo Silva blasts an effort over from a good position in the box.
34 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
13m ago
Jackson through on goal
A huge chance for Jackson!
Fernandez finds the Chelsea forward with a terrific ball. He is through on goal alone, but deliberates on the ball and the chance goes amiss.
It looked like the Chelsea man was lacking a bit of confidence.
31 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
17m ago
City win a dangerous free kick
City try to build down the right, but the move breaks down when a cross into the box from Walker is easily headed away by a Chelsea defender.
Moments later and Fernandez is late on Rodri, conceding a free kick midway inside the Chelsea half.
De Bruyne delivers a dangerous ball deep into the box, forcing Jackson to clear the ball behind for a corner.
Alvarez swings the ball into the box from the left, but Cucurella deals with the danger.
26 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
21m ago
City struggling to get going
City are perhaps looking a little leggy after their Champions League exploits midweek.
They are yet to have a shot on target and haven’t really troubled the Chelsea defence.
We’ve also seen a number of misplaced passes from several City players.
23 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
24m ago
Alvarez shows his skills
De Bruyne, Alvarez and Grealish link up deep in the Chelsea half.
Alvarez shows great control to keep the ball in the Chelsea box, but his effort on goal canons off De Bruyne, who was in an offside position.
20 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
26m ago
Jackson breaks down the left
De Bruyne hacks down Madueke – one of a number of fouls early on in this match.
Shortly after and Jackson embarks on a solo run down the left. He skids the ball across the face of goal, but no Chelsea players are flying in to finish.
18 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
29m ago
Cucurella clears off the line
Walker slips up, allowing Gallagher to win the ball in midfield and break away. The move forces Grealish to concede another corner.
Gallagher swings the ball in from the right but can’t beat the first man.
City break away up the field again, with De Bruyne splitting open the Chelsea defence with a lovely through ball to find Foden.
The Englishman takes it round the keeper but can’t squeeze the ball in from a tight angle at the byline. Cucurella clears his effort off the line.
14 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
34m ago
Both sides win a corner
Chelsea win the first corner of the game, which Gallagher takes from the right.
The Chelsea captain can’t find the head of a teammate, and City clear the ball away before going up the other end and winning their own corner.
Alvarez takes it short, before receiving the ball back and whipping a cross into the box. It finds the head of Rodri, who can only find the hands of Ortega.
10 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
37m ago
Early chance for Jackson
City continue to keep Chelsea pinned in their own half, picking out passes with ease.
The Londoners manage to make a rare break through Jackson, but Ake does well to pick his pocket and stop the counter.
Shortly afterwards, Jackson is in the thick of it again after Gallagher wins the ball in midfield. Palmer finds Jackson, who shoots from just outside the area. But he’s off balance as he hits the ball, and it’s straight at goalkeeper Ortega.
7 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
40m ago
City keeping the ball
Jackson concedes a free kick in the middle after a late challenge on Akanji, but City can’t create any opportunity from it.
The Premier League champions are seeing a lot of the ball in these opening few minutes.
4 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
42m ago
Defensive lapse from Cucurella
Cucurella makes an early mistake, overhitting a pass across his own box to Silva.
City can’t capitalise on the error and the Chelsea back four heave a sigh of relief.
2 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
44m ago
Kick-off
City get us under way at Wembley, kicking from right to left as it looks on the screen.
Both teams are in their home kits, with Chelsea in all blue and City in sky blue with white shorts.
1 min: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
47m ago
Teams on their way out
Wembley is packed for this FA Cup semifinal.
The players are out on the pitch with the pre-match formalities under way. Michael Oliver is the man in the middle today, with David Coote on VAR duty.
48m ago
Kick-off is close
Chelsea’s Cole Palmer and Marc Cucurella during the warm-up before the big match.
51m ago
Kick-off around the corner
55m ago
Key stat – recent meetings
Manchester City are unbeaten in their last eight meetings with Chelsea in all competitions (6 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses), though both games between the sides in the Premier League this season have been drawn.
57m ago
How good is Cole Palmer?
Chelsea striker Cole Palmer took his EPL tally to league-best 20 goals this season with another hat-trick on Monday night, scoring four against Everton in the Blues 6-0 victory.
The English striker is now co-leader on Premier League goals with Manchester City’s Erling Haaland, who won the Golden Boot last season.
1h ago
Chelsea overcame Manchester City in the semifinals three years ago
Man City may have the bragging rights from the last FA Cup meeting, but it was Chelsea that came out on top the last time the sides met in the semifinals.
Hakim Ziyech scored the only goal of the game three years ago.
1h ago
Will Pep Guardiola be crowned the FA Cup king again?
Manchester City have won 34 of the 40 FA Cup games they have played under Pep Guardiola.
The Spaniard took charge at City in 2016 and has lifted the cup on two occasions.
1h ago
Four changes for City as Haaland misses out
Pep Guardiola opts for four Manchester City changes from the side that dropped out of Europe this week. The main headline is that striker Erling Haaland is not in the squad after coming off injured against Real Madrid. He’s replaced by Julian Alvarez.
Stefan Ortega, John Stones and Nathan Ake all come in, with Ederson, Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol moving to the bench.
Manchester City: Stefan Ortega (goalkeeper), Kyle Walker (captain), John Stones, Nathan Ake, Manuel Akanji, Ruben Dias, Rodri, Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernado Silva, Jack Grealish.
1h ago
One change for Chelsea
Mauricio Pochettino sticks with most of the same team that hammered Everton 6-0 on Monday. The only adjustment is Enzo Fernandez coming in for Mykhailo Mudryk, who drops to the bench.
Chelsea: Djordje Petrovic (goalkeeper), Marc Cucurella, Thiago Silva, Enzo Fernandez, Noni Madueke, Trevoh Chalobah, Nicolas Jackson, Cole Palmer, Conor Gallagher, Moises Caicedo, Malo Gusto.
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