The ball falls perfectly to Sterling just inside the box, he switches it onto his right foot and then tries to curl it into the top right-hand corner of the net. The Blues will take on Manchester City on Wednesday evening at the Academy Stadium and the match kicks off at 6pm (UK). Silva, much like De Bruyne earlier in the second half, limps off and Zouma is the man to replace the Brazilian in the Chelsea defence. Bernardo Silva does well down the left and he picks out Mendy who made a good run on the edge of the box, but the left-back fires his shot high over the crossbar. It's goalless at the half an hour mark at Stamford Bridge, with both teams having good chances to open the scoring here, but City certainly look the more dangerous of the two sides. Live Commentary: Chelsea V Man City latest news, reviews, gossip, episode guide and find out when it’s on TV, on demand and on catch-up. Chelsea have alternated between defeat and victory in their last four Premier League home games against Man City, winning this exact fixture 2-0 last season. Ziyech slides through Werner on the right with a delicate throughball but Dias rushes across to slide tackle the German and avert the danger. Chelsea deal with City's set-piece, despite the ball cannoning around the area in front of Kepa's goal. Fernandinho becomes the first City player in Dean's book for racking up numerous fouls in this FA Cup semi-final clash. Fernandinho clips a long pass over the top of Chelsea's high line for the inwards run of Torres. Fantastic counter-attack by Chelsea but it comes after an awful mistake on the halfway line, with Mendy and Gundogan both leaving the ball to each other and Pulisic nicks it off them, races through on goal and then slides it into the bottom right-hand corner of the net. Match Commentary-Match ends, Chelsea 2, Sheffield United 0. Azpilicueta is lucky to get away with just a warning after a very strong and late tackle on Gundogan, right on the touchline. Chelsea vs. Manchester City: FA Cup semifinals live stream, TV channel, how to watch online, news, odds The winner will face either Southampton or Leicester City in the final Preview and stats followed by live commentary, video highlights and match report. As always, you can follow the game via Chelsea Women’s social media channels. Werner's pace offers a real threat against City but as of yet the German can't find a way to stay onside with Laporte and Dias constantly employing a high defensive line. Vidiprinter. Guardiola continues rotating his side and makes eight changes from last time out. The Blues continued to dominate and went close through both James and Chilwell before Fernandinho glanced wide at the other end. Chelsea 1, Manchester City 3. -Match ends, Chelsea 2, Sheffield United 0. Results. Double substitution here for City, with Rodri coming off and he has been replaced by David Silva. Kepa makes a big mistake at the back, taking too long with his clearance and then passing it straight out to a City player and Bernardo Silva is then fed through on goal, but luckily Rudiger is there to clear the danger just in time. NO GOAL! Ziyech and Werner look disappointed with the right-back's decision not to pass as Dean waves play on, despite Dias' tackle looking like a foul in the middle. Torres and Cancelo try to play intricately around Kante but the Frenchman intercepts. The left-back looks to drill across for Ziyech at the back post but Laporte gets an important touch to divert the cross away for a throw-in. Tuchel opts for three changes from the game against Porto in midweek. The Blues will find out their FA Cup final opponents tomorrow as Leicester City face off against Southampton in the other semi-final tie. ... Sergio Agüero 26' 05/04/17 | English Premier League | Stamford Bridge. The three to retain their places in the starting line-up are De Bruyne, Rodri and Dias. James makes great progress down the right-hand channel and stands up a cross towards the far post. OFF THE POST! Tuchel's side have a free-kick in a good position out wide and it will be James to deliver from deep. Real Madrid: A poor result in La Liga on Saturday, a 0-0 draw with Real Betis, might be a cause for concern. Ziyech then wanders down the right-hand channel but his progress comes to an end as Mendy wins it off him. RED CARD! There will be a minimum of two minutes added time played at the end of the first half. Werner, who has struggled with City's high lines so far, beats the offside trap after being released by Mount on the left. The Belgian gestures for a foul towards the referee but Dean instead awards the throw-in to Chelsea. The Blues are looking to reach the FA Cup final for the fourth time in the last five seasons, failing only in 2018-19 in this run. Lovely move! Premier League Live Commentary for Chelsea v Manchester City on June 25, 2020, includes full match statistics and key events, instantly updated. City had just three shots in the first half - only against West Ham and Liverpool (both 2, in February) have they attempted fewer in the opening 45 minutes of a game this season. The pace is electric now at Stamford Bridge. Rodri clips a cross towards Sterling in the area and the Englishman goes down under pressure from Rudiger. The American goalkeeper gets down to make the save to his left and the score remains at 1-0 to the Blues. Chelsea go long from their free-kick and Havertz flicks on for Pulisic. FA Cup Live Commentary for Chelsea v Manchester City on April 17, 2021, includes full match statistics and key events, instantly updated. — Watch Chelsea v Man City live on BT Sport tonight! Chelsea make another substitution, with Barkley replaced by Kovacic. The English forward hooks a left-footed strike towards goal, however, it sails over the bar and Chelsea's one-goal advantage remains intact. It's all City at the moment, but due to Chelsea packing the midfield, City are struggling to find space to breakthrough the lines. Needless challenge. Werner gets underneath it and so does Cancelo, however, Chilwell is there to volley from close range with his left foot just wide of Steffen's goal to the right. Sloppy start here by Chelsea, there have been a few misplaced passes in midfield to hand the ball back to City, who are enjoying more possession in the early stages of this game. Chilwell then plays inside for Ziyech, who looks for the run of Werner inside the area, however, the assistant flags for offside against the German for the second time in this half. Mount takes the initiative from Chilwell's previous run and goes surging towards the edge of the area. Cancelo does manage to find Jesus in the area but the Brazilian gets crowded out before he can release a shot. Pulisic then thought he had scored again, but Walker cleared it off the line, before Fernandinho handled the ball on the line to deny Abraham, resulting in a Chelsea penalty and red card for the City man. Sterling strikes the woodwork after a superb counter-attack by City. Chelsea lead 2-1! The teams are out on the pitch and kick-off is just a few minutes away, stay tuned for all of the match action! VAR are just taking a look at a collision between Rudiger and De Bruyne, with the Chelsea defender clearing the ball in the nick of time, but his follow through catches De Bruyne high on the leg. Willian converted and made it 2-1. Frank Lampard has made two changes to his side that beat Villa, with Loftus-Cheek and Kovacic dropping out of the team and they have been replaced by Barkley and Pulisic, after the American scored and made the difference for the Blues. Read about Chelsea v Man City in the Premier League 2019/20 season, including lineups, stats and live blogs, on the official website of the Premier League. SAVE! Werner gets in behind the City defence in the left-hand channel, thanks to a throughball from Mount near the halfway line. De Bruyne goes down in the middle of the park and the game pauses for City's physios to run on. Their strong run against Tuchel's men, however, will be over if they can't find a late equaliser here. However, the keeper read it well and made a superb save to tip the ball over the crossbar. Chelsea have everyone back behind the ball defending in numbers. Referee Mike Dean gets this FA Cup sem-final clash underway! In contrast, Tuchel will be happy with Chelsea's first-half efforts but will be asking them to be more clinical when chances do arise to challenge Steffen's goal. Chilwell drives inside from the left, evading two or three of the opposition before Fernandinho stops him in his tracks with a strong sliding tackle. Barkley's shot is blocked at the near post and goes out for a corner, after Pulisic's shot is also blocked. Torres thinks there is an opportunity at the front post but Silva comes across to clear out for a City corner. 21:36 . Mount's corner gets headed down by Rudiger to Chilwell, who tees up James outside the area. Gilmour plays a lovely ball over the top of the City defence to Pedro, who tries to curl it into the top right-hand corner of the net, but Ederson just gets a hand to it and pushes it over the bar. Guardiola makes another change as he brings off Torres and introduces Gundogan to City's midfield. Really good move by Chelsea, with Mount, Pulisic and Barkley all having chances at goal within a few seconds of each other, after City fail to deal with the danger and the Chelsea players kept picking up the loose ball. SAVE! Since his debut for Manchester City in 2015, De Bruyne has scored more PL goals from outside of the penalty area (16) than any other player. The German manager and forward feel De Bruyne has gone down theatrically but nevertheless Dean awards the free-kick out wide. Mendy needlessly nudges James in the back to offer Chelsea a free-kick inside their own half. De Bruyne twists past James and produces a low, left-footed cross towards the front post. Apart from that, it has been fairly quiet first half as both teams wander down the Wembley tunnel level at 0-0 at half-time. Ederson with a poor clearance it falls straight to Mount, who races forward and smashes the ball towards the near post, but it flies narrowly wide. The other change for the Blues sees Ziyech preferred over Havertz and he will join Mount in the two-man attack in behind Werner. Initially, Dias misjudged Chilwell's pass over the top and missed his clearance which allowed Ziyech to sneak in behind before disappointing with his weak right-footed finish. Werner races into the area to the right of goal and looks to drill a strike across Steffen but Laporte slides to block behind for a Chelsea corner. The midfielder gets the ball over the wall and it dips straight into the top left-hand corner of the net, giving Kepa no chance of saving it. The pressure from City when they don't have the ball is excellent, they are chasing after everything to get back in possession, with Chelsea hardly touching the ball so far. The centre-back is now receiving medical treatment and they are taking all the nessecary precautions. Cancelo's set-piece looks for Rodri at the far post but the Spanish midfielder can't get near the delivery and Chelsea get the throw-in in the left-hand corner. I'll sign in later. Dias joins his centre-back partner Laporte in the book for a foul inside the area and the subsequent verbal disagreement that came with referee Dean. City have never lost against Chelsea in their three meetings at the new Wembley Stadium, beating them 2-1 in the 2013 FA Cup semi-final, 2-0 in the 2018 Community Shield, and on penalties in the 2019 League Cup final. NOT available online. Chilwell drops his shoulder and chips a pass for Werner up top, however, the German is in an offside position so has to let the ball run through to Steffen. Torres powers through the middle with the ball at his feet but Mount dispossesses the Spaniard. Azpilicueta is limping about, however, the Spaniard indicates he is fit to carry on at the moment. City have won nine of their last 11 FA Cup semi-final matches, though they have been eliminated at this stage in two of their four previous campaigns under Guardiola (vs Arsenal in both 2017 and 2020). Rodri climbs the highest to deal with James' set-piece but Chelsea regain possession. Tuchel's men have five more minutes to defend for as the fourth official indicates the amount of added time. Azpilicueta brings down Foden after the Englishman had made it past him and the Spaniard becomes the next name in the referee's book. SUBS: Ederson, Riyad Mahrez, Nathan Ake, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, John Stones, Ilkay Gundogan, Kyle Walker, Oleksandr Zinchenko. Cancelo sends a teasing delivery in from the right but Azpilicueta does well to flick a headed clearance away in front of Jesus. City are being limited to little possession at the minute as the Blues continue to knock the ball about with confidence. SUBS: Christian Pulisic, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Kai Havertz, Kurt Zouma, Billy Gilmour, Willy Caballero, Marcos Alonso, Emerson, Olivier Giroud. However Walker does brilliantly to slide in on the line and block the shot, clearing the danger. Copyright © 2021 Goal (United States) All rights reserved. Chelsea make a late double substitution, with Mount coming off and he has been replaced by Pedro. Good move! GOOOAAALLL! The Englishman plays to Ziyech out wide but his cross towards Werner gets cleared by Dias before the German can capitalise. CHELSEA PENALTY! CLOSE! Tuchel would be the first ever German manager to reach the English FA Cup final. Azpilicueta miscues his clearance into the face of Rudiger but Jesus can't pounce before the Spaniard makes amends and gets rid of the danger. It's all action here - … City are level, it's 1-1! Chelsea ended Manchester City's quadruple hopes this season after securing a 1-0 win to reach the FA Cup final at Wembley. It's going to be very difficult for City to score two goals to win this game now, it looks like Liverpool are going to be crowned Premier League champions in roughly 10 minutes time. Mendy gets to the byline down the left and drills in a low cross towards the near post, but Kepa gets down quickly and makes a good stop with his feet. Chelsea have the advantage at the break, thanks to a goal from Pulisic after he capitalised on a big mistake by City. GOOOOOALLLLL! CLOSE! De Bruyne with a superb deep cross into the penalty area, which Bernardo Silva heads down towards Laporte, but the defender doesn't read it well enough and it too slow to react, with Kepa gathering to the clear the danger. Chelsea then went close themselves, via Christensen but his header from close range was well saved by Ederson. However, he gets too much power behind it and it flies narrowly over the bar. The information contained in Goal (United States) may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without the prior written authority of Goal (United States). Are moving the ball defending in numbers run against tuchel 's side deserve their lead for their early.. 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