Chelsea ended Manchester City’s hopes of winning an historic quadruple as they edged a closely-fought FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.
City and Chelsea had both secured their places in the last four of the Champions League this week – but Pep Guardiola’s side had their sights set on a unique haul of four trophies as they close in on the Premier League title and also face Tottenham here in the League Cup final on 25 April.
Chelsea had other ideas, however, and they deserved the victory given to them when Hakim Ziyech slid home Timo Werner’s pass in the 55th minute to set up an FA Cup final against either Leicester City or Southampton.
Ziyech had a goal ruled out for offside before he scored but that was enough to beat a lethargic City, who made eight changes from their Champions League win against Borussia Dortmund and now have the added worry of the sight of Kevin De Bruyne limping off injured in the second half.
Chelsea had a very late scare as keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga clawed away Rodri’s injury-time header but manager Thomas Tuchel can now reflect on a hugely satisfying week as his impressive start at Stamford Bridge gathers momentum.
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Chelsea
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Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
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Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
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Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
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Squad number2Player nameRudiger
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Squad number24Player nameJames
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Squad number7Player nameKanté
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Squad number5Player nameJorginho
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Squad number21Player nameChilwell
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Squad number22Player nameZiyech
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Squad number19Player nameMount
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Squad number11Player nameWerner
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Squad number10Player namePulisic
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Squad number15Player nameZouma
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Squad number29Player nameHavertz
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Squad number33Player nameEmerson
Manchester City
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Squad number8Player nameGündogan
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Squad number47Player nameFoden
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 28AzpilicuetaBooked at 90mins
- 6Thiago SilvaSubstituted forZoumaat 88′minutes
- 2Rudiger
- 24JamesBooked at 34mins
- 7Kanté
- 5Jorginho
- 21Chilwell
- 22ZiyechSubstituted forEmersonat 79′minutes
- 19MountSubstituted forPulisicat 70′minutes
- 11WernerSubstituted forHavertzat 79′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Alonso
- 10Pulisic
- 13Caballero
- 15Zouma
- 18Giroud
- 20Hudson-Odoi
- 23Gilmour
- 29Havertz
- 33Emerson
Man City
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Steffen
- 27Cancel
- 3Rúben DiasBooked at 90mins
- 14LaporteBooked at 90mins
- 22Mendy
- 25FernandinhoBooked at 63mins
- 16Rodri
- 21TorresSubstituted forGündoganat 64′minutes
- 17De BruyneSubstituted forFodenat 48′minutes
- 7Sterling
- 9Gabriel Jesus
Substitutes
- 2Walker
- 5Stones
- 6What
- 8Gündogan
- 11Zinchenko
- 20Bernardo silva
- 26Mahrez
- 31Ederson
- 47Foden
Live Text
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Match ends, Chelsea 1, Manchester City 0.
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Second Half ends, Chelsea 1, Manchester City 0.
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Rúben Dias (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Rodrigo (Manchester City).
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Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Rodrigo (Manchester City) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Phil Foden with a cross.
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Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by César Azpilicueta.
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Attempt blocked. Rodrigo (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rúben Dias with a cross.
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Offside, Chelsea. Emerson tries a through ball, but Christian Pulisic is caught offside.
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Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City).
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César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
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Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
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Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
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Substitution, Chelsea. Kurt Zouma replaces Thiago Silva because of an injury.
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Foul by Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City).
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Reece James (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.