Manchester City vs Chelsea, FA Cup 2023-24 semifinal Highlights: Bernardo’s late winner helps City reach final

Chilwell plays a ball down the left for Mudryk. Kyle Walker chases and brings Mudryk down on the left side. The freekick in from Mudryk is overhit and goes out for a goal kick. And that seems to be the last major action of the match as the referee blows the whistle for full-time. Manchester City is into the FA Cup final where it will face either Manchester United or Coventry.

Freekick for Chelsea in the middle of the pitch. The City defenders do well to clear away the cross from Palmer. De Bryune is on the ball and takes it to the corner flag. 

City is taking its own sweet time with a throw-in, much to the frustration of the Chelsea players. Doku takes the ball to the corner and drags the defenders with him.

Rodri wrestles the ball off Sterling and gives it to De Bryune who releases Doku down the left side. He tries to pull off a one-two move with De Bruyne, but the return pass is too heavy and goes for a goal kick.

Eight minutes of added time to play.

MCI: Alvarez is replaced by Oscar Bobb

CHE: Cucurella and Enzo is replaced by Sterling and Chilwell

De Bryune is shown a yellow for a foul on Enzo Fernandes. 

Bernardo Silva scores!!! City finally finds a breakthrough. Doku plays De Bryune down the right, inside the box. He whips in a cross into the middle. Petrovic gets a touch on it but the ball falls to Silva who has the whole goal to finish it off. 

City maintains possession of the ball but cannot breach the Chelsea defense. Bernardo Silva plays Akanji through on the right side of the box. Akanji passes it back into the middle to Alvarez is not able to keep his shot on the floor.

CHE: Gusto and Mdueke is replaced by Mudryk and Disasi.

Corner for Chelsea. Play is paused as Ortega goes down holding his feet. The physio is taking a look and he seems to be alright. Corner comes in from Gallagher and is cleared away only as far as Gusto who sends the ball back in. Palmer gets a touch but the referee blows the whistle for offside.

Manchester City is enjoying a good spell of possession but cannot find a way through Chelsea’s defense.

Gusto goes down with an injury and is being attended to by the medical staff. He is back on his feet and seems all okay to continue playing.

Doku puts in a cross from the left. Alvarez receives the ball inside the box and lays it off for Be Bryune who takes a shot first time. The ball whizzes past the post for a goal kick.

A chance for Chelsea. Palmer gets away from his man in the middle and lays off the ball for Caicedo who is making a run down the right. He tries to cross it back across goal for Madueke but overhits it instead.

Thiago Silva gives the ball away to Bernardo Silva. He tries to play it first time to Alvarez who was making a run down the middle. Thiago Silva does well to recover and intercept the pass.

MCI: Jack Grealish is replaced by Jeremy Doku

City is trying to get into its rhythm, passing the ball around the pitch. The players look visibly tired as Rodri’s pass to De Bryune is heavy and away for a throw-in. Grealish goes down after a collision with Caicedo.

Akanji intercepts a Chelsea pass and frees Grealish through the middle. He takes a shot which is blocked by Chalobah.

Julian Alvarez is shown the yellow card for blocking a Chelsea freekick in the middle of the pitch. 

Foul on Madueke by Grealish on the right side of the field. Palmer stands over the ball and goes for the goal himself. Chelsea is claiming a handball off Jack Grealish. The referee checks and confirms that the check is complete. No penalty.

Grealish is brought into the play by Rodri. He cuts inside the box and lays the ball off to Foden who hits it first time. Petrovic makes a great save to his right to keep it level. City has its shot on target.

Chelsea has started the second half strongly against Manchester City who is yet to have a shot on target.

Gallagher gets the better of Rodri and plays a ball through for Jackson. He drives into the box and tries to place it in the bottom right corner. Ortega makes a great save. The ball falls to Palmer who whips in another cross. Jackson is there completely unmarked. He is unable to find the back of the net with his header from point-blank range. Ortega makes another save.

Ortega gives the ball away to Madueke. He cuts to his favoured left foot and takes and shot from outside the box which sails over the goal.

Chelsea kicks off the second half, shooting from right to left. Manchester City is yet to have a shot on target in the game.

MCI: Ruben Diaz replaces John Stones

Two minutes of added time. Chelsea tries to create one last chance. It is kept at bay by the Manchester City defence. The referee blows the whistle for half time.

Caicedo goes into the book for a tug on Jack Grealish’s shirt. City gets a freekick in a good position but the cross in is cleared away by the Chelsea defense.

Grealish rolls the ball down the right and passes it to Foden on the edge of the box. He touches it forward for De Bryune who tries to give it back to Foden. The ball is cleared away in the end.

Enzo Fernandez plays a diagonal ball to Madueke on the right. He takes a touch to keep the ball in and passes it to Gusto who crosses it first time. Kyle Walker keeps his eye on the ball and heads it down for Ortega.

Ten Minutes plus added time to go in the first half. Cucurella goes down the right and plays a ball into the centre for Caicedo who has a lot of space to run into. His touch is poor and Madueke recovers the ball. Palmer receives it on the edge of the box and shuffles past Rodri. He takes a shot and forces a good save from Ortega. 

Rodri wins the ball for Chelsea and gives it to Bernardo Silva on the right. He tries to bend it into the far corner from the edge of the box. It ends up going wide instead.

De Bryune on the other end is played into the box by Grealish. His shot is blocked by Chalobah.

Jackson is through on goal. Manchester City players are asking for an offside flag. Jackson continues his run a goes past the keeper. He does not take off the shot and cuts back a pass which is intercepted by a returning Ake.

Grealish gets the ball on the left and puts a ball into the middle. Foden attempts to head the ball but does not reach it. Bernado Silva is behind him and touches the ball back across the goal. Petrovic gathers it easily. The offside flag goes up against Foden.

Manchester City is trying to find a way through the Chelsea defense as Rodri is brought down by Enzo Fernandes near the half-line. The freekick in from De Bruyne is cleared away for a corner by Jackson.

Grealish for City now. He skips past Gusto and delivers the ball to Alvarez in the box. He is unable to cushion it down to take a shot, and the ball is cleared away by the Chelsea defense.

Grealish plays a ball through for Alvarez. He fakes a shot on his right and cuts to his left to take a shot. He is unable to generate enough power on his weak foot and does not utilise the opportunity.

Jackson runs the length of the pitch down the left side, closely followed by Stones. He gets into the box and flashes a pass across the face of the goal. There is not one there and the ball goes for a throw-in.

Madueke is brought down in his own half by De Bruyne after giving the ball away.

De Bryune threads a ball beautifully for Foden. Foden breaks the offside line and does well to go past the keeper. However, the angle is too tight and Cucurella is there to clear the ball away for a corner.

Kyle Walker slips and gives away the ball to Gallagher. Manchester City has numbers back. Gallagher plays it to Gusto on the right who is quickly closed down by Grealish. Corner for Chelsea.

De Bryune is on the other end now. Caicedo stops him from putting a ball into the box and gives away a corner. Alvarez plays the corner short to Grealish and the cross is kept in by Rodri. Petrovic gathers it easily in the end

Palmer finds Madueke on the right. He tries to take on Ake and pass it into the area. Ake does well to block the ball and concede a corner. The corner from Gallagher is cleared away by the Man City defence. 

City keeps possession of the ball as expected. Chelsea wins the ball and Jackson steps past Akanji to break away. Ake recovers to make a good tackle.

Akanji who was trying to drive forward, is brought down by Nicholas Jackson near the half line. Thiago Silva once again has to make a last-ditch tackle to prevent giving away the ball to Kevin De Bryune, after trying to play out from the back.

Thiago Silva almost gives the ball away to Manchester City. He makes a last ditch challenge to prevent Alvarez from going through on goal.

Phil Foden kicks off the match for Manchester City, shooting from right to left. Both teams are in its respective home kits.

The players are making their way into the Wembley Stadium. Kyle Walker leads Manchester City while Conor Gallagher captains Chelsea.

Manchester City will look to bounce back from its UEFA Champions League quarterfinal defeat to Real Madrid when it takes on Chelsea in the FA Cup semifinal at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino said that his players need to respect on-field discipline as they focus on the semifinal against holder City.

Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueke had a row over who would take a penalty kick during Monday’s 6-0 win over Everton, with Madueke initially refusing to hand the ball over to Cole Palmer, who later scored from the spot.

Guardiola’s men will face former City winger Palmer on Saturday, following the 21-year-old’s four goals in Chelsea’s 6-0 rout of Everton on Monday that drew him level with Haaland as the league’s top goalscorer this season. Haaland and Palmer both have 20 goals.

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