Football

Chelsea through to FA Cup final

April 18, 2021 7:56 am

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Chelsea ended Manchester City’s hopes of winning an historic quadruple as they edged a closely-fought 1-nil FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.

City and Chelsea had both secured their places in the last four of the Champions League this week.

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 in the League Cup final on 25 April.

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Chelsea had other ideas, however, and they deserved the 1-nil victory given to them.

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.