Chelsea vs Manchester City
Match pulse
CHEAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHE | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MNC | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Who won: Man City 2-1
Manchester City beat Chelsea 2-1 on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at Wembley Stadium. Goals for Chelsea: Demba Ba (66'). Goals for Man City: Samir Nasri (35') and Sergio Agüero (47').
Play by play
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City will meet Wigan at Wembley for the FA Cup final on May 11.
A superb game from beginning to end, it really did have everything. Chelsea threatened to comeback from two behind but ultimately City held on.
- 94'
There goes the full-time whistle. City have triumphed over Chelsea to make it into the final.
- 94'
Milner thumps the ball downfield. That must be it?
- 94'
Last chance for Chelsea...
- 94'
Hazard cuts in from the left and decides to shoot from distance but his effort sails high and wide.
- 93'
Torres comes forward but is blocked off by Garcia on the edge of the box. No foul given.
- 92'
Mata finds Bertrand in space but his cross into the middle is claimed by Pantilimon with Ba waiting to pounce.
- 91'
Four minutes of injury time to be played. Still Chelsea pile on the pressure.
- 90'
Chelsea still probing. They fire in another cross but City get it away and counter. Toure drives forward into the box before puling it back to Aguero but the striker fails to find the target.
- 89'
Aguero comes forward but is stopped by Oscar. He wins it back and then turns Oscar and Azpilicueta before Mata tracks back to win possession.
- 89'
City get it clear but Chelsea are still camped in their half.
- 88'
Chelsea continue to attack through Bertrand and win a corner.
- 87'
Torres latches onto a long ball but is unable to pull the trigger after being tugged back by Komoany and Pantilimon is able to smother. Should have been a penalty.
- 86'
Time is starting to tick for Chelsea. Is there enough left for them to find an equaliser?
- 85'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> City make another defensive change as Lescott comes on for Nasri.
- 84'
Today's attendance is 85,621.
- 83'
City still looking for a third to kill the game off. The next goal, if there is one, really could go either way.
- 82'
Mata plays a long ball forward into the box in search of Torres but the striker is just unable to get the required touch on the ball and Pantilimon is able to smother it.
- 81'
Aguero very lucky to still be on the field. He goes in with two feet on Luiz as the defender lands on the floor following a collision between the pair.
- 80'
Toure picks up the ball on the edge of the area and drives forward. He appears to get by clipped by Oscar as he shoots and his effort ends up going just wide. Unlucky.
- 79'
Luiz fires a free-kick from 25 yards out but it sails past Pantilimon's post. The keeper looked as if he had it covered.
- 78'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Kompany goes into the book for a cynical foul on Hazard.
- 77'
Nasri wins the ball back for City and comes forward. He lays it off to Toure but despite a driving run he soon ends up in trouble and loses it.
