Chelsea reached the FA Cup final with a narrow victory that ended Manchester City’s hopes of a historic quadruple.
Hakim Ziyech turned home Timo Werner’s pass early in the second half to settle a cagey affair at Wembley.
The Morocco winger had earlier had a goal disallowed for offside, while Ben Chilwell also wasted an excellent chance to open the scoring for Chelsea.
Chelsea will play the winner of Sunday’s semi-final between Leicester and Southampton (18:30 BST).
City went into Saturday’s semi-final with hopes of becoming the first English club to win the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup in the same season.
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Chelsea
Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Squad number2Player nameRüdiger
Squad number24Player nameJames
Squad number7Player nameKanté
Squad number5Player nameJorginho
Squad number21Player nameChilwell
Squad number22Player nameZiyech
Squad number19Player nameMount
Squad number11Player nameWerner
Squad number10Player namePulisic
Squad number15Player nameZouma
Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Squad number33Player nameEmerson
Manchester City
- Squad number8Player nameGündogan
- Squad number47Player nameFoden
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 28AzpilicuetaBooked at 90mins
- 6Thiago SilvaSubstituted forZoumaat 88′minutes
- 2Rüdiger
- 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
- 27Cancelo
- 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
- 6Aké
- 8Gündogan
- 11Zinchenko
- 20Bernardo Silva
- 26Mahrez
- 31Ederson
- 47Foden
Live Text
Match ends, Chelsea 1, Manchester City 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 1, Manchester City 0.
Rúben Dias (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Rodrigo (Manchester City).
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by César Azpilicueta.
Attempt blocked. Rodrigo (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rúben Dias with a cross.
Offside, Chelsea. Emerson tries a through ball, but Christian Pulisic is caught offside.
Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City).
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
Substitution, Chelsea. Kurt Zouma replaces Thiago Silva because of an injury.
Foul by Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City).
Reece James (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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