Caicedo Arsenal reprieve, Nkunku injury wait - 5 things spotted in Chelsea vs Man City

Chelsea's Wembley agony continued on Saturday evening as they slipped to a late 1-0 defeat against Man City in the semi-finals of the FA Cup. Making just the one change from Monday's 6-0 win over Everton as Enzo Fernandez came into the team in place of Mykhailo Mudryk, Mauricio Pochettino's team started brightly and created a number of problems for their opponents.

City had chances of their own, notably Phil Foden rounding Djordje Petrovic but some impressive play from the goalkeeper forced the England international wide of the target. Seeing Nicolas Jackson pass up a great opportunity in the box, Cole Palmer then forced Stefan Ortega into a low save after finding some room to get a shot off on goal.

Chances kept coming Chelsea's way, with Ortega denying Jackson twice in quick succession shortly after the restart. The crucial breakthrough came in the 84th minute, however, as Bernardo Silva found the back of the net from close range after Petrovic could only divert Kevin De Bruyne's low cross into his path.

It once again meant even more heartache for Chelsea at Wembley as their opponents booked a date in May's FA Cup final. Here are five things we spotted in the game at the national stadium.

Chelsea delivered some positive news on the injury front on Friday after revealing that Christopher Nkunku had returned to partial team training at the club's Cobham base. Just unable to get going in his debut season in west London with injury leaving him in the treatment room for the vast majority of the campaign, the injury update gave Blues fans a glimmer of hope over a possible place in the Chelsea squad for the Frenchman against Man City on Saturday evening.

Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Pochettino said: «They assess