Man City 1-0 Chelsea: Player ratings as Silva strikes late to punish wasteful Blues
Manchester City booked their place in the FA Cup final with a scrappy 1-0 victory over Chelsea on Saturday.
Chelsea created plenty of opportunities, with Nicolas Jackson proving to be particularly wasteful in front of goal, and as was the case in the Carabao Cup final against Liverpool, the Blues were punished for their lack of cutting edge.
Bernardo Silva popped up with just a few minutes remaining to seal a much-needed victory for City, whose quest to win the double remain alive.
City had the better of the opening exchanges, with their high press causing Chelsea a number of defensive scares early on, but Nicolas Jackson offered up the first shot on goal seven minutes in with a tame effort into the gloves of Stefan Ortega.
Kevin De Bruyne's delightful pass put Phil Foden through on goal and the Englishman dinked his way around Djordje Petrovic, but Foden found himself too wide and could only send an aimless cross back into the six-yard box which was nodded away by Marc Cucurella.
Cucurella also scrambled away a cut-back from Bernardo Silva, but the offside flag quickly put an end to the tension.
It looked like Chelsea were going to take the lead when Jackson found his way past Ortega, but with defenders rushing back to the line, the Senegal international sent a misguided pass back into the box which was comfortably cleared.
John Stones had to block from Noni Madueke and Ortega saved from Cole Palmer as Chelsea tried to ramp up the pressure, but neither side could break the deadlock before the interval.
Madueke skied over the bar shortly after the restart before Ortega made two excellent saves to deny Jackson, and just a few minutes later, Petrovic had to get down quickly to deny Foden as both sides made a fast start to the
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