Chelsea Crush Leeds, Set Up FA Cup Final Clash with Man City
Chelsea will meet Manchester City in the English FA Cup final after securing a hard-fought 1-0 win over Leeds United. The FA Cup semi-final match at a sunny Wembley stadium presented a chance for Chelsea to press the hard reset button following coach Liam Rosenior’s sack, with Calum McFarlane leading the beleaguered side out for […]
Chelsea will meet Manchester City in the English FA Cup final after securing a hard-fought 1-0 win over Leeds United.
The FA Cup semi-final match at a sunny Wembley stadium presented a chance for Chelsea to press the hard reset button following coach Liam Rosenior’s sack, with Calum McFarlane leading the beleaguered side out for a place in the final of the oldest cup competition in club football.
The players responded to their interim manager with goalkeeper Robert Sanchez keeping the score level with an excellent stop on five minutes, while Enzo Fernandez led from the front with the winning goal on 23 minutes.
The midfielder ghosted to the back post where he had the simple task of heading Pedro Neto’s cross into the net, a task he completed to hand Chelsea the one-goal lead.
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Daniel Farke’s Leeds United had been on a run of seven matches without defeat coming into the encounter and pushed for an equalizer, but a stubborn Chelsea defence and a surprisingly error-free performance from Sanchez in goal preserved Chelsea’s clean sheet, their first in four matches in all competitions.
The win also continued Chelsea’s perfect record against Leeds United in the FA Cup after seven meetings, and McFarlane will lead the battered but victorious Blues back to Wembley stadium to compete in the FA Cup final against Manchester City on Saturday, May 16.