Bernardo Silva became the hero, scoring the winning goal as Manchester City defeated Chelsea 1-0. Advancing to the FA Football Cup final and fighting to defend the title.
In the 7th minute, Manchester City lost the ball in their own half. Cole Palmer passed it to Nicholas Jackson, who tapped in and struck with his left hand in the penalty area. But the ball went straight to Stefan Ortega. UFABET
The Blues had a golden opportunity when Kevin De Bruyne sent a killer pass to Phil Foden, who was able to touch and avoid Jorge Petrovic. But there was no shooting angle so he had to choose to come back. And it was Gugureya who came to block the ball before the ball was cleared.
Nearly the first half hour had passed. Chelsea should have taken the lead when Nicholas Jackson broke loose almost in the middle of the field and dragged him to avoid Stefan Ortega. But refused to shoot. Choose to pay back and hope for a friend. But his weight was not good and he was kicked and blocked by the City defenders.
In the 37th minute, the Blues had another chance when Cole Palmer showed off his steps and dragged Rodri away from Rodri to grab him with his left hand in the penalty area, but Ortega was still able to save himself. before friends help each other out
The first half ended and the two teams were still tied 0-0.
In the second half, Chelsea had a chance from the 47th minute when a friend returned badly, causing Ortega to quickly kick him out, so he went into the path of Noni Madueke, picked it up and dragged him to cut and hit with his left hand in front of the penalty area. The ball went over the bar.
In the 49th minute, the Blues should have taken the lead when Gallagher passed for Jackson to get out and choose an angle to shoot, but Ortega made a save. The ball was still out of danger, so Cole Palmer followed and picked it up. On the right side and turned back for Jackson to have a close header at the far post, but he still made an unbelievable save against Ortega.
The 53rd minute was an opportunity to look at Manchester City. Jack Grealish dragged him into the penalty area on the left and let Phil Foden flick in and shoot with his left foot immediately. The ball was already in the corner of the goal, but Georgi Petrovic fell down and made a superb one-handed save.
In the 55th minute.
Chelsea were unbelievably denied a penalty when Palmer’s free kick hit the arm of Grealish, who was standing against a wall with his arms outstretched. But VAR didn’t give a penalty and the Blues didn’t take a corner.
Manchester City also had moments when they were attacking, in the 70th minute Kevin De Bruyne put his foot down and shot in the penalty area. But the ball bounced off the far post.
The Sailboats had another opportunity by holding the ball in attack for a while. Manuel Akanji broke into the right side of the penalty area and made a break into the middle for Julian Alvarez to hit the ball under the crossbar.
In the 84th minute, it was Man City who came out to a 1-0 lead when Dogu let De Bruyne slip to the back line in the left side of the penalty area and thrust it into the middle. Petrovic used his legs to block. Came out but went into the path of Bernardo Silva, setting up his left foot to shoot, although Gugureya rushed to block a little. But the ball still went through the goal.
At the end of the game, Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0, advancing to the finals and fighting to defend the championship. Waiting to meet the winner between Coventry and Manchester United.