Chelsea women beat Man City 3-0 to book FA Cup final spot

Chelsea women have made it to the finals of the 20/21 Women’s FA Cup. The tournament was postponed to December, and the Blues have booked their ticket for Wembley. The London club won the 20/21 WSL and Continental Cups. They will now be hoping to complete the treble with the 20/21 FA Cup. 

The reigning WSL Champions easily defeated Manchester City 3-0 in the semi finals. In contrast to the intense clashes we are used to seeing between the two teams, this one was a bit one-sided. Manchester City came into the game with a number of injuries to deal with. Chelsea were missing a few of their own, but did enough to earn a clear win. 

Erin Cuthbert opened the scoring for Chelsea, following a corner from Guro Reiten. Melanie Leupolz would double their lead five minutes later from a distance. City were defensively resolute on the other side of the break. However, a headed effort from Bethany England in the 89th minute buried the game. 

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“That was one of my favourite performances,” said Blues manager Emma Hayes at the end of the match. “We’ve had a lot of players travelling all over the world and it’s a squad game – we had to pick a team that would do the first part and then the rest to come from the bench.

“I thought our mentality was superb today. I thought everything – our pressing and counter-pressing, how we created chances, was so efficient. I’m really pleased.”