Chelsea are through to the FA Cup final after beating Leeds on Sunday afternoon.
Enzo Fernandez scored the only goal of the game at Wembley Stadium as the Blues ended a dismal run of form to ensure they will face Manchester City in next month’s showpiece.
After a run of five straight Premier League defeats without scoring – their worst since 1912 – Chelsea’s decision to dismiss Liam Rosenior earlier in the week and replace him with Calum McFarlane - albeit temporarily - appears to have been vindicated, for now.
Daniel Farke’s side lacked the same cohesion that had lifted them to with touching distance of top-flight safety in recent weeks and they were unable to mount sustained pressure.
Anton Stach was wayward with a speculative effort and Dominic Calvert-Lewin failed to latch on to a deep cross to the far post in time added on as Leeds’ bid for a first FA Cup final appearance since 1973 fell short.
Follow the action back below with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, complete with expert insight and analysis from Dom Smith at Wembley Stadium.
90+7 min: Delap is on for Joao Pedro as Chelsea look to run down the clock.
Good performance from the Brazilian, though he should have put the game to bed early in the second half.
90+5 min: Good ball from Longstaff but Calvert-Lewin can’t stretch to get on the end of the free-kick at the back post.
Is that Leeds’ last chance?
90+4 min: Neto pulls back Bogle and then throws himself to the ground after being caught in the face by the Leeds defender.
90 min: EIGHT MINUTES of stoppage time.
88 min: That is a painful one for Caicedo following a clash of knees with Longstaff.
The Chelsea midfielder requires treatment and that should extend the number of minutes of added time.
86 min: Final throw of the dice by Leeds as Aaronson makes way for Longstaff.
He netted a stoppage-time equaliser against Bournemouth earlier in the week.
Can he repeat the trick?
84 min: Nmecha is now shown a yellow card as he catches Caicedo on the follow through.
No further punishment following a VAR check.
83 min : Stach finds himself in a decent amount of space and is urged to shoot from range.
He does exactly that but can’t keep his effort under the bar.
80 min: Santos and Nmecha will need a moment to recover after an accidental collision.
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