Chelsea vs Manchester City || FA Cup Final 2022

Chelsea Manchester City and all the fans here at Wembley were united in this message, unless it was seen around the world in the two Fa Cup

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s this weekend at Wembley. Let's review the equipment here. It's interesting to see how the 11 differ from the League Cup

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well they are as expected the only question mark was at centre-forward, he's very short on ellen white in that department, the other 10 started that league cup final, they beat bunny shaw on goals alone lately as Sam Kerr has been at Chelsea all season. "I've got some big shots here with Lauren Hemp as well as six goals in the cup, 10 more in the league and that's just the end of it, no matter how many goals you believe.

Kirsty Dowell has the honor of refereeing in today's final, Let's hope we can." We are not talking too much about it, that means it has been a good game, they are your keys to knowing who will be victorious and how. Here, what Chelsea had to do, what City has to do, I think for Chelsea, what they have to do. It's nullifying that Lauren Hemp threat on that and I was on the wing when you said who's going to do if it's going to be Jess Carter, Erin Cook is coming to support and then Milly Bright obviously in the center of the park for them as well.

I think that's what they're going to have to do and then obviously up front you've got Sam K who they're going to rely on to score the goals for Chelsea, as you say, but I hope there's not too much pressure here. I also got Beth England on there to help her in terms of that goal scoring, so you know it's going to be an interesting matchup, but can they shut down Lauren Hemp on that side? It will be interesting to see. but Greenwood's reward against um sam care will also be a very interesting match today as well, but as an extra support act and yes, Fran Kirby is on the Chelsea bench if necessary after almost three months of inactivity, so It's almost ready to go. here we have a couple of different ways that should be interesting unless emma hayes has thrown us a curve ball three back versus four back six of the last seven fa cups have been won by one of these two and with all due respect To Arsenal , who pushed Chelsea all the way and led the league for so long, you feel like these are the two at the moment and just that extraordinary bad luck with multiple injuries at the start of the season, when City were dropping points every weekend, He stopped them.

After mounting their own charge for the title, you feel like a statement needs to be made for them here. They did it when they won the League Cup final against Chelsea a couple of months ago. Here's another chance to say we're coming for you. Continuous support. of equality in the face of discrimination is the message as the cup final progresses, serial trophy winners and national champions Chelsea go for back-to-back league and cup doubles and Man City aim to finish a season Pretty crazy with even more titles. Chelsea on the front foot from the start here but not for long, brilliant, long serve, Milly Bright, I think you're right, though I think what to say, you know the two best teams to be in the final at the moment I think That's definitely summed it up, one up, these are the two teams in form at the moment and hopefully the exciting showdown between the two Arsenal couldn't really lay a finger on Chelsea in the semi-final.

You'd be very surprised if that were the case here. City Chloe Kelly has just returned to action lately after a long injury absence and she scored in the semi-final against West Ham. A great moment for her after so much time away and also in the league since she returned from injury. She has been brilliant. She wouldn't even know that she has been injured for so long. She has been brilliant for this hometown team, moving the ball forward from the guru to start this season, one or two question marks over her position in the team in which she has started half of the last games.

My goodness, she has upped her game and she has barely missed a beat at the first opportunity to see the hemp in motion and it has worked here. The first opportunity for the game is good and she blazed over caroline weir with a great opportunity and that's exactly what we were talking about, isn't that Lauren Hemp threat down this left side? She has so much pace, she is so direct and to prepare Caroline, we are here, she will be disappointed because she does not do better to keep that under the bar she just hit it on the rebound there caroline where she got the equalizer and the ceiling three a goal when they beat

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in that league cup final at plow lane what an opportunity and a real opportunity that for chelsea kurt looked like that he came out of the game in fact he has no pressure here on any robot to defend the end in front of his own fans, Ellie Roebuck, rightly so and got the winner when they met in the league in the last game, that Man City didn't win a single zero, proven that different element to their right this season, hasn't it been?

I don't think many people would have seen her as the goalscorer that she has been this season from that full-back position. She's done very well and also a system, um, obviously. getting five assists this season across the pitch this season, she's been incremental for this team, not just any goals or big goals when it mattered, man, you, on the final day, the winner against City, the first game in the cup semi-final against Arsenal, one thing is when I have a player who could be right when you are three and four up, opening goals and equalizing goals and goals in the six points.

She has been one of the standout players in another brilliant year for Chelsea, surely she is suddenly opening up here Stanway. another

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the only chances here come from man city now they have a corner we are seeing early domination of the city here the army and georgia stanway driving by there which we know she will do that but again the danger of lauren hemp in that outside a lot of pressure coming from this side of town from the beginning she is so dangerous georgia stanway in the middle of the park to do that and chelsea can't afford to leave her hemp stanway we are all well involved from the beginning normally greenwood is on duty for these They're starting like they mean business, that's for sure, city and they've gone here, it's half clear for England now England have done very well, very well to maintain that angle, now a little space here comes Eric's Chelsea .

She'll be happy to get out of her half for a moment just to relieve some of the pressure coming from town so early in the game. Really brilliant as Alex Greenwood from the other side. The only green present in the team he was defended as brilliantly as always and milly bright has defended physically as always that is what we expect from Millie definitely very strong in a challenge you will see a lot more of that in today's game. I'm sure wondering if she could pick today for her first goal of the season. She has never had a season with Chelsea without a goal.

She has played in every game and has yet to win one. It would be bad to mark it. I suppose she scored very good goals for England this season, so I hope he can. Well, she will be looking to try and get that big cross diagonal today that she also likes to hit and that could become a feature of this game. We'll see she was under pressure, wasn't it a big start to the season? She was, but I mean she definitely came out the other side and she's on the winning streak that Manchester City are on at the moment, so she's responded to a lot of criticism, I guess she had a lot of injuries in the first half of the season, yeah. and although people will say, well, everyone gets injured, not everyone gets injured, like the town hat that was crazy, Kerr with the cross, could fall here for the guru, right?

And there is a lot of traffic in front of it, the city has not taken care of it at all. When Ryton receives the cross, Orca was lining up a volley and Hemp comes back to stop Carter. It's a dizzying pace and just when we thought it was all the pressure on the city to start the game against Chelsea, now they've come back fighting because they know it. They're already in a game, just watching Sam Kerr take shape and then hit a volley. Now she is running after him and tried to score. Nobody scores headers like Sam Kurt.

She's very good in the air, but she has to do it. Alex Greenwood was also up to the task on air. He did very well watching the flight of the ball as he passed. I think the players will probably be happy that we didn't have the weather that was here for the men's final. yesterday hot and cheesy, a little cooler and some rain in the air here the city seems very lively and full of races this is where demi stokes has already had a couple of opportunities who off the green would have been the most consistent back there he lost much of the season, lucy bronze missed until the new year, jill scott replaced and stam web returned for a few games in his preferred position, now he opens it wide for kelly to get to shaw, but it's over, his bunny falls short, that's it. kind of a ford, you might not see it for a while, but suddenly the ball comes to the feet 12 yards out and it's in the bottom corner, yeah, jumping the challenges again, let's say if I were Chelsea, no I would like it to fall here in the box. or more definitely safe because she can finish one, two touches, even if you don't see her much, you see more of Ellen White in a game, you feel like she offers you more, but Short's final skill, that rare opportunity forced a In a few words, it's probably one to zero, I think I think you'd say it would be in the back of the net. uh Sora recently played against Brighton and she was very clinical in that game and got a hat trick so you wouldn't want to do that.

I doubt her in a game like today, definitely, especially on such an important occasion, well, that's what she came for, she was the big shot in the French top flight last year, simply beating kototo, psg took a league tally, she doubled it in that Brighton game from four to Eight she has goals in the cup competitions and City have also scored a lot. It's frightening. More than four goals in seven of his last eight. He is crazy. Plus, they come from so many different goal scorers. The thing is that they don't depend on just one. player who scores the goals for them, that's a very good point, they have a lot of players who scored four times, they have six rare, stand by eight, for sure, nine, ten in the league, she's out here, no, no , she would have been. side too, but I think there is a back on the head in the middle of all that, as we see Steph Horton looking frustrated, yes, she should be disappointed that she can't participate in today's game, she is obviously doing a lot and really working.

It's difficult to come back in rehab, as he said publicly, obviously the England captaincy has also passed to Leah Williamson, which I'm sure she won't be too happy about, but again they say he said he's not done yet, so I'm sure. She'll want to come back for games like today. Well, Erin Cuthbert is a tough girl, maybe the toughest of them all, maybe, actually, she's very bright, but Demi Stokes just beat her up. Her hustle and bustle will be so key that we touch briefly. in it, before the game, Fern Erin Cuthbert, she's versatile, but he just runs forever, the kind of player any coach would want to have available and the kind of player you'd hate to play against just because of a plague, basically, yeah , I mean you.

I probably say it literally brilliantly, she is a pest, she destroys things, you know, she destroys the game, especially against a team like today's Manchester City, who likes to play football like very nice football, she will be there to prevent them from doing so. and that's what emma hayes hopes to be able to do today, so they'll be glad she's back, yes, back in the field now, well, nothing too alarming for robot ellie, but certainly some bells are ringing at the other end, I was wondering Yes and Catherine. Berger would maintain his placement goal, it's only been a small period this spring that sachira musavich has been in, you thought there might be the beginning of a changing of the guard there, yeah when he got the opportunity and came in he did a really good job well and but I guess Ann Catherine Burger has been the favorite and has been the mainstay of Hazel's side this season, which is why I saw her in goal today.

City have had all kinds of goalkeeping nightmares, never mind the defense we talked about before. had all three seniors injured at one point, young teen keating had a few games and did well when she came in too, but you know they can't take having robot ellie back for granted, she's been brilliant in that goal and since he did it. Back, it is an excellent shot stopper, a rare touch here for vanilla, harder, which is well found byBurger, who's been shut down by him, then even harder to really get on the ball, get involved, Stanway, a little too eager, a little feisty or late, I'm not.

I'm sure which one it was, but we've seen a few tackles like that from Stanway in previous games and he likes to leave a mark on players too, let's say Art has 17 in all competitions this season in terms of goals, none more. Importantly, a late penalty in a game that everyone thought would be a cruise ship for Chelsea and they are just minutes away from handing the initiative to Arsenal in the title race when they won 0-0 in Birmingham, was more difficult from the spot. and now he's ahead, rightly so, Bronze has defended him very well.

That's brilliant, it's going to be another really exciting match on this side as well, and Lucy Bronze, both full of pace, fight and tenacity, both of them too, so Lucy Bronze is really good at defending here, but look at all the space there is. Came out of this side Lucy does well, she gets up well and forces her off the field, which is what she will want to do because there was a time when a lot of defenders could have dived and could have received the ball, but Maybe they didn't. they would have done and then writing was over and bronze seemed like she thought about it and then realized that it wasn't what she should do, which is such a classy defense without even touching the ball.

Yes, in a field this size you don't want to. be diving, should leave huge holes and gaps behind you, Greenwood on stokes, just Carter pushing high, I've seen a lot of that so far in this start, about 15, but Chelsea squeezes and it worked, Erickson, changing it, good idea, Well. read by demi stokes it's still that high press, they are very good at playing from the back of town but they just want to be careful at times like that, they don't play too much in their final third, kind of just letting chelsea settle down. crawling near the box is not what they would want to do, that was not Roebuck's best clearance, there is pressure from Chelsea, I was going to say it's working but City got their way, Lucy Bronze has a bit of time here kelly thought she was improved but she sure ran the line anyway now with the defense i think i'm going to say magda erickson knew what she was doing there she showed some pace sure actually i thought she might have achieved it. at the end, when she touched the pasta, yeah, we'll give Eric the benefit of the doubt.

A single trying to reverse the ball. burger with more players from the city waiting there she will enjoy it today I think Chloe Kelly will like that erickson continues today I think she has the pace to pass her obviously she has Erickson tries to keep her at bay and we go down the field, but she is obviously too fast to she, shows quite a bit of strength too to cross and cross the area, they are also good at coming out and claiming, but again, Chelsea won't want to be allowed too many crosses. come on the box at the edge of the sea here oh yeah you can see it's gone off the side obviously a lot of kennedy and lucy bronze have held the line but that sass of Sam cares about trying to get it around the keefer and she ends up . and then obviously the line is late, but wow, why are they waiting so long?

Emma Hayes had two seconds to get excited, as did the Chelsea fans. Sam Kerr with her Pelé impression, she is so composed in the face of gold, the audacity to just hit it. The goalkeeper there has shown what she can do, obviously she's offside in that case, but we just saw a little more of what Sam K is capable of doing. Well, he opened up in the league cup final against City before. went wrong for Chelsea, that's one of 27 goals in all competitions and I'm sure everyone knows 20 and 20 in the WSL is phenomenal, just a machine and all sorts, so two half volleys from 20 yards on the last day of the season. they're poachers, scruffy, brilliant in the air with their headers, almost half the goals have been headers and then daring training ground guys like that, so it's just a cup final, there's only over 50 thousand people looking but yeah that's how confident she is and she's got some celebrations too, I'm sure she'll want to get some of those out too, the backflip being the one we all know and love by the way those 27 that's just chelsea tons more for the Australians also during the course of this season, so he did not play in all of Chelsea's games.

Miles away again at the top of the charts, Bronze turned on herself to find space and now she found that Chloe Kelly didn't play a minute. until april for chloe kelly and make up for lost time that's a soft pass of the kind you can't afford against a team as dangerous as chelsea it's harder for them to go back to town and deal with it but that was a disaster i needed clarify as you say that they take care of that, but we are talking about playing again, a little, they are composed and they are very good with the ball, but sometimes they can exaggerate and they are showing it here in the middle of the game. park, you can't afford to do that, the spread is against, well I'm going to say half, maybe more of the wsl, you'll probably get away with it if you play too much and get caught, you'll probably get it back like you they did. then it's another thing against chelsea, they are more likely to punish you, yes, they won't want to receive complacent attacks where what was an opportunity from the beginning went to caroline weir for a couple, in fact the second was deflected white by in a corner, you see City trying to slow down a little bit, trying to get a foothold back in the game, which is where they could fall into danger of playing too much because they're just trying to get the ball back. down and play and keep control keep possession and make chelsea wait for the ball you just want to make sure they're obviously not playing too much into their hands there's a good holding game there from bonnie shaw she got absolutely fouled kirsty dale I saw it, but City still had the ball and looked vaguely promising.

Well, it will surely be a concern. One thing I would say is that I have seen a few City games this season where she looked down and got into trouble. Erin Cuthbert certainly has. By the way, I cut her there but she has tended to get up and be fine again but that's quite high and it will have hurt, yes that is high, I'm not sure and I'll see if there's a reserve or something that comes out, it's probably only the first. challenge, but it should have been like this, she leaves her tights too late and is at the top of Bunny Shore.

You see that she is very uncomfortable. It always surprises me that the first challenge is still something I don't think it should be. It shouldn't matter if it's in the second second of the match if anyone but that's what they'll say isn't that why she has one to be fair as a player? normally I was a defender so that's what's done first the late challenger puts his hand up I'm sorry it won't happen again the refs are fine then but that was naughty of Cuthbert she's up she's giving him a haze in particular, the opportunity to have a mini chat with the team, there should be something The message is to keep pressing, I think, although you know, they have created some opportunities in the last five ten minutes, putting the city under pressure, especially in the middle of the park, it's been falling apart a bit, so you'll probably tell them more. or the same we can get, we can get it, we can drive towards them like they are a little nervous, the bottom line of the city, yes, let's test that complacency potential and let's also test the ellie robot, it is not being tested in this game yet writing with the squeeze here robot having to get rid of the rush one of the four original title winners left in this chelsea team that number was halved after this g on the bench kirby on the bench drew spence on the bench there the others well read now and forward England with a small movement, Greenwood is aware of the danger and has calmed down a little, hasn't he?

Yes, but I think for me, yes I am and those kicks that come from Ellie Roebuck, I think they are trying. to clear their lines, they want to clear it a little better than that, you know they're coming in just below the halfway mark and right into Chelsea's hands, which still doesn't really relieve the pressure. This is promising for where, where. well read by the always reliable Sophie Engel, he just quietly does that kind of work, like Wall Short Valtier Arsenal, probably the least spectacular player in the big clubs, but it is also important for what those teams always do well at the beginning at 11 , obviously. always reliable, but i thought caroline way was going to let a shot fly, then she thought of two ways and played it to lauren hemp, but we know what she is capable of from long range carolina, she should try to give it a try. and getting a shot on goal early and the midfield breakers have been key when they looked dangerous in this game where Stanway, I think they would probably want Lauren Hemp to have the ball a little bit more and Chloe Kelly to use it as well. the space uses the width of the field a little better, maybe drag Eriksen definitely very bright in Greenwood in fixed service as always for the city.

Fixed with Sanker seeking help at the counter here. It's a lovely idea and she was there. Absolutely on the right side, it would have been clear here, she is now with the company. Kennedy does his job well, as she has since she replaced Steph Orton, and I think they've established a pretty good partnership here and Alex Greenwood. and that central defender in the first half of the season, as you say, a couple of different players are different inside and outside the backline, it was difficult for them to establish that consistency separated throughout the backline, they have done it now again . arrival from tottenham last summer the rest there they have been together for much longer there she is it's always useful to have someone of lucy's caliber bronze next year for alana kennedy here comes bronze stanway back to bronze i'm going to want to work it out with him and they have somewhere well doing their bit to find lauren hempman that comes to nothing there is kerr again but harder and england catches up there is a ball for bethany england i don't think that was the one she was playing It's not that she got the right one for stronger right, but the ball was England, I don't think she saw it, I don't think she saw the pass, but it was clear and it was direct and, if she had made it, Beth England was in acres and acres of space.

It was actually an easier route to play than the one she tried, yes she is trying to play it on the back but she didn't need it, it's a simple pass straight to her, oh that's it, Chelsea are very dangerous in the counterattack and that's it. what they can do is obviously a wrong decision, in that case there is no need to spend 27 minutes without Chelsea having tested the opposing goalkeeper most of the time, they have already beaten the opposing goalkeeper at this time, they are not here yet . bronze to the edge of the head with flipped sides yes, they switched to the idea, they're just thinking well, let's see if Hemp will try Ericsson on this far side and see what Chloe Kelly can do there, change it up a bit. the pass is on and now I'm playing them sideways, I think Kelly will get there too.

She just stopped, it's well defended, she did very well to maintain that too, it's only if the players were around her to support her. She had to do it alone to try to control Jess Carter and in fact she tried to make nutmeg and didn't have much success. until this season I didn't really play much, I only started to establish myself at the end of last season and absolutely part of the furniture now played all but one of the league games, yeah that's why she is cementing her place going into hopefully that England team. "Over here also for the euros that come out because she showed great performances this season brilliant 1v1 defender absolutely excellent here well, she will leave, even she had an injury that kept her out for a while at the beginning of the season, that's how it was." Not just the defense, it was the screen in front of the defense, they were missing a totally different side, done classically as usual, Alex screen with her Stokes Greenwood again, yes, that's what she brings to that back line, just that composure when you need it, Alex to get. on the ball control the back line here again you can see you know she's just looking to calm things down go back keep her starting again with similarities to her lear williamson also i think so composed so good free kick here harder it could have been the meat in the sandwich there may be a bag on the head because the dal is just making sure the card is out for Kennedy, it's his first excessive force, yeah it's hard to see which part of her actually collided with her, there all the body goes with the leg and then the next thing the arms go through is really quite clumsy, isn't it?

Yeah, yeah, everything there, knee, hip and head, I think very, very late in that entry, but I got away with something vaguely similar before, but that was a proper wall. up andyou can't really have any complaints if you're elanna kennedy there, the first name that was taken probably has about six different pieces of vanilla that hurt more right now, she'll have to leave to come back up, but this is a good position and you mentioned fern we've had, we've had more than half an hour from time to time, he wrote, but you know it requires some quick footwork, but they haven't saved themselves yet, no, they'll be looking to try it here like you say, sam. careful in the air um really bright in the air they have a lot of presence in that box now Chelsea, so you know they will try to put it on one of their heads, eventually the newly discovered ones will also come out for this strange right. or left, it's straight from the fist, but that's not good enough, it's a terrible ball, but she will be absolutely furious about it, that shin height hit the first defender, but they are still ahead here milly bright can hit them Chelsea leads it's an incredible goal the blue flag waving at Wembley and Milly Bright the unlikely goalscorer if she hadn't taken a touch that's extraordinary I don't think a deflection was necessary, I think it comes directly from Millie Bright from this right side.

Aaron Cuthbert couldn't get the ball in the box, but you know Millie Bright definitely did and it looks like she just passed it right over Ellie Roebuck's head without anyone else having any contact along the way um well, trying to pinch it just right on the line, here I tried to direct it on the line, it's if it came in before I touched it, be careful, I think you have Millie Bright, who hasn't scored anything this season. she's never had a goal this season for chelsea she just stole it sam cares took that's sam kaye's goal i think she took it just before she went over the line let's see if they attribute it to sam care chelsea putting pressure on city and There's a bit of a hassle here, they're going to sort themselves out while Ryton goes for another unlikely long range one with a bit of improvisation, so worry about winning the cup for now, later on if I'm really brilliant I'll have to go with Samkhya.

Thinking why he didn't let me get my first goal all season. I think, as you say, Aaron Cuthbert just couldn't beat the first man, but Millie does and then the pressure here from Chelsea again is the guru, and I think City just need to settle. in this case they understand that they cannot afford to lose two to zero in the next few minutes they do not need to be angry they have done very well they cannot keep Chelsea completely at arm's length in terms of attacks, but they are a little nervous about this and will you would be especially for that type of goal, as well as for the type of strange goal, really yes, it is a strange goal, they are not going to expect to be defended so well.

Especially from the first part of the free kick, you won't expect that to have gone over everyone's heads and Sam Care crawled in at the back post. Well, she scored the first goal in the cup final. The city converted him. round to win that one they will have to do it again here they have seen them all threatening but they are behind and it is her again not only many goals but big ones and on the big occasion and on the big stage Furthermore, she saw it and she was not going to let them that was his goal.

Today in an Fa Cup final there were back-to-back narrow wins over Tottenham in the preliminaries and he scored great goals in those when to everyone's surprise, in the 90th minute it was one to zero, so it's not just volume, it's big and the first game in both cup finals against City Chelsea, hold on to this lead, can they extend this lead while City are simply feeling the advantage? Shockwave is fine and hooked. It's a good ball, but no one attacks it. Anyway, raise the flag. It's okay, we couldn't control it. 28 for the season for Sam Kerr in all competitions for Chelsea.

Here's another look. I was definitely going in. I don't think Milly Bright intended to put it there. I was going to say it's definitely not a shot. It is obvious that it is a center. He's not shooting from that far away, but yeah, Shanker wasn't going to leave any doubt. I don't want anyone, she has Lucy Bronze around Alex Green, who thinks you won't get a chance to clear this up. I'm coming in and I'm stealing this offer and I think in an Fa Cup final even though Millie doesn't have it. the goal I think she'll be happy to be one to zero to be honest of course all about the team so they just have to get there and push something sure late with that challenge the city's response will be really interesting, firm, we have. well eight nine probably ten minutes once you add it in here and then half time talks if it continues like this yeah I mean I think they would like to get another one to get a goal and before half time definitely and go in one one um but if not , keep it at least zero and go in and calm down and just calm your nerves because the goal went against them.

I want to play, it was a little unexpected. They were doing very well, they would defend them well and, as you say, Ellie. robert hadn't really had much to do up until that point, generally speaking, this season, when chelsea gets their first goal of a game, if you've been watching that game, you think well, that was coming, it happened, it really happened, what mark of the team isn't there to attack him herself jess carter was a solid connection between her and alex greenwood and that's a little short, they're definitely rattled here in town, it's harder to try to take advantage now, but like you say, They've rubbed some feathers here, haven't they?

Definitely Chelsea and the fluidity of them again in the top three, you've got Sam K now coming out as well, coming out wide guru on the right and coming in, so they're having a bit. a bit of fun with that now Chelsea, you can see they're getting a bit of freedom which was Walsh selling Demi Stokes a bit short without a pass got her way although just a bit of a limp and a grimace here for Beth England who has been the beneficiary of frank kirby's absence playing well she always plays but starting more than usual he has three goals in the fa cup this season england yes, i think since the christmas artist's turn in the second half of the season and Beth England has done very well.

When she was given the opportunity to come onto the pitch and speak to the Chelsea assistant coaches, I know they have done a lot of work with her and off the pitch in terms of extra work, analyzing extra things one on one. . behind the scenes and I think that is what Chelsea offer their players: not only do they support the players in the starting eleven, but it is also the players who are going to come from the bench and that is probably why we see them make a so good job. As a team, there is a very strong team, we have another head here for Sophie Eagle, very disputed, for sure, isn't it?

And that's, uh, on the back of Georgia Stanway, yeah, Stanway, obviously, with her shoulder, she actually won the ball with a header. I think Angle is coming in late and connecting with, like you said, the shoulder. I hope to see a little more of that in this game as well. I think there are quite a few clashes today that are a bit feisty and that's what Emma Hayes probably wants. to see in a team a little fight and a little heart so that there is nothing too dangerous in another season full of victories incredibly similar numbers to the previous ones actually in all competitions 30 wins four draws four defeats, although the defeats have They have been hurting Wolfsburg once in the city of Europe in a cup final, obviously, the opening day of the league season, they recovered quite well, yes, I think they will be here and from that final defeat, and you say that they do not like to lose their team that knows how to win games and they do not seem willing to give up this small advantage very easily that followed consecutive victories in the league cup, they go with three fa cups with emma hayes and all the Wsl Crowns is also Stan White to Greenwood Kansas City, they did a little more than what they were doing in the first 10 minutes, they were a different class and at that moment it felt like they were going to score, but they didn't, they didn't. close to Burger's goal actually for quite a while, maybe since Chloe Kelly beat Erickson on that putback, I don't think they've been in any way threatening since then and that must have been a good 15 minutes ago, yeah I think the goals simply reached them. a lot of things took them by surprise and they are trying to get back into this game a little bit.

I think it will be interesting to see what we find next because this city team is now used to losing on the first afternoon with another break here which was good, held the game, sure didn't leave anyone behind and still the opportunity and a brilliant from his most familiar source, Lauren he equalizes for City just before half-time and what a player to do. We've just been saying that if there was anyone who was going to cause problems for the Chelsea defense it would be Lauren Hemp and we haven't seen much of her in this first half, but she has stepped up when needed in this first half and just before half time also what I've been saying but she's so direct and sees a point and picks it brilliantly, cuts inside, leaves Millie Bright and wow, what a finish from here, so much confidence to take that.

Lauren Hems' great shot just inside the post. Credit for great work, where it is due to a friend. Surely in that buildup she held it up well, she didn't leave anyone behind and then the hemp was left behind and for such a creative player, she scores so much. so many goals, that's a beauty on the biggest stage, her seventh in this cup run, plus 10 in the league, such a dangerous player. You just saw her look over her shoulder and she saw that she was 1v1 and she thought I'm I'm going for this, I'm going to try it and why not, because look what she can do 1v1, well, whoever she's up against. , she'll beat them, she's faster than Carter right now, whoever Engel is, if she crosses paths and is involved. here again stanway now kelly surely not hamburger with a sure grip completely square again these two inseparable would you say she is faster? feet from lauren's headquarters the speed of her feet also not only here in terms of pace the way she can turn players backwards credit has to go for that goal, it's incredible on her part, I think she came third in the vote, sam kerr was first and the football writers association award, i think he would have been at the top of quite a few people's list to be fair, yeah what a talent.

Also, as such a young player, she has a long way to go in the game and the way she plays at such a young age, you know that she is playing well beyond the years, she is actually doing very well and as you say, yes. she probably she would have gotten a few more votes for the top from quite a few people. I think she still holds the record for the youngest player in the WSL. She debuted for the city. Here's Millie Bright, whose positioning is key because she will know that I. I'm probably going to defend against him a lot today and she'll know that the positioning is there for Keith because she knows she's not that fast, yeah, and she's brilliant like you at defender Milly, but when someone runs at you with that. lots of pace and you're in the box, all you need to do is turn your shoulder a little bit and that's what she did, she dropped her shoulder, came back and obviously put it in the back of the net, she didn't really give in.

There's a lot of chances to get close to her, but you see here, Bunny sure starts the whole move from the stairs and she just drives and keeps going and that's what creates the space for Lauren and we talked about it in the free match and from the start, If it's Cuthbert reaching out for help or Carter because she's the ring back don't isolate yourself against him and that's what happened Carter was lured to the middle cut but couldn't reach Milly Bright she was alone now it's Stanway driving through of it is a good block of bright Stanway again blocked by Carter City corner, they started this half strong, they are finishing it strong, we are in stoppage time, we have two and a half minutes left, yeah, and it's not just hemp, You don't want to be isolated. against, obviously it's george stan when, as you see the 2 on 1 here, but the same thing he did at the beginning of the game, georgia stanley is very brave moving forward and could take two or three players out of the game at a time, obviously , the deviation to go wide, only Carter, but you feel that the city is returning to this game now, three different periods in the Chelsea half in the city center before and after Kelly with the corner, good distance on the punt, Welsh back to Greenwood, well, they were always likely.

For goals, the first was strange, to put it mildly, the quality of the second and here, Shaw, running that line, no one was there, tight, Kirsty, caught in the game, I think she's been, she thinks she's getting caught. , No? adamant, but you say Case Dale isn't having any of that, you see she just has a body in front of her, I mean there's definitely contact, there's definitely contact on that and you can see why she's filing a claim for it, let's gradually incorporate. var in the wsl, I think next season there is a Greenwood striker forBright.

All the goals these two have scored lately are never likely to be Neil Nil, but as we said at the start of the game, Bunny Shaw obviously offers something different to you. I'm telling Ellen White, but the strength with which she holds the ball is strong, she is causing a lot of problems and, as you know, in that center of defense, and as you can see, she is also winning headers, so they offer two different things, but I think she is showing in this first half why she has been playing in this starting eleven. I think we've seen a little more of that that you sometimes see with her.

She's been more involved. The sticker is one of those types of strikers and there are many of them. who have had brilliant careers, you can be out of the game for a long time, but they show up when you need them, they've actually been more involved today than usual, that's the end of first half stoppage time, that's the end of the first half of this fa. cup final, of course, literally, exactly the two players we were talking about before the match started, what a second half we have ahead of us, so well matched these two, the city came from behind to win the league cup a couple of months ago they came from behind to level up here excellent so far and at least 45 to come chelsea one man city one here we go so at least 45 minutes to play at wembley i got the full two hours in a shootout at the men's final yesterday.

Firmly, this was a tough free-for-all to rate and it's just as tough now, isn't it? I mean, anything could happen here, you could file a case. For both sides in the first half there was a Chelsea spell in the middle where they seemed to be the better team, but before and after it was the cities, yeah, I don't even think about looking at the first one, you can see which way. To be honest, it's going to change before the game, no one wanted to say it and I think even before this there have been the same number of opportunities, you really would have said that City were dominating in the first period of the game, but Chelsea righted themselves.

We came back in and were leading at one point, so yeah, it's going to be really interesting to see how this second half starts. Both teams will look to start brightly, without changes by any of the coaches, I don't think it will be a surprise, a lot of quality in both. benches as a required win and of course the longer this goes on and if there is an extra 30 minutes that will definitely become an important part, a reminder after almost three months out, Fran Kirby is on the Chelsea bench, cameo available if necessary, here is Vanilla Hard England. and the curve almost fell there is roebuck in a completely opposite direction this second half started to buy the first star chelsea started with the first initial opportunity obviously grew well trying to pass the ball towards beth england's head and she can't take advantage of it but it's a Chelsea's positive start, too, was a tackle that almost turned into a useful pass.

Kerr will be the winner of the match, she will have to do it again and she cannot be overlooked since she lost the cup final to City. Chelsea has won 11 consecutive games 39-5. Very accurate score. By the way, in that city they have been even more prolific. His little shoulder slump that lost Millie Bright's attention and hemped her again, meaning Danger Stanway was the most likely candidate. at the far post he just couldn't get there, a really dangerous ball across the box from Lauren Head, but Bunny does very well just to collect it and surprisingly the Chelsea defensive line gave up the bid to allow the space to do it and to make a quick change of play to Lauren Hemp to pass the ball dangerously through the box, but no one gets to the end of the beautiful area to feed it, you just need someone to take a chance and it's a relatively simple finish for anyone who gets there.

There it is, well I have your single definitely caroline, wait another late, a bit similar to a couple we saw in the first half, both players look at the ball, but quite late from Sophie's angle, there and a dangerous place for Man City. free kick, well it's four thick 50 50s in this final, it's usually Greenwood's left boot and here it's not one of the best either, but this second prize is the corner through Carter, yes I should expect the corners to be a bit. It's a better delivery than the free kick, but a corner in this area, early in the second half, Man City will be happy with that and we've got Caroline, we got it this time, we should be looking for big heads in the box. from people like Bunny Shore and Lauren Hemp, we also deliver, it's good, as is the distance in Burgers' shot, although it is played well by the Chelsea goalkeeper, another dangerous ball on the goal kick this time because we have seen. some good blocks we haven't actually seen saved very few real saves from Roebuck or Burger no, they haven't really had to be tested on their targets yet, we've seen it there, even likes a fun edge and Alana Kennedy has been kept out , but the defense really stepped up to the plate before the goalkeepers had a chance to do anything, then Catherine Berger was sneaking in a couple of times late in the first half, first from Stanway and then again on Brighton Carter's follow-up .

Her blocks never actually reached the initial robot of hers who is now defending the goal with the Chelsea fans behind her. Let's see Bunny Shore again and he's new and tight. The robbery game is strong again on the part of the Jamaican. It's okay, it's okay. that time, but I was just looking at the distances so far this time, ingle and jess carter, how far were they from here if that ball is better for him, because you know she's going to like the one on one every time against most. To be honest, Millie Bright includes Willy Bright, so younger and faster, he just needs that touch. cuthbert or groin from midfield whatever that 1v1 doesn't happen here it goes down he took a great position between the lines kelly outsider safe in the middle kelly towards the edge he just shot he stayed inside too in his way now that we've seen the save and it's big on Burger's part, what a great save for Mankato and Burger.

There you put your money on Lauren Hemp to finish that in front of goal, you really wouldn't do that, but what a brilliant move by Man City on the counter-attack and seeing that Georgia breakthrough. Stanway picked Chloe Kelly on this right side and he's not quite sure where that head is going from Bunny Shore. She really she came from the wrong side of her head, but they showed up at Highland because of pressure from Caroline, where and then Lauren Hemp, she just can't. I can't finish it because Katrin started to get big, she opens up her body and can't really protect her goal very well.

It was a bit desperate at the back, although you could see a couple of Chelsea defenders diving in just in case the moment came. the goal mouth beautiful way of passing there from Stan Wayne someone used to say a 50p head in the middle there from Buddy Short she was aiming for the goal she came out again on the corner flag yes she was favorite for that too really she did it it just bounces the wrong side of her head away from the goal not where she wanted it to be great pressure from the Man City side there off the counter she pulls that leg back lauren he's thinking 80 this is 2-1 yeah still I thought I was going to cut it right to the bottom right, right through the goalkeeper, but the beggar does very well to have a great chance headed this way by Comfort Greenwood gets ahead of the aerial battle, I mean, there's a million those little fights going on. all over the pitch here and the overall picture is good, having a really good game and justifying the teammate's short deflection on that good meal, goal almost an hour from Millie Bright Burger panicking and moving to her left, no I do.

I think she would have got there, he wouldn't have expected that to be on the scoreboard, she would have an own goal from Millie Bright, but it's funny, she sure does it brilliantly again. He's done really well and, wow, really brilliant, putting it off his own post there as long as. as it hasn't appeared inside the post that's what you'll be happy about, they have a tough time there for Chelsea big time, a quick start again here after the restart from the city like they did in the first innings since where and again from Burger. That was like the last one, too close to the German goalkeeper.

That time, very confident, a big punch to Mankato Burger, saying: "You're going to score, you're going to do it the hard way because I'm here and I'm going to protect my goal." as much as possible trying to free kurt kennedy backing up look harder reading that second ball and fouled by Lucy Bronson knew what she was doing and she's going to get a card for it, I think Lucy Bronze knows she's done there , yeah, I think especially if she doesn't make that contact Chelsea is there right on the edge of the city box, so kind of smart from here to take her down, I think Vanilla had read it so well in the air that she had a advantage over her and it's uh, I'm going to let you down without it seeming so obvious that I'm fouling you, yeah, I do.

As you say, I think she knows what she is doing, but here is a dangerous place for a free kick, however, for Chelsea and that is the two defenders on the right side of Man City, both on a card that could become a factor as Reiton cuts her down but overclips her and that's a wasted opportunity. Emma Hayes will be furious with that, yes, because three kicks on the edge of this Man City box don't actually happen too often, so when you get them, you want to take your chances, at least get an attack or something in the goal, you simply cut it too far, all the players hope to get closer to the goal and it has gone further. away, no one can get to the end of that hem coming back and picking up harder jess carter ingle england back to cuthbert to the right and that moves very well from side to side, good possession without too much penetration at the moment, but actually I have seen many spells of this type of football during the course of this final it is actually a little more frenetic to work it well and then move the city from side to side here and now Kurt with Greenwood there is a difficult ball he tried there was another killer ball to the right and actually There was quite a big gap to catch now it looks like we are going to see jesse fleming and g here for a Chelsea farewell game i thought they would both start yes i think jesse fleming will make a big difference if he comes from new she offers something similar to erin cuthbert and that she is quite a feisty player, the bottom line is she will work hard and, you know, make those tackles and really try to get chelsea in the game, we thought it was a foul by carter, the referee did not agree with England and now it is more difficult, that is very well done, now they need to enter the area because Kerr is making the cross instead of finishing and the cutback is not for anyone except Kyra Walsh at the point of penalty.

Bunny Shaw will have to wait for help here. or do some kind of solo race, she does it well, like a bunny, just to hold it back and allow the players to get up. It could have been easy for her to try to advance on her own, maybe give up possession, but you know I have to shoot in the second half of the field here and you know they will be happy to have possession. We'll go around the corner from England. You're really curious to see what Emma Hayes is going to do here. whether it's just two by two in the middle of the park or not, as Shaw takes the cross, Carter goes far, but not far away is Georgia Stanway cut, but she did well, but only initially did her hemp shift, no I think there was a way to get past that, not often she makes an error in judgment, but that was one, no, you just get excited when she picks up the ball in those positions where she's going to get it, put it down and drive a cut through. out. through players, but she decided to try it and it's not the right option in that case, the right coach asks what are you doing if those two come, who do you think are going to come?

You know, that's a very, very good question because I think it's probably going to mix up the training a little bit rather than a direct exchange. Do you think so, maybe Bethany England comes out stronger and supports Kerr and an extra body in the middle, maybe that kind of fit could be that we will soon find out that they have been stripped and ready there for quite some time and I'm just going to guess with the stew there, I think it's a little movie of Sam Kurt going through the short playbook again, wait, the game has been good, very good, from friend, short, anything from g, although you know she She will be that playmaker, aren't you there? and she wants to catch the ball as much as possible in the middle of the park here. it's milly bright and sophie engel again, as is usually in a crucial position, make sure a minor drama doesn't turn into a crisis, that ball isn't going out of play, it's only been cleared to the extent that the assistantStokes is where the time is coming. mark the first moves off the bench come from emma hayes yeah i like that you call me coach whelan though thanks for that but not in emma hayes mind right now no one really knows what she's going to do as we saw in the alignment. goes to the end of the hollywood ball field chloe kelly there welsh towards stanway does that little turn so well that we have seen it several times he didn't make a pass on this occasion, although he put his bibs back on to go for another warm one -Here , delaying it a little bit more or less half an hour until overtime, a lot of people felt it could go all the way today, it's just that both sides will want extra time, though especially with the length of the season and the number of games there are.

These Chelsea players have had to play this season, they probably have tired legs and don't want to go to extra time. We want to do it within 19 minutes, I'm sure they have done it sir, they are playing more and more. competitions a little more anyway because the city's European bent didn't make it through here, that's for sure now and no one will be happy that they had a little help there from the busy returning Aaron Cuthbert, those changes are coming , I promise you, I guess. Of course, in the meantime, a goal at either end could change what the changes are.

Robuck punts again, not a big gap, that's been a small minor detail for her today. Kurt is the target. Roebuck has it in his gloves even after colliding with Alex Greenwood, yes. You'd go out of your way to keep it safe in your hands when the ball is crossing the box, but as you say, it's those clearances when the ball comes back, we want them to go a little further and potentially a little wider because they're just landing in the middle, which which allows Chelsea the opportunity to counterattack. them really when it's not necessarily their possession in the first instance, first option, as our teenagers ellie roebuck, by far the youngest of the three senior goalkeepers they had this season, very well done for carter, needs a good cross, no he completely understood it, he went behind Bethany England who would love to have had something to attack there and Engel did not keep the danger alive and now he writes with the center it is not a bad ball, it is not a ball from her, take a detour on the way, I don't think so I don't know, maybe Chelsea were claiming that it just looked like it deviated slightly and turned a little bit, but anyway it wasn't given a goal kick, it's the decision and uh, I just looked to the other side to see if those changes were coming, yes, yes, that is.

Why did he look so guilty afterwards only to see that she didn't give him the go-ahead? Here we go again. Another bad clearance this time to cut, but now Brighton, England cut again, but it's worth it. It's a Wembley block buster by Aaron Kaufman. Chelsea leads again impressively. right in front of the blues france, what a wonderful finish, it's incredible and that's why we were saying at the beginning of the game and she is so fundamental to this Chelsea team, what a blow from here leaves Ellie Robot with absolutely no chance Absolutely brilliant by Erin Cuthbert.

Wow, great finish from Chelsea in this final. Now you can't give Beth England that amount of time too, if only to come in and set it up, but what a great finale. One touch of her feet and she doesn't. make no mistake hitting the ball there, millions of mere mortals dreamed of a moment like that Wembley cup final, 20 yards from the bar, there are a very, very select few who have done it and Erin Cuthbert is now one of them, could he have hit? That's it, honey, honey, Ellie Roebuck had no chance of not being able to get close.

You see what it means to Emma Hayes in the line there celebrating and then she says, "Well, calm down, we're in a game here now" and she said, "Yo." I think she said sit down, wait because now those changes, like we were saying, might not be the exact plan. Now I mean, that's what we dream about that every one of us women and children have thought about, just imagine you're playing. a cup final you are crashing it under the crossbar what moment what goal and if it is going to be the winner and it is very far from being it what a way to win any game any cup final simply impressive here is Lucy Bronze in the city of the Chargers try to hit back immediately, it's a dangerous ball, but he's sure to spin and that's why I wish he wouldn't connect cleanly, he just couldn't make the connection.

Could Bonnie say she is normally prolific when she gets a chance in the box hemp with the cross cracking game, these two really evenly matched teams are full of quality and I love the way City immediately got on the front foot now same note again, it's not like someone has sat down or sat down their shells, as a result, it is appropriate, from head to toe, to stop this dangerous stokes crossing and it is behind, it is a corner of the city, it has the feeling of which is anything you can do, we can do and we will do it, we're going to come back at you and what a great game what a great show for women's football today great ball from demi stokes it really was chloe kelly a little late in arriving this was the uh, the touch dump that prepared bunnyshore I mean, it's not easy to turn, she's leaning her body back The weight has done it, hasn't it?

Yeah, it's actually not as close as we thought and as you looked in the first instance, now where the burger has come for these, but it won't be able to come for that one, it's towards Kennedy just trying. to push him gently to try and maintain possession but he has actually put him offside and i think we will still see jesus as we watch ellen white warming up, engel clears, could back-to-back cup doubles be legal for chelsea in a fourth league and cut double the last seven years for emma hayes and kelly here, head to get to the far post, kelly who seemed to have beaten magderickson there and maybe went again, yeah, it's almost like he didn't need to go back and do the extra touch is like he was hitting her the first time i thought caroline weir was going to let it rip there and it would come loose on the edge of the box which she knows she can do i'm sure she'll want to try to do that today erickson keep a pound of dry Kelly comes to the shore, although it is very congested there and Chelsea is defending, that's what is necessary, yes, she was trying to find space for the shot, bunny, sure not, but a really good defender of Chelsea's defensive line and a blow to come in and help and do a job there is a quarter of this game left unless the city finds another draw fuel the slip of the floor the double substitution is coming leave Charles now coming in for now and England and Emma are having a great chat with their wonderful number 10 g so young and what a way out this would be.

I think she worked very well today. Beth England has also done a very good job from the beginning. She has linked up well with Sam Kearns too for that last goal and set off. Erin Cuthbert I think she'll be very pleased with Beth's performance today in England, so presumably it's Jess Carter in the bottom three and these Charles will be the right back as a calming head there, the 2014 WSL Player of the Year. and the wembley hero here, sorry fern, uh one nil fa cup final victory over knots county a year later, what a player she has been, what a way out of this, a b.a feeds with the cross, They are very far from that, although Chelsea is still 20 or so minutes away from getting here at least and this coincides with the city side and there are no violets that shrink, they do not go back, they advance at all, no matter how many blue shirts dark beech around us, she will still retreat, this is Kelly, turning her inward.

Right behind Bonnie, sure who slipped, but probably wouldn't have gotten there anyway, she fought to get it back, her punches again, but again it's very bright on the head and behind no close goals this time, this is an answer Spectacular city, right? It's there, it's okay, we're behind again, let's go for it, yeah, you see Bunny Short, little slip there, he said he probably wouldn't have made it to the limit, but the pressure here from the city to go again, Demi Stokes does it very well. I think it's a cross-station cross that's not quite ready for the shot, but there are big defensive responsibilities here on the part of Milly Bright and the Chelsea backline, because City are really building up the pressure.

He wouldn't be remotely surprised if they got the draw. Kelly and a good yes, I'm finally with the city corners, they're putting them in the right area, but the last two have been a bit vague for me, it's hard to make any connection with them, they're always my favorite. That the goalkeeper actually comes out and says that he talks about favorites once you get past 70 minutes is surprising and the team in front always managed to develop interesting things, we saw that change because she had and Fleming, so it was something different in the middle because The game was 1-1 and when Chelsea had the advantage again, the right thing to do is to leave Charles because Lauren represents the threat, maybe that's where we, so we would see leaving Charles anyway on this right side, but now You know, put Jess on.

Carter runs right through the middle now as a slightly imposing 1v1 defender, so yes, she has a little more defense there to protect that advantage. Kennedy wins a headbutt over g, as he would probably expect him to do this. Will have to come back to Here Greenwood, I love being the captain holding the cup. Alex Greenwood today, after Erickson has done it, before he needs help. the semi-final against arsenal so it's safe to cheat, well, brilliant player there and even there she just shows her experience, shows her composure obviously, brings it out, lets the players go with her, um and what a great experienced player For this Chelsea team it has been incredible.

Brilliant for them since she Emma she's been in charge just a quiet beat do you want? Yeah, I heard she also wants a statue of herself outside the stadium. He said she deserved one, so we'll see if that happens. I certainly got a good one. medal collection, that's for sure what kind of car head you want if you're chasing a game and if you're defending the lead, it's not like these Chelsea players don't have experience right now, you know, seeing great things. European Cup games whatever and that's the only unconquered territory, isn't it? Europe is not close in a sense by reaching the final for the first time last season, but we are not close in that final, yes, horribly from the beginning, right?

Yes, and this year isn't as close as they would have liked either and that's the one that Emma Hayes missed, isn't it? So she'll really be pushing for next season, I'm sure she will. The only missing piece, that's for sure, is an incredible group to be in with a strong UV team and Wolfsburg, their eternal rivals in Europe, failed to pass the shadow of the group under 50,000. The official attendance here was a great noise, great atmosphere. even the reigns held out and have another 20 minutes of drama to play out here and it doesn't make sense, unlike yesterday's finale which is going to sell out, there's a good chance we'll have more drama to come here and spin around more.

Chelsea are now leading for the second time and at the moment the winner of the game in waiting is not necessarily the most likely source in Erin Cuff, but hey, she will want it to be that way, although imagine if that is the goal that gives the fa cup to your club, it's not bad, it was just a wonderful shot, dangerous engel towards Kerr, actually not the best cross that, since the hero, I was here a few years ago, the same ending, I think, in the semi-final, Nemanja matic, Chelsea against Tottenham, and hit one like that off the bar just like that and Eric Cuthbert just made a carbon copy, she, giving you flashbacks, could show that sound cut guru thing, right, I hadn't read the script , we had a six-inch header and a 20-something master burst.

The yards always look a little better from the bar, I think Chloe Kelly comes here now. Garrett Taylor went to the bench for him, that will be a direct trade on the right side. Hayley Raso is in the Australian. She also has goals. Hayley. Ross so Cena scores some really good goals this season too so it'll be interesting you'll see why they've brought her into the game especially yeah then we're looking for goals like here and obviously they still have Ellen White on the bench. We've seen that warm enough might also be looking to get his hair on, that was a g-clip too, though a free kick now kind of what you were hoping for, I think by now White might have come for Bunny's show, but he already played that .

Well, normally she might seem to falter a little at this point in the game. I've seen it several times this time, but she got this game right. She has been one of Man City's best players today. I think she really looked. lively, very strong, very positive when she picks up the ball, her first quarterIt's always been: can I move forward and who can I bring in? so you can see why he keeps her on the field as long as possible. I'm just wondering if you dare to go. with the pair of them or if it's one or the other, it's up to her again here, watch how she pins jess carter and gets some good strength from bunny shore, Demi Stokes couldn't take it with her slightly behind, Charles is g releasing harder to Sam.

Kerr in the middle could go harder towards the goal, it's Kurt and it's a complete missive, but she recovered it and then it is deflected by Guerra Wrighton, which was started by G. In fact, the weight on that pass from G is absolutely perfect to place Panilla with more strength. way and what a great first touch to go in completely leaving the players behind her alex greenville can't do anything and sam care disappointingly couldn't connect with the ball and she will be disappointed in herself because she has made it very difficult for herself there in the city ​​finally cleaned up his lines, which is highly unlikely even with the writing, they're just trying to kill him off in Ellie Roebuck's round post, he couldn't quite get it right, very unlike Sam Care there and got a little emotional, now he's excited, Kyra.

Walsh punching one down the channel here and watch the Shaw fight again, she got the better of Jess Carter again twice, but she sure just needs to pick a tag team partner, Stanway isn't Bunny Shaw's brilliant, although she's the best I've ever seen seen in my life. that game in the city jersey is very good for her, but the final ball for me is just disappointing, she can't really distinguish her players in the box, she is not the favorite to win this ball, she should never reach the end of that. but she beats jess carter, not meg and then it's this final ball, you can see what he's trying to do, he's trying to cut her down for hayley rasso, he can't get her in her way and then george is stanway again.

I saw her score these, but on Barlene's back she hits it too hard, but brilliant there, from Bunny Shore, she just created something out of absolutely nothing, as she said, a distant second favorite when that ball goes down the channel, now let's See Jesse. Fleming for vanilla harder than it isAnother change of defensive mentality from Memphis, you can understand that one and a double change comes from the city and that is the last one we will see. A short bunny. What a game he had today. It's been absolutely brilliant for them. I have been very impressed.

She was very unlucky because she couldn't help the city get that goal before they took her off, but she was replaced by Ellen White, who fits in and replaces and obviously has lots and lots of goals in there and just needs one chance, Ellen. right in front of the goal and laura coombs is also there for town laura coombs may be providing a bit of x factor georgia stanway makes her way a little surprised by that stanway on the field during extra time but they have to make it there. Of course, here it goes and that's a cynical challenge of just Cartoon knew exactly what he was doing, that's a yellow card worth taking off and walking away, do what you have to do, it's not the first of those challenges we've seen, but she knows it. she's beaten, she knows she's passed the chess carter and knocked her down, not really, but she's giving city a bit of a chance, but further than they would like this free kick to be, I think Man City, but they will.

Take it, since they want to get into this Chelsea picture, Ellen White scored in the league cup final against Chelsea. She scored the first goal in both semi-finals. Can she get City's level to help them equalize? Here we have nine minutes plus stoppage time. It's time for Greenwood to have the whole group to target here, he's in a good area, Milly Bright has a head for sure, although Welsh goes back to Alex Greenwood, that looked like a shot. Chelsea won't care, I know we've seen an absolute ripper. from afar today, but a little desperate, that surprising choice by Greenwood is enlivening, yes, he is usually so composed that you see the frustration coming out, I think especially with the first free kick he took again, it was a little more floaty, but I liked it. a little more wit on that ball from here than you've seen her do in the past try to look but it wasn't actually in the shot I mean the last few minutes of any soccer game you need a goal play the percentages . and hitting it from 35 yards certainly isn't all that Welsh.

Can they get Razzo's fresh legs into the game? It's not another switch from Julie Black Staff to Demi Stokes. I guess so, it's a direct trade-off, there's just more energy to burn. That left side is on fire, yeah, and another player who has goals, you know she's going to score a great goal this season, so you know she could be someone who can score a goal for them and to be honest, they have hell. a lot of goalscorers in this Man City team only need one a minute to get back into this game, they probably have 11-12 minutes to do it.

All those goals spread throughout the team, can they find one more? going to the well again it was late in the first half they equalized they can take this final to extra time Kirstie's hesitation took a long time to make that call I feel like I was just watching to see which direction it was pointing it's a chelsea ball in the end you see alan doing ellen white doing the same job there how funny he's been shorting, dropping d trying to contain him and then playing so you know two very similar players but maybe not providing the strength that bonnie shaw has been providing in this first half, but what she doesn't provide in strength, she will obviously provide: dynamic ability, physical condition, pace and all that, so she will provide a lot of energy to the city in these last 10 15 minutes.

She is still a very regular player. , he also has a lot of goals, even if he doesn't always start forward at Greenwood and if you're playing with the percentages on the phone, I guess maybe this is too obvious, something basic, remember, okay, all I believe is that we will get the ball to head left as quickly as possible, wouldn't that be the worst thing to do, no, that's where we see a lot of City's chances and goals come from she scores or assists most of them, to be honest, so they want to get. the ball at his feet and obviously on the other side of that knee, charles will think otherwise and want to nullify any threat he is offering to lauren hemp on this side, but they are pushing everyone forward because of this, even alana kennedy has come up for this one in the back we don't have anyone in the back city now Greenwood drills it directly into the danger area and found a city head but uh a harmless city head in the end it was Lucy Bronze actually looking at it wide hamburger pirates calm down right where do you want it there's that ball, that's a better free kick from alex greenwood definitely just in the right area and you know if that little bit of contact, Lucy Bronze just goes in the right direction, it could cause problems and Catherine Burger there, obviously, unfortunately, on that .

For example, it goes wide, but a better free-kick from Alex Green with much better free-kick quality and the pace of their cup double hopes are on the line. Here the desire of the city, I think, is even greater than usual. I really want to make it clear that chelsea like caroline where she comes forward was invited to shoot because no one could close it she got it okay she's on target but she's down catherine berger now four minutes left yes chelsea will give a little sigh of relief she won't she's the player they would have wanted on the edge of their box driving towards them because she can't hit them, but on that occasion it was easy for Ankathen Burger Engel trying to find G, but Walsh cut him off. is what City need hemp on the ball with time and space and the usual threat took a while to get moving, although now the center comes in black material, there was a hand there, Fleming and now the striker and City will have to risk being caught by Chelsea. they at the counter could very well lose three one is two one they uh have to stop that counter here's Bronze Walsh oh, tell Lucy Bronze if she was tucked in that's not what they need they also had the momentum there in the city from before attack and exactly what you said they wanted and they did, they got Lauren Hemp with the ball but yeah, right call from the lions lady, she's offside from the straight and leads Lucy Bronze, definitely heart rate just falls a bit like a catherine berger takes all the time she can about this erin cuthbert is moments away from being a game winning hero of the g cup final flipping it forward judy black stand here new arrival in town in the window from winter to alex greenwood that's a good ball that's a great shot here from russo two two with two minutes left

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city's substitutions have worked wonders here take garrett taylor's this is going to extra time what a great substitute that is from manchester city hayley russell we said when she came on that she has goals in her and she has shown exactly what a great first touch this is alex greenwood what a ball by the way the delivery from here is incredible but that chest of haley rasso to take it away from ericsson what a first class finish class we have there from hayley rasso that is not just any defender she has done it too that is the captain of chelsea that is magda ericsson she is under control and kept her at bay and then she has so much composure and strength to stay on her feet and finish and overcome that katrin vega what a great finish and how early she took it here just watching it again on those replays there but she does it very early on the rebound, she took it, I think catching Burger was getting ready for the shot when he then came at her.

She's taking it early and the devastation for Chelsea has to go back to the devastation for the fist, but that wonderful goal is not going to be the winner of the cup final, what a time to score, what a time to score and what a great final also. players, she's done that there too and Patreon Burger passed to Erickson. What a great final, we've seen some goals here, a strange one, a really good one, an even better one and then a wonderful one, that drama, let's not forget Alex Greenwood in the build up. Let's get to it, what a great ball, she literally splits the entire field, spreads it with a great diagonal cross ball to take out so many players, we've seen her do it so many times, but what a time to do it in this game. and, of course, Emma Hayes has made her changes with the game in mind.

It's a bet. You have to take a coaching course. Just as guaranteed. He has provided different attacking options to play again. Now we have the perspective of three. First, more minutes of extra time, folks, let's not get ahead of ourselves because there could be a winner in this, but the prospect of another half hour with teams designed to do a certain thing, well, we see Frank Kerby, she's still on the bench and it still is. a goalscorer so there is a big chance there will be a brave and timely tackle from jess carter three minutes left in injury time here don't get carried away with the chances we will get a winner inside normal time here brilliant finish of cup. and both have had their spells, both have shown their qualities, there have been a lot of things that I like about a lot of this, that's for sure, yeah, I don't think we expected anything less, right?, and we said it when it came out. the second half you just couldn't write off the first half and it's been exactly what you still can't call smiles for chloe kelly and steph orton now and georgia stanway watching that was blackstacked to greenwood torrasso first and last of those haven't come out of that little taylor's bench pen in his gap there, but a fighting ball in that middle third, but emerging from it is kyra walsh charles with the place to live with him, but he with the strength to recover it, great feat.

Lauren did magnificently and the danger did not end when Cross Hemp and City pressed at the end of injury time. Well Lee Charles was claiming that he had been fouled in the head, he was just using his strength against her and his pace and You know it's a bit put together but what an exciting match on this side, a really exciting end to the game with the layoff, if anyone in town ends up with the strongest here, Kyra Walsh might have hit too much, yeah, this is the matchup we have. I've been talking about her, leave her arm outstretched.

Do you see why I need Charles? There is a little pain, but City increases the pressure again. Lucy Bronze is really trying to get the ball in the box. Here you know, they want to get the goal done before the end of the game by taking a risk there, although Neve Charles was waiting for the whistle to blow, you can't do that, yes, he has to keep playing now, fighting with the ball in that corner is brilliant, right on the last half minute, also Emma Hayes. carol taylor will have another team talk or i think they will now white challenging carter clearing brilliant fa cup final even fa cup final a goal each in each half we thought erin cuthbert had won it for chelsea but what a draw and what It's time to get it from Hayley Raso, we will have 30 more minutes, 30 more minutes of drama and entertainmentand we still don't realize it, it's anyone's Chelsea 2, Man City 2, now that the change is made and the fog has fresh legs. in terms of neve charles on the wing fleming in the middle g being g four changes made by gareth taylor one of which has had a big impact haley rasho there felt the second half ended fern that was city you know they looked the more striker be Chelsea, more passive, yes you did it, that doesn't mean he will start with that again.

I was going to say that, as we've seen in this game before, it's pretty much twists and turns, one minute it's Chelsea and the next. city ​​in minutes, so I hope that after both teams have had a chance to regroup, they both come on strong and then we'll see you get some momentum from the first whistle, it's usually the first opportunity that puts a team in their own way, but as you say, City finished strong in that second half and it seemed like the team would get along well with each other, they said they played a lot less minutes this season, not as many games, and obviously they missed a lot of them .

Large parts of the season don't necessarily mean fresher, of course, but having lost weeks and, in some cases, months, maybe none of that matters now, maybe the adrenaline will help, maybe there's a Bit of science involved, right? I think everything goes out the window at this point. You have 30 minutes. You are going to give absolutely everything and what happened before doesn't really matter. You know that both teams will want to be in that victory and on the podium. at the end of the game and they are definitely both used to winning at the end of the season, that's what they are both used to, so they are definitely not going to easily give up the direct change at left back. right and off jonah anderson in a role familiar to her more often off the bench of course because ryan has been such a regular starter, another soon to be going blue wanting to come out with a medal there and just as we saw the cameras on erin, cut, but just on a personal level you can't help but feel a little for her because she's a couple of minutes away from that goal being the one your team wins to come that's kind of like immortality that kind of moment isn't like that and now it's Oh, she's gone, yeah, not even she would have expected to score a goal like that at Wembley in a final, so yeah, she'll be disappointed because that wasn't the winning goal, but you know the game isn't there yet.

It's over, there's still a lot. of hard time and then jesse fleming there and never got close to roebuck because alex greenwood was there jesse fleming isn't known for her goals but she recently scored a couple of absolute perlers on therunning, I mean it would be a good time to do it today. It's interesting that she's taking quite a forward position here as we've seen both Hard and England come out so she and g will have to try and be the support act at times when they needed a better ball they didn't get it jess carter had to overcome some defenses today first more against hemp there now more central yeah I think he's been excellent today jess carter I think he's done a great job there you I can also see why he's taking the central um position.

She is a great 1v1 defender alongside Manny Brighton. You know they will be a difficult team to beat. Greenwood stepped forward. The 90 minutes of the male family yesterday were so good. many opportunities, but the additional 30 were terrible, it was inevitable that it would go to penalties. I have a feeling this one won't be like that blank start with the throat, so anyway no, there's a big hole. in the middle there sealed now he has filled it the razors left the ball behind and then hit it again in the slippery it could have gone anywhere really bright again if it came out of the game it did it it will be a corner well Milly Bright is that She's kind of a tenacious defender who can almost score own goals in every game because she knows what I mean because she's often the last one to get blocked by throwing herself in the path of or near the golden mouth, which is three she just passed . own post, you just don't know where it's going to go, sometimes on the 8th corner of town, they'll be hoping they can cash in on this one, they haven't and the others will be out swinging from where they actually won't, it's just drilled .

Straight there, into that penalty spot and Lucy Bronze trying something a little improvised, awkward, yeah, not sure that was the training camp plan for that one really drilled by her, but yeah, Lucy takes it off of Ken and at least her. runs takes it off alana kennedy there but i'm not sure she's going to score like that, she did hi-hat against captain jesse fleming right up there with sanker, that's not your usual part of the field is it? , but in this, you know, in the first half of overtime, Champa will need support there, so they will need players in and around her, as you say, Jesse Fleming's g is around her, they will want to have as many players there and support so that it is not isolated.

These are the bets you make and they are the sensible decisions you should make, of course, when you are winning a football game, as soon as the town scores, Emma Hayes will probably wish she had one of the teams calling them I return to the field to be at the top. Ellen White hasn't had any scoring opportunities since she came off the bench. I wonder if this could be her night because things are going quickly at Wembley. We'll be at the end of this when the glass is raised. Kieran Walsh here combs former chelsea player hero of terrazzo city draw rasso running anderson and winning the corner she is dangerous on this right side haley rasa if they can get the ball and do it more and more chances are going to cause problems for this back line from chelsea she just uses a rhythm to go around the players and she does it with these because she has a lot of confidence there and of course she has fresh legs in that second half.

The burgers dealt with most of these well, almost up to double figures in the corners. chelsea hasn't had one yet and it comes from weir ringwood was up there and everyone is furiously stating that it should be another corner alana kennedy one of those who has been reprimanded with a lot to say to kirsty dell saying that she left aaron Cuthbert's head , I think Alex Greenwood headed it in, but it's too close to say they've got it cheap here, but so is Burger and I think he's given a free kick here for a late hit on the keeper, but that's a real chance. . -off for chelsea ellen white saying that's there and just like you were saying also that ellen white hasn't had too many opportunities there, the chances we see ellen white ruled out generally she usually just needs a chance in the box as carelessly given as slowly since too bright to give it away in the first place and obviously caroline will throw a good ball, but does Carter touch this?

She does very well defending jess carter only to take it away from ellen. White there because that's a goal that Ellen White would score, that if that was in front of her, she managed to touch it, a brilliant defending by jess carter again, as we've said before, as good as a goal, that brilliant last point defending in is what better there alone from carter's side ellen white again must have thought i'm here now she's making a little move just taking off jess carter's shoulder and lucy bronze has paid a pass for a run rattle hadn't made just by watching Some sloppy passes now from both teams trail in the same Milly Bright before and this time Lucy Bronze isn't really on the same page as Hayley Rasso.

I feel like the city will probably still have a lot of luck on the sides and canals if they use it effectively have you seen it when lucy bronze feels wide haley russell feels like there are acres of space on this side but I say they have to use it a little more wisely these things can happen float I just find myself feeling in At the moment it seems like the city has more in the tank in terms of energy, Chelsea seems a little more tired to me, the combs reset here, back to Lucy Bronze, It's time to calm the heads and Lucy Bronze will be as calm as anyone out there. for ratto again I was a little lucky to recover it lucy bronze and again we will play with diana anderson and by rasa to recover it the walsh coons noticed that blackstack entered the field a lot even though she replaced demi stokes on the left side where it is of everything she could do it from that tight backline squeeze milly bright forward oh failed failed for kennedy and kerr on the charge here's fleming with her sam kerr goes for goal big deflection chelsea leads again big mistake now big deflection there but when samkhya is thriving and Driving, you always feel that she will manage to make a shot and a really unfortunate goal for Alana Kennedy in the first instance with the mistake, she misjudged the ball, she did it at the wrong time, but Sam cares about showing her pace and how direct she can be when she receives the ball, obviously.

Alex Greenwood is undecided. What do I do? I go towards the ball. I follow the player in the middle of the box and unfortunately he receives a deflection offer and passes it to Ellie Roebuck just inside the box. Anywhere but there for Alex Greenwood. inside the post but she drives, sam came and he only has one thought in mind here, the only thought is I'm going to score and I'm going to put it in the back of the net, but really, really devastating for alex greenwood, really hard. deviation there inside the post that is so unfortunate that it is a brilliant defense after a mistake in defense in the build-up and well, Sam Kerr has been brilliant since he started wearing the Chelsea shirt, there he achieved a lot. lucky because I probably know she's prolific, I should probably square that because Jessie Fleming has an easier end than her if she misses all her goals she'll take a bit of grief, she got away with it, really, she really thinks. because and that shot could have been saved, that's so unfortunate in Greenwood, it's the kind of thing that makes you think maybe it's not my day so hard for her too because, as a center, half of me in that decision, OK what are you doing?

She does a pretty good job of keeping it in line for so long. It really stops her from being able to make that pass across the box, but deflecting it right at the last minute will leave her absolutely gutted about it, you have to feel for her. City could have been looking for pressure and, frankly, the most dangerous thing is that they lost that ball in the Kennedy channel and, well, for different reasons, both City centre-backs will be absolutely heartbroken about that, but there is a game to try and rescue again, can they match them for the third time in this final?

They are going to be devastating. They have done so well that both have been brilliant today, with neither of them making a mistake in the final. game and for that to be the way the goals were awarded in the first half of extra time is really disappointing for them, I would just say there is still time for this game to swing again like it has done so many times, look at those tries from the City and only four on target Chelsea have achieved more of their own says what is left four minutes of this first half of extra time the sounker simply finds a way to be at the top of the show all kinds of goals look at the two he scored today just kind of a bulldozer race and a little bit of luck with the finish and uh a close range poacher guy but here's the mistake in the first instance yeah Helena Kennedy will be disappointed because she really went in there obviously I would like to hold on a little longer like Alex Greenwood had to do, but again, as you say, she stopped so she could square the ball, but it's just a very hard deflection, there's nothing else you could have done there, Alex Greenwood, it's just bright. defending that's the ridiculous thing about it and it goes to the net, all you can do is try to be a defender of both situations, which is basically impossible, you get through it and then at the last minute you have to compromise in a way or other. she does it, I mean, that's what you know, 99 times out of 100, she dribbles towards the goalkeeper or goes out for a corner, yeah, in the first instance, although if you'll allow Kennedy, you're thinking why did I throw myself in there why did I?

I went to hell for leather and they're nowhere near the goal, it's inside their own half, like why have I done that and it's a rush of blood to the head from here and she's going to be disappointed with that for sure and there is. I have time, they left it at the end of the first half, they left it even later in the second, they just made us all wait until the 118th minute for the 3-3 draw, probably the way this one went, neutral sympathy full time probably went to Aaron. bracelet, but now it's for alex greenwood, here she is still hoping to be the one to lift the trophy, if they're going to do it, oh my god, they're going to do it the hard way against such a good team behind, three times, right?

They can do it? They're definitely fighters and they're definitely showing that resilience that you know, they've come back from the second half of the season after not being as good in the first half.half, they've obviously built it now and instilled it. that in them as a team we will move forward and we will continue to fight so I would not rule them out definitely I would not rule them out stronger vanilla I can't make more bronze a little bit of space and that's why and that's why Jesse Fleming also came to help with Erickson, yeah, That's what we talked about about the midfielders coming to help, isn't it?

And that's what you want, wanting to help the long ranger do his job on the black pile first. cross time is good towards ellen white difficult angle difficult ending awkward height she didn't weld the score from there even though it was close she would have and I'm surprised ellen white didn't understand more about this in the In the first instance for the headbutt, she normally, well, she threw herself, but that means she normally throws herself at them and she did, but it obviously puts him in the way of Haley Raso in Russian, but yeah, she doesn't connect with him, she can't. lowering it just can't connect correctly to go over the ball, unfortunately the back post is there so that she is a little lower and the volley is more comfortable a little higher, you can check your head, it's difficult, these are those margins fine.

At City they have done it by absolutely the best margin in this first half of extra time in which there will be an added minute and Chelsea here with g would be quite happy to try to keep the ball for the remainder and uh, nev charles. has done very well there, she takes care of Fleming and Kurt, who is in a hat-trick, of course, Sam Kerr, one way or another, finds his way to the goal and is running here. G with a little money. Greenwood crosses and this rebounds. continues its path unlike the previous one and that will be it for the first half of extra time and the hay side in front for the third time the question is whether they can maintain it this time a real disgrace for Alex Greenwood and his team and the way .

For starters, a mistake was conceded and then that detour, and it takes a team with some guts to do it again. Fern and City are going to have to do it again here, like we've seen them do throughout the game. Actually, they have come. come back every time with everything that Chelsea have thrown at them they have so you know there is still a full second half of extra time here for them to get back into the game and I think we will see that from them you know we will. we're going to see a real push from hayley rasso on that side and we're going to potentially see alex greenwood going a little bit more direct when she gets the ball, they're going to throw everything they can at her because she's going to want to recover from that unfortunate deflection mistake it really wasn't even a mistake, she couldn't really do much about it, that can't be considered a known goal and nor should it be, but absolutely genuine defending and yet it ended up as a goal, it's uh we've had it. some weird ones in this final for sure and some brilliant ones just saying although we have seen it and said oh city you are on top of the city creating the opportunity for the city to do this emma hayes and a chelsea team always seemed to find a way to win, I don't know, they always seem to find a way to backtrack to get back into the team and to create goals too so you know you can see what she's saying they're tough, tough, tough, go in at them and don't leave anything on this field, no Leave nothing and maybe that little thing won't be so small. but you know what I mean, it's possibly the difference and that's why they've won more cups and more medals than City even in recent years, yes even towards the end of the second half, well in the first half of the extension, we were saying. oh they will keep the ball because we are coming, they are still putting pressure on Chelsea and I think they want to end the game because they know the same thing that Man City would probably come.

Come back and try again and score another goal so you know they will want to end the game early if they can. I don't see them sitting on thin margins and how Alana Kennedy would love to have that moment again. She didn't need to go for that ball on the rebound when Sam Kurz around the penalty tends to follow a mistake and did it all with a lot of luck 15 minutes away, but another double hat trick last year denied her that opportunity this season. for Man City, they have to go to the hole and do it again.

The city would not surprise you. The Walsh penalty shootout for bronze. Good energy from Lucy Bronze. A good center also in the danger zone. It was a very good center. Very good center. pick the player in the box there because, actually, you know it looked like he might have had to just hit anything and move a leg, but he managed to find Julie Blackstad there and he just can't comb his hair. Even she can't finish with a good touch between two players there to shoot first. Laura Cruz, but she can't find the net, but Man City's positive start, she has three goals this season. former chelsea white player jumping g controlling combs tenaciously walsh and brahms also in white stuck here losing the physical battle that will occur when charles joins kerr with a nutmeg where is he going to score from here? there are no chelsea pirates in the box samko had to do it Follow the pass all day and I thought maybe I would have hit it from there and see what happens yeah the cheeky nutmeg and then I know I will hit it from afar.

Here I got two last year in the final against arsenal which was not a contest this has been a crack two for the current one for Kirby I think and uh you just see it caroline where that replay is not for you you don't want to see that again. The funny thing is that Ellie Roebuck made no saves in this soccer game that we will be playing for two hours, she barely made a save worthy of the name, no, it is not the title game in which they trusted her and needed her, and the goals that are.

She admitted that she actually hasn't been able to do much about the Greenwood bronze painting just when she chose that option to go a little further, why not rasso against Anderson? Two of the pressure and leg sets in this field. Ratto Strong Anderson also goal kick, yes. It was the right decision, but what a great matchup between Anderson and Rasa. You thought Hayley Raso's pace was going to be too much, but she does it well, she keeps up with her and obviously she gets a goal kick for a team which is what they need. to simply take some of the pressure off chelsea players old and new lauren james frank kirby drew spence softer behind winning the nod and the ever hardworking jesse fleming forcing the first security clearance for the black stat yes , you can see millie right there getting older and her players have to go a little further down that path and keep the city team looking a little in their own half to keep that pressure on Chelsea.

Fans will be singing their favorite song in a minute. Looks like Frank Kirby is coming. Meanwhile I need Charles with a shot for the league champions and Chelsea have their first corner of the final. It's incredible to think that he is the first corner. It is not like this? We have seen it coming. The applause comes from the Chelsea fans behind that goal. Super friend. Meanwhile, the corner comes to Kerr's head, it's awkward, he drove with the punch, Kerr headed again, a proper tennis, this thing that could go anywhere in Greenwood on the way and then charged down and at the end of All that chaos is a goal kick that can breathe. bit of a sigh of relief again here bubbling all over the place a bit of header tennis inside the box and, but you know, they managed to get it away from the goal, the last person they want to get the hat trick from is Sam Care in this. goal in this game and alex greenwood can clear it right at the end now they are shouting about a foul there in rasso and I think he is going to get a little word from the assistant or maybe even the fourth official which has been given by Kirsty Dell and it is a talk come here magda come here calm down because the wedge is telling him there are eight minutes left of extra time in the fa cup final with a 3-2 win on the line many more fouls as you can see there from chelsea more than double They have done it when they needed it there is an ability to commit fouls if that is not a contradiction in terms here is kennedy now bronze eight maybe nine because of the small delays minutes for manchester city free kick in a good area for However, here the City man Lucy Bronze does very well just to give a touch to that strength in Anderson's lack of really creating anything for a Greenwood team as desperate as any to deliver here helpless on the City bench.

It's not a bad ball, it's a good one. header from the cut but awkward bounce black statistics recycling straight balls are very difficult, obviously I thought they would have deviated there Greenwood is asking for it now from Blackstock she understands it yes, she wants to put it back in there alex Greenwood but the Chelsea team do it very well to come out nice and quick to put pressure on jesse fleming, not let alex green play that long ball well, so back off, it's another free kick, but jesse fleming says I've got the ball, I have to say it a little bit from here. as a foul for me, I didn't see much of her getting the ball here and Haley Rousseau does very well, yeah I mean she didn't get any balls miles away, not a good try, Greenwood gets another chance, she's very far.

I'm going to throw them forward now City in the mixer hit by Sophie Engel anywhere we'll do at this point yes they made facial contact with her there Man City with Alana Kennedy but it's coming from deep it's elevated and you're I was really expecting a drop there or a few seconds and scraps and it was Chelsea who got there first. I had a little luck there. I think you'd say that the touch of the green was probably Chelsea's absolutely stunning goal. Goals one and three. A little luck on them, that really Milly Bright was just a cross for the first goal and then a little luck on that second goal from Kerr which at this moment is the one that gives Chelsea the cup.

The glorious burger grabs it at the last possible second. It's whatever happens here in the final few minutes to remind us how well combined these two are and with a normal run of injury luck, good or bad, City are expected to push very hard for the title next season with all the honors, right? Yes, I think next season will be an exciting league, definitely with these two, but obviously without forgetting Arsenal too and that three of them are going for the title and are not waiting for more crazy injury problems like the ones they had this season um, but you know.

It was a great game today and a great final we've seen and it really shows how far women's football has come in the last five or ten years. The quality shown today has been brilliant. Almost there Emma Hayes, but not quite. I think there was three and a half minutes left in the first half and about 90 seconds left in the second half when Razzo scores, it's still not even remotely timed for Manchester City's equalizer, give it a couple of minutes and I'll start thinking It's where hemp, you don't actually see much of the ball in overtime, but you have it here.

She will be disappointed with that pitch as Weir fires wildly. Chelsea will be very happy that that fell on Caroline Willia's right foot, I think, on that occasion. and you know if she's going to get to the edge of the box, she's going to want that to land on her sweet left foot and you know it just lands on her right and she doesn't connect with it well, she hits, she snatches It's a little bit and she's looking for rhythm instead of location and it's not really what they wanted in that case, but it's a positive sign from the city in this case and, as you say, with three and a half minutes left, that was the time. they were going to get the tie well, it wasn't going to be frank kirby, it was going to be murray soft the next move from emma hayes' bench, i wonder that there, when hemp crossed paths, was ellen white where one would expect ellen white to be and There was another breaker coming into the box from deep which could have been Coombs but he wasn't actually there, no wait you know they are smashed but you have to go with the ball you only have one bet from midfield and even if that means a counterattack, you'll lose another goal, so it's probably going to have to be three and four attacking that six yard area.

Yes, the last two players I saw break their necks were Haley Raso Ellen White, but like you say. you want your players, you want your midfield teammates, you want them to get on the edge of the box or at least in the box to have a chance to get a goal, Vicky Lasada and come here for City. I just realized that Ruben lost his cheek and I saw it yesterday because Chelsea men have to do it from time to time and we won't see Chelsea Blue again what an incredible career yes an incredible career she has had a career incredible at Chelsea, you know they can't.

I talk about her enough at the club, she's done an incredible job for them and will potentially go home with a winner's medal in our last game, five time league champion and about to be a four time FA Cup winner, vicky Losada into a serial medal winner. with Barcelona there is much more competition inEngland, that's for sure you don't win the league by 25 points in the wsl and that's why we love the wsl so much as you say, we couldn't call this match today a league it was until the last moment like it did last week, the quality shown is brilliant and will only get better the more players we get into the league, a booming header from Milly Bright, we're down to the last minute, they'll probably have one, so realistically there's two minutes for Manchester City to score a goal here, that's up 50 50.

They did it, although the black personnel now Chelsea tries to float back, they just need a good cross and they have to get bodies into the area to try. Find it, comb, there's another big 50 50 as Razzo takes over, they've got the bodies there, it needs a good cross, now put it in the box, the bronze didn't do it, but we'll wait for the corner, now there's a chance. come on we were just clamoring for them to get the ball in the box there and they just couldn't do it it's good to defend them by jesse fleming but stack city is under pressure two extra minutes here we go come on ellie robot get there everyone else they're, yeah, so fast she ain't gone, it's a deep looking corner, safe from the burger and listen to the Chelsea Raws, what a time to catch clean, yeah, that was a great take on her part, confident in just what you want from your The goalkeeper at this stage of the game obviously gave a big shout.

The Chelsea players know she is getting ahead and kept him in good hands. She calmed it down a bit for Chelsea at the time because City were getting closer and closer and had to keep that corner further away. from the goalkeeper, although it's easier said than done, Greenwood Anderson has actually defended very well since Yonah Anderson came in and she had to, yes, she did a very good job because any opportunity that Hayley Russo has had on that right side was you can see they are putting two. The players there are also on her side, so she has to deal with two most of the time.

We are in the decisive match of the last minute. Overlook. This is Russo's straight sprint here between Greenwood and Kerr and Greenwood does everything he can, but Kerr got there. hemp deeper than the city would like half a minute to play kennedy will be as desperate as anyone for more late heroics, they just have to put him in the box now and they won't be able to do it, as befits Kurt. the finishing touches can be from sam kurt the corner flag is his destiny two goals in the cup final against arsenal last year two here and now he won a free kick and there will be no time for more chelsea fans ready to go crazy , the celebrations are already starting behind ellie roebuck's goal here because when this restarts the whistle will blow again It's a double double for Emma Hayes and the Blues.

Oh my god, the city made them work for it. Two for Kurt. A stunner, but not the third time. Yeah, I think what you have to say is that I think you're happy that I'm nice. it didn't end on penalties because that would have been a harsh way to settle an fa cup final however it was settled with a deflection from alex greenwood which was really unfortunate for here but erin cuts but today's man of the match and what a great goal for here, to get to Wembley in the FA Cup final as well, so he's had a great day.

I think Chelsea fans have had a great day and I know all of us who have seen it. It has been an incredible spectacle of women's football of absolutely brilliant quality. on the show and Sam also cared about scoring two goals today, we knew she was going to get some goods and some goals and she did, but this Man City team today can be involved because of the way they performed and the way they finished their season they played brilliantly today it just didn't work out for them and Chelsea knew how to finish the game and how to end the game three bites to go in front and they kept it going last time and I'm sure many of those Chelsea fans who were here in both finals this weekend, this time congratulations to Chelsea and Manchester City for giving us such an incredible cup final.

I can't wait to see these two go head to head next season on the national front. but today the blue flag that flies high is the royal chelsea blue after extra time they beat manchester city in the fa cup final by three goals to two what a good football game they got some medals this quarter man city gareth Basically , Taylor's team from November onwards has been as good as any. Chelsea included that cup that everyone has and as you say, Ellie Roebuck, she wasn't even tested today, but this Chelsea team just knows how to win games that they taste like you.

They say it's the cup double now what they've done and they've done it and they score goals at the right times, all beer that final goal in a mistake really that will prove costly for Manchester City, but you know there are opportunities in the game for City and they couldn't put them to bed, so this Chelsea team will be very proud of what they have achieved this season. You see exactly what it means to them there. I mean, the celebrations are amazing. Emma Hayes stepped right in the middle of them. moments and you would usually find yourself saying that they don't come around that often, so you have to enjoy it.

They actually appear quite frequently for these Chelsea players, but they still enjoy it. Look, they do it and I mean. they don't do it in terms of less than 49,000 fans, maybe this is one where they have a free lap and they have to say look, look how many people have come out for us today and we've put on a great show. for them and really enjoy it and really celebrate the occasion in front of the record attendance crowd at Wembley today and even more medals and some super emotional ones there too, what do you think of Drew Spence and G.

Conor Anderson? What a way to go out for those players, I'd just say it's not a bad way to end your time at Chelsea as you know, another winner's medal. They have achieved a lot with this Chelsea team and will be sad to see them go, but probably. a fitting moment for them and a fitting tribute to what the chelsea team has given them and emma hayes led by the coach followed by legends and then here comes the rest erin cuthbert won't care now that she has a winner's medal that she won It doesn't matter that he didn't win that goal, he contributed and it was the highlight of a cup final full of them to be fair, yes I'm sure you'll still watch it regardless of whether it was the winner or not.

It is repeated many times here at home, I am sure that at home, in the dressing room, when someone takes the Mickey, the phone will come out. Remember I did this on Twitter today? I retweeted yes, definitely and why not, what a great ending. was anderson was great off the bench vanilla hardest there jesse fleming james getting used to being part of a team that expects to compete at every level and frankly expects to win at every level yeah I don't think it's just about competing for this one Chelsea team Is it about winning? And they are not too shy to say that they want to win all the competitions.

They enter another brilliant and under-recognized season for Sophie Engel. When she approaches you, you might have one of these moments if you're someone like Chelsea. In town you might get three four fives over the course of an entire race, but in front of a crowd like this after the couple of years we've had with reduced fans and no fans before, this is twice as good, if not more, and the rocks in the Back up to the rear Milly Bright, who didn't open her account today by about six inches, it turns out that Magda Ericsson Chess Carter is there with them, what a brilliant performance from her today, they were great today in defense , you know they were.

Solid, they supported each other, they worked as a team, if one of them didn't win, the other did, they were always going to be colossal at the back and you know they deserved it, I think at the end of the day. today but they are all ready now that they are in formation it is a double double for the blues she will see it in every international match again and if you think that means