{"id":10144,"date":"2026-05-18T15:17:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=10144"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:17:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:17:57","slug":"chelsea-beaten-by-man-city-in-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=10144","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea beaten by Man City in cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t<!-- shortcode box --> <\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode clearfix box   \">\n<div class=\"shortcode col2-1 first\"> <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westlondonsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Chelsea_FC.svg-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220824 alignright\"\/><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Chelsea 0<\/strong><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode col2-1\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westlondonsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Manchester_City_FC_badge.svg-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" class=\"size-full wp-image-169515 alignright\"\/>Man City 1<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Semenyo (72\u2032)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- \/shortcode box --><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Antoine Semenyo\u2019s second-half goal won the FA Cup for Manchester City at Wembley.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a final of few clear-cut chances, an incisive City move culminated in Erling Haaland finding space on the right and pulling the ball back for Semenyo, whose clever back-flick beat keeper Robert Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea almost levelled when Enzo Fernandez nudged the ball onto the top of the net after a throw-in had been headed on by Levi Colwill.<\/p>\n<p>And they had appeals for a penalty waved away when Jorrel Hato went down under a challenge from Abdukodir Khusanov.<\/p>\n<p>At the other end, as City threatened to score a second, Matheus Nunes\u2019 low cross hit the post after deflecting off Hato, and Sanchez pushed away a strike from Rayan Cherki.<\/p>\n<p>It was a frustrating day for Chelsea, who held their own against their title-chasing opponents but lacked quality in the final third \u2013 which was underlined when Malo Gusto\u2019s stoppage-time cross was headed wide by substitute Liam Delap.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Chelsea:<\/strong> Sanchez, Fofana, Colwill, Hato, Gusto, James (Delap 82), Caicedo, Cucurella (Neto 74), Palmer, Fernandez, Joao Pedro (Garnacho 86)<br \/>Subs not used: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Tosin, Chalobah, Essugo, Andrey Santos.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #1b4f9c; 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