Half-time: Chelsea 0 Man City 1

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Samir Nasri’s goal 10 minutes before the break left Chelsea trailing in a pulsating FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.

Following Yaya Toure’s storming run towards the penalty area, Sergio Aguero laid the ball off to Nasri and a fortuitous ricochet teed the France international up to shoot past Petr Cech.

It gave Manchester City a deserved lead as they had been on top for much of the half.

Chelsea keeper Cech produced a fine early save low down to his right after Gareth Barry’s shot had been helped on by Toure and then Aguero.

Cech was called into action again when he palmed away a shot from Carlos Tevez following a lovely City move.

The west London side, with stalwarts Frank Lampard and John Terry left on the bench, responded with a spell of pressure.

And they almost took the lead when Vincent Kompany headed Eden Hazard’s goal-bound effort off the line after keeper Costel Pantilimon failed to deal with Juan Mata’s right-wing free-kick.

But just as Chelsea seemed to be getting a foothold in the match, they went behind.

Chelsea 4-2-3-1: Cech; Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Luiz, Bertrand; Ramires, Mikel; Oscar; Hazard, Mata; Ba,
Subs: Turnbull, Lampard, Torres, Moses, Terry, Benayoun, Ake.

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