Key events2m ago47 min: Big chance for Semenyo!19m agoHalf time: Chelsea 0-0 Manchester City24m ago44 min: Sanchez denies Haaland1h agoPep Guardiola speaks to TNT Sports1h agoCalum McFarlane's pre-match thoughts2h agoThe FA Cup final XIs3h agoPreambleShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature47 min: Big chance for Semenyo!Cherki gets on the ball straight away. He plays an excellent angled pass out to O’Reilly, who stands up an even better cross to the far post. Semenyo gets up early, six yards from goal, but heads over the bar. Either he jumped too early or the cross was slightly too high.47 min “I’m on call and missed the MBM,” boasts Alan Terlep, “so I went back to the beginning... and the Millenium Bug.“I was a technician in 1999 and ran patches for the Millennium Bug on hundreds of computers. First business day of 2000, I got a frantic call from a factory that was completely shut down. I went out and found that I’d missed a step in the patch, so the bug shut down the factory.“What happened to the Millennium Bug? We saw it coming and fixed it before it caused big problems. It was a shining example of society successfully fixing a problem and it should be celebrated by anyone who thinks we can collectively make life better.”Amen to that. Now, any idea how society can come together to fix everything? (Also, that must have been a pretty scary phone call to receive, especially if you’d been living life to the max the night before.)46 min City begin the second half. Cherki has indeed replaced Marmoush, so these are the revised line-ups.Chelsea (3-4-2-1) Sanchez; Fofana, Colwill, Hato; Gusto, Caicedo, James, Cucurella; Palmer, Enzo; Joao Pedro.Substitutes: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Tosin, Chalobah, Essugo, Andrey Santos, Neto, Garnacho, Delap.Man City (4-2-3-1) Trafford; Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, O’Reilly; Rodri, Bernardo; Semenyo, Cherki, Doku; Haaland.Substitutes: Donnarumma, Dias, Reijnders, Stones, Ake, Kovacic, Savinho, Foden.Rayan Cherki is coming on at half-time, presumably for Omar Marmoush.“When was the last time a team was utterly crushed, 1980s-style, by losing the FA Cup final? Pardew’s Palace, West Ham in 2006?”You must have missed me weeping like a bairn in the bogs in 2018, mate. (But seriously folks, I’d probably say Palace in 2016 or Hull in 2014.)Jonathan WilsonHalf-time readingAnother final-day showdown, another final-day heartbreak. The pain may have been spread over 61 years, but that won’t make it any easier to bear for Hearts who, having been top for 250 days of the Scottish Premiership season, missed out on the title again.There was, of course, a Celtic penalty for handball and a critical video assistant referee decision that went their way but, on this occasion, neither provided the controversy. That came instead from the confusion as the game was ended by a pitch invasion with 23 seconds plus whatever else the referee felt needed to be added to injury still to play.Some incursions are largely joyous, forgivable as spontaneous eruptions of emotion but while that may have been true for the majority who spilled out of the stands, there were also many who confronted Hearts players. But even if the invasion had been purely celebratory, fans cannot be allowed to dictate when games finish.Half time: Chelsea 0-0 Manchester CityPeep peep! That’s the end of a first half that was intriguing rather than downright entertaining. The stats say City have been the better team – 60 per cent possession, both shots on target – but Chelsea grew into the game after a slow start and got into some promising positions. Joao Pedro, all alone up front, has been excellent.45+1 min: Chelsea penalty appeal! After Bernardo lost the ball in a dangerous position, Joao Pedro surged into the penalty area and was sent flying by Khusanov. It was a body check rather than a trip but I think decision could have gone either way.Nope, no penalty. The consensus is that it’s one to file under ‘a coming together’. That’s fair enough, but equally Khusanov knew what he was doing.45 min Three minutes of added minutes.44 min: Sanchez denies HaalandHaaland rumbles into the Chelsea area, left of centre, and batters a shot from a tight angle that is blocked by Sanchez. His positioning was good, Petr Cech-good, and that made it very difficult for even Haaland to score.Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sánchez saves from Erling Haaland of Manchester City. Photograph: Javier García/Shutterstock42 min Andy Gordon has this to say on the skull cap being worn by Chelsea’s keeper Robert Sanchez.
Chelsea v Manchester City: FA Cup final – live
Minute-by-minute report: Join Rob Smyth for updates from Wembley and one of the highlights in the football calendar














