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Manchester City: Ortega, Walker, Stones, Akanji, Ake, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Foden, De Bruyne, Grealish, Alvarez.
Subs: Dias, Kovacic, Doku, Gomez, Gvardiol, Matheus Luiz, Ederson, Bobb, Lewis.
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Chelsea: Petrovic, Gusto, Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Gallagher, Palmer, Madueke, Jackson.
Subs: Disasi, Badiashile, Sterling, Mudryk, Bettinelli, Chukwuemeka, Chilwell, Deivid Washington, Gilchrist.
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Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland).
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Your City side! 🩵
XI | Ortega Moreno, Walker (C), Stones, Akanji, Ake, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Foden, Grealish, Alvarez
SUBS | Ederson, Dias, Kovacic, Doku, Gomez, Gvardiol, Nunes, Bobb, Lewis#ManCity | @etihad pic.twitter.com/dT2NJRjyld
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 20, 2024
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Introducing our semi-final XI…
🇦🇷 Enzo returns in the middle.
©️ Gallagher captains the Blues.
⚡️ Madueke keeps his place.@ParimatchUK | #CFC | #EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/j8e0nFXH46— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 20, 2024
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Let’s give this semi-final a build-up commensurate with the level of respect the Football Association gives its own flagship competition. Here we go, then …
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Kick off is at 5.15pm BST. It’s on.
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Key events
The BBC ask Pep Guardiola whether his team are ready to bounce back from the disappointment of Champions League defeat. “The team are not disappointed … when a team plays well we are never disappointed … we don’t have to feel sorry or ashamed for the way [we] perform … it is football, it is life … we are in a semi-final against a historical team like Chelsea so of course you have to perform well … winning or losing against Madrid we would do the same … [Erling Haaland] is injured … it is not much but he is not able to play today.”
All the pre-match patter. Includes news of Enzo Fernández carrying a hernia problem, and this season’s emergence of Cole Palmer.
The big news for Manchester City: Erling Haaland is out injured. Julián Álvarez takes his place up front. There are three other changes to the starting XI in the wake of Wednesday’s Champions League exit to Real Madrid: Stefan Ortega, John Stones and Nathan Aké come in for Ederson, Rúben Dias and Joško Gvardiol, all of whom drop to the bench.
Chelsea make just one change to the team that started Monday night’s 6-0 rout of Everton. Enzo Fernández comes in for Mykhailo Mudryk, who drops to the bench. Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueke keep their places in Mauricio Pochettino’s one-for-all, all-for one penalty-taking collective.
The teams
Manchester City: Ortega, Walker, Stones, Akanji, Ake, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Foden, De Bruyne, Grealish, Alvarez.
Subs: Dias, Kovacic, Doku, Gomez, Gvardiol, Matheus Luiz, Ederson, Bobb, Lewis.
Chelsea: Petrovic, Gusto, Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Gallagher, Palmer, Madueke, Jackson.
Subs: Disasi, Badiashile, Sterling, Mudryk, Bettinelli, Chukwuemeka, Chilwell, Deivid Washington, Gilchrist.
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland).
Your City side! 🩵
XI | Ortega Moreno, Walker (C), Stones, Akanji, Ake, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Foden, Grealish, Alvarez
SUBS | Ederson, Dias, Kovacic, Doku, Gomez, Gvardiol, Nunes, Bobb, Lewis#ManCity | @etihad pic.twitter.com/dT2NJRjyld
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 20, 2024
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Your City side! 🩵
XI | Ortega Moreno, Walker (C), Stones, Akanji, Ake, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Foden, Grealish, Alvarez
SUBS | Ederson, Dias, Kovacic, Doku, Gomez, Gvardiol, Nunes, Bobb, Lewis#ManCity | @etihad pic.twitter.com/dT2NJRjyld
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 20, 2024
Introducing our semi-final XI…
🇦🇷 Enzo returns in the middle.
©️ Gallagher captains the Blues.
⚡️ Madueke keeps his place.@ParimatchUK | #CFC | #EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/j8e0nFXH46— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 20, 2024
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Preamble
Let’s give this semi-final a build-up commensurate with the level of respect the Football Association gives its own flagship competition. Here we go, then …
Kick off is at 5.15pm BST. It’s on.