Match ends, Chelsea 4, Leicester City 2.
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Chelsea v Leicester City: Blues survive scare to snatch dramatic win in quarter-finals
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Chelsea scored twice in stoppage time to survive a major scare against Leicester City and reach the FA Cup semi-finals.
Substitutes Carney Chukwuemeka and Noni Madueke snatched victory for the Blues at the end of a dramatic second half in which the home fans threatened to turn on manager Mauricio Pochettino.
The hosts led comfortably at 2-0 until Axel Disasi scored a comedy own goal from 35 yards out to breathe life into the tie in the 51st minute.
Stephy Mavididi curled in a superb equaliser 11 minutes later after which a fractious Stamford Bridge voiced its unrest with loud boos and chants of “you don’t know what you’re doing”.
But a red card with 17 minutes to go for Leicester defender Callum Doyle proved crucial.
He fouled Nicolas Jackson and, having been initially been shown a yellow card and a penalty given, the video assistant referee ruled the foul was outside of the box but upgraded his yellow to red.
Chelsea applied constant pressure from there and Chukwuemeka slotted in after a clever flick from Cole Palmer, who scored along with Marc Cucurella for Chelsea in the first half, in the 92nd minute.
Madueke’s long-range strike sealed the win which maintains Chelsea’s hopes of ending a difficult season on a high by winning the FA Cup for the first time since 2018.
Leicester’s attention turns back to the Championship where the Foxes’ lead has been cut to one point as they attempt to earn promotion back to the Premier League.
Another remarkable cup tie
This second half was every bit as dramatic as Coventry’s late win against Wolves on Saturday.
Despite also missing a penalty through Raheem Sterling in the first half, Chelsea looked to be cruising through to the last four until Disasi’s moment of madness.
After receiving a throw-in under gentle pressure on halfway, he attempted to play the ball back to Robert Sanchez stood on the edge of the box but managed to lift the ball over his goalkeeper’s head.
From there a rattled Chelsea repeatedly gave the ball away and the Leicester fans were loud. Patson Daka had come close to getting on the end of a cross from Abdul Fatawu before Mavididi’s equaliser.
Next came the red card which came when a brilliant turn from Jackson sent him through on goal. From the subsequent free-kick, positioned inches outside the box, Sterling blasted well over and loud boos rained down from the stands.
Sterling also missed a one-on-one in the first half and when Pochettino took off Mykhailo Mudryk moments later, the atmosphere verged on mutinous.
There were ironic cheers, some boos and some applause when Sterling was eventually taken off.
To Pochettino’s credit, it was the two substitutes who won the game. Chukwuemeka was cool where his team-mates had earlier failed before Madueke danced through challenges and curled in.
With Chelsea 11th in the Premier League and having already suffered a disappointing defeat by Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final, Pochettino could not afford a loss against lower-league opposition. His side just about avoided it.
Leicester impress in defeat
Leicester will rue the red card for they looked the more likely winner at 2-2.
Doyle clipped Jackson from behind as he closed in on goal. As the foul was deemed outside the box, the 20-year-old Manchester City loanee no longer had the double jeopardy law of penalty and a red card to avoid being dismissed.
Still, Leicester showed why they have looked so strong for much of this season. They built play well and had chances of their own with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall excellent in midfield.
They have only won one of their past five in the league and their lead at the top of the Championship has been cut from 12 points to one.
On this evidence, Enzo Maresca’s side should still have enough to return to the top flight at the first attempt.
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Sánchez
- 27Gusto
- 2Disasi
- 14Chalobah
- 3CucurellaSubstituted forChilwellat 90′minutes
- 25Caicedo
- 23Gallagher
- 20Palmer
- 10MudrykSubstituted forChukwuemekaat 78′minutes
- 7SterlingSubstituted forMaduekeat 86′minutes
- 15Jackson
Substitutes
- 5Badiashile
- 6Thiago Silva
- 11Madueke
- 17Chukwuemeka
- 21Chilwell
- 28Petrovic
- 36de Souza Eugênio
- 63Acheampong
- 79Harrison
Leicester
Formation 4-3-3
- 41Stolarczyk
- 17Choudhury
- 3Faes
- 23Vestergaard
- 5DoyleBooked at 73mins
- 25NdidiSubstituted forCoadyat 78′minutesBooked at 90mins
- 8Winks
- 22Dewsbury-Hall
- 18FatawuSubstituted forAkgünat 63′minutes
- 20Daka
- 10MavididiBooked at 67minsSubstituted forJustinat 75′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Ward
- 2Justin
- 4Coady
- 11Albrighton
- 14Iheanacho
- 28Cannon
- 29Akgün
- 40Marçal-Madivadua
- 45Nelson
- Referee:
- Andy Madley
- Attendance:
- 39,589
Live Text
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Second Half ends, Chelsea 4, Leicester City 2.
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Goal! Chelsea 4, Leicester City 2. Noni Madueke (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Malo Gusto.
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Hamza Choudhury.
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Attempt blocked. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Conor Coady (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Cole Palmer (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Conor Coady (Leicester City).
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Attempt blocked. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolas Jackson.
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Goal! Chelsea 3, Leicester City 2. Carney Chukwuemeka (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cole Palmer with a through ball.
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Substitution, Chelsea. Ben Chilwell replaces Marc Cucurella.
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Attempt missed. Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Hamza Choudhury.
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Attempt saved. Noni Madueke (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Malo Gusto with a cross.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Substitution, Chelsea. Noni Madueke replaces Raheem Sterling.
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Delay in match because of an injury Wout Faes (Leicester City).
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Attempt blocked. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Carney Chukwuemeka (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
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Attempt blocked. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Carney Chukwuemeka.
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US Open women’s final 2024: Aryna Sabalenka holds off Jessica Pegula to win third Grand Slam title
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After losing to Gauff in last year’s final, a tearful Sabalenka admitted she had struggled to deal with the crowd, later saying the noise was so loud it “blocked my ears”.
The atmosphere was no different this time around, with Pegula receiving the majority of the support from the packed 23,000-seater stadium.
There were times when Sabalenka looked like the occasion would again get the better of her as she hit 34 unforced errors and five double faults.
Once the type of player who failed to keep her emotions in check, she has taken active steps to strengthen her mentality, including working with a psychologist, to become one of the most consistent competitors on the WTA Tour.
With injuries disrupting her season – she struggled with a stomach problem at the French Open before a shoulder issue ruled her out of Wimbledon – Sabalenka has got back on track with successive titles after beating Pegula in the final of last month’s Cincinnati Open.
“I wish she would have at least let me get one set. We had a tough match in Cincinnati a few weeks ago and she’s one of the best in the world,” Pegula said.
“She’s super powerful and isn’t going to give you anything, she can take the racquet out of your hand.”
Sabalenka’s victory in New York sees her become the first player to win both hard-court Slams in the same year since Angelique Kerber in 2016.
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Republic of Ireland 0-2 England: What BBC Radio 5 Live saw in Lee Carsley’s first game
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Ian Dennis
Even before we had gone live on air for 5 Live, it was noticeable how involved Lee Carsley was with the warm-up.
The interim head coach even placed the red and white cones out in the England half of the field.
He was waiting on the pitch as a solitary figure before the players came out to warm up.
Carsley was actively involved along with his assistants Ashley Cole and Joleon Lescott. It’s a significant change in approach to that of Gareth Southgate or previous managers.
I even remember Fabio Capello, when he was England head coach, watching intently from the sidelines along with his assistant Franco Baldini – but they would study and monitor the opposition.
Carsley was purely focused on his England players and looked comfortable as a tracksuit manager.
John Murray
If you were looking for a different approach from Lee Carsley, it was there right from the start. There was an initial mis-step when he turned right to the home dugout when he first walked down the tunnel, but it was a tracksuited Carsley who laid out the balls and the cones and oversaw the whole of the warm-up.
It served to underline how he wishes to be seen very much as the head coach. And if England replicate the first-half performance, he will not be interim for too much longer.
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Paris 2024 Paralympics: Finlay Graham, Emma Wiggs and Charlotte Henshaw win trio of golds for GB
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Finlay Graham, Emma Wiggs and Charlotte Henshaw won gold medals on Saturday morning at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, taking Great Britain’s tally to 45.
Graham, 24, won the men’s C1-3 road race, while Wiggs, 44, was victorious in the women’s VL2 200m Va’a Single final.
Henshaw, 37, continued GB’s Para-canoe success, winning the women’s VL3 Single final, where there was also a silver medal for Hope Gordon. David Phillipson took silver in the men’s KL2 Single final.
Daniel Powell has guaranteed himself at least a silver medal in the men’s -90kg men’s J1 judo.
In Para-equestrian, Sophie Wells won the bronze medal in the Grade V individual freestyle event.
Great Britain now have a total of 106 medals at the Paralympics, including those 45 golds. Only China, with 85 golds and 195 total medals, have more.
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