FA Cup final, Chelsea vs Manchester United - as it happened: Eden Hazard penalty settles it for the Blues

"I found what he did after that Brighton game disgusting"

Jermaine Jenas has launched an astonishing verbal attack on Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho after labelling his comments about Marcus Rashford earlier in the season “disgusting”.

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Manchester United are in the building 

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Romelu Lukaku is on the bench!

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Here's the two line ups in full

Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Rudiger, Moses, Kante, Fabregas, Bakayoko, Alonso, Hazard, Giroud.

Subs: Caballero, Zappacosta, Chalobah, Barkley, Pedro, Willian, Morata.

Manchester United: De Gea; Valencia, Jones, Smalling, Young; Matic, Herrera, Pogba; Lingard, Sánchez, Rashford.

Subs: Romero, Bailly, Darmian, Mata, McTominay, Lukaku, Martial.

Rashford Redemption

So this afternoon is a chance for Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford to prove Jose Mourinho's criticism of his wrong.

After failing to impress during United's 1-0 defeat against Brighton, Rashford was on the receiving end of a spiky Mourinho rant.

"You have the answer now when you ask 'why always Lukaku?’. We are probably not as good as people think we are individuall," said the Manchester United manager after the Brighton defeat when asked about Rashford's performance. 

"It was not good enough," he added. "The players that replaced others did not perform at a good level and when individuals do that it is difficult for the team to play well. Maybe now you will not ask me why A, B and C do not play so much. I knew what was going to happen and I told them, but that is what we got."

With Romelu Lukaku only fit enough to start on the bench, Alan Shearer says on Match of the Day ​that Rashford has the perfect chance to prove his manager wrong.

"He's got an opportunity to ram those words down the manager's throat today, and that's what the manager wants."

Conte: "I don't think this is a disappointing season"

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte tells BBC Sport that he does not think this season has been a disappointment, despite finishing fifth after winning the title last year.

"I don't think this is a disappointing season," Conte said. "We have to play in a better way if we want to win this final. It's normal that you try to send positivity as a group, that's the best message you can send."

Chelsea start without Willian and Conte believes he has no place in Chelsea's best starting eleven. "Our starting eleven is the same team that played against Liverpool two weeks ago, it's the best formation and the best starting eleven for us today."

Jose Mourinho hints that it was Romelu Lukaku's decision not to play, and his tone suggests he is not best pleased about it.

"He made a decision: not ready to start, maybe ready to give us a little help," the Manchester United manager said on BBC Sport. "It's one thing to start the match and play for 90 minutes, another thing to play from the bench for a few minutes."

"We change Romelu with Marcus, they are two different players. He (Rashford) is going to play in the same position with different qualities."

Mourinho was reluctant to go into the importance of this game for Rashford after the young forward has been struggling for recent form. "I don't want to speak about it because I don't think it's fair. It's my philosophy as manager not to put responsibility on a player. We play as a team."

The result of this afternoon's FA Cup final will not change Mourinho's opinion that his side have enjoyed a good season, but insists he is still very determined to win. "It's better than to lose, much more beautiful.

"I don't think it's fair if I analyse my players season on one result. I think they did a positive season. Can we win? Lets try everything."

So, with less than 25 minutes until kick off, how do we see this one going?

Hopefully you see it being a slighter better game than the Independent's chief football correspondent Miguel Delaney. 

Let us know you predictions in the comments section or Tweet us. We'll share some of the best and most sensible ones!

Last call for you to feast your eyes on Miguel Delaney's excellent analysis on why this final is much more than just Conte vs Mourinho.

VAR

We will witness a piece of history in today's FA Cup Final. This will be the first time that Video Assistant Refereeing (VAR) will be used in the FA Cup Final. The technology has been sporadically trailed through the competition, with mixed success, and will be in place during the World Cup.

Here's this afternoon's referee, Micheal Oliver, going through his final preparations with the kit. Neil Swarbrick will watching the match from a remote location with access to Oliver.