Man City vs Chelsea LIVE: FA Cup semi-final result, final score and reaction as Bernardo Silva wins thriller

13 mins: OFF THE LINE! City so close to the opener, as De Bruyne unlocks the Chelsea defence in one pass! He slices through Chelsea to release Foden, who tries to go around Petrovic but is forced wide. Cucurella heads away as Foden tried to cut it back, and Chelsea clear.

It was good goalkeeping from Petrovic in the end.

10 mins: Palmer wins the ball back just inside the City half and goes for goal from a long way out...

... it didn’t have the distance to trouble Ortega, who saves easily, but Palmer was trying to recreate one of his four goals against Everton from Monday night.

8 mins: Madueke wins a corner on the right after his cross is blocked by Man City are able to clear. At the other end, De Bruyne’s cross is blocked by Caicedo and City get their first corner.

They had 16 corners against Real Madrid on Wednesday without scoring...

... but they almost do here! De Bruyne takes it short to Alvarez and the Belgian’s cross finds Rodri at the back post. Petrovic collects against his post.

6 mins: Chelsea are dropping deep as City take charge of the ball, but Pochettino’s side almost break forward as Jackson is released. Ake gets back to make the challenge.

But then a moment later, Gallagher wins it back from Gallagher and Palmer releases Jackson. The striker slips and his shot is straight at Ortega.

4 mins: Silva has to jump into another challenge after another loose Chelsea pass - this time from the goalkeeper Petrovic. It’s been a fast start from City, Chelsea yet to settle.

Palmer looks fine now.

2 mins: A let off for Chelsea in the opening minute! Cucurella’s pass to Thiago Silva misses the Brazilian and Alvarez jumps on it. City can’t take advantage and the play breaks down, a let off for sure.

And Cole Palmer is hobbling after a minute! Has he picked up a knock already?

Manchester City get us underway! Both teams are in blue - City in their sky blue strips, City in their royal blue.

Here we go! There’s a warm embrace between Guardiola and Pochettino before we get underway. Lots of eyes on Cole Palmer today - could he knock Man City out of a second competition in four days?

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne asked to come off because “they could not continue” before the Champions League holders were knocked out by Real Madrid on penalties in the quarter-finals.

Haaland is City’s top scorer this season and regular penalty taker, while De Bruyne, who scored City’s equaliser, would have also been among City’s top options ahead of the shootout after 14-time champions Madrid held on for a 1-1 draw after extra time.

“It’s normal, with the amount of games we’ve played this season and in the previous seasons,” Guardiola said whe asked about his players being tired. “There’s not much time for recovery, we played extra-time and the intensity we play. We are not machines, the fatigue is there.”

On Haaland’s absence today, Guardiola said: “He’s injured. I don’t think it’s much but he’s not able for today. I don’t know [if he’ll be back for Brighton on Thursday].”

In another world, Cole Palmer might have been lining up for Manchester City against Chelsea today. But Pep Guardiola said the City forward “was asking to leave for two seasons” prior to his £40m to Stamford Bridge last summer.

“He’s an exceptional player, we knew when he was here. I’ve said many times, I didn’t give the minutes that maybe he deserved and now he has at Chelsea. I understand completely.

“He’s a shy guy with a lot of potential. It is what it is. He’s playing fantastically well.

“But he was asking for two seasons to leave. I said ‘no, stay’. But he still said ‘no, I want to leave’. What could we do? I said stay because Riyad [Mahrez] has gone but for two seasons he wanted to leave.”

With 25 goals and 13 assists in all competitions this season, Palmer has the most goal contributions in Europe this season among players aged 23 or younger.

That includes Erling Haaland, by the way.