Man City vs Chelsea LIVE: FA Cup score, result and reaction as City cruise into fourth round

23 mins: Fantastic goal! Manchester City win a free kick just outside the penalty area and it’s prime territory for Riyad Mahrez. He picks his spot and curls the set piece around the wall before finishing it in the top right hand corner!

22 mins: Bashir Humphreys boots the ball long and almost gets Hakim Ziyech into the penalty area.

Sergio Gomez back tracks and slips before he reaches Ziyech but seemingly drags the Chelsea man down inside the box. VAR takes a look at the incident but nothing comes from it.

19 mins: Chance! Cole Palmer makes an underlapping run inside of Trevoh Chalobah as Aymeric Laporte loops the ball up to the Manchester City forward.

He carries it into the penalty area and smokes one towards the near post where Kepa Arrizabalaga gets a hand to the ball and turns it wide of the post!

16 mins: Kyle Walker switches the play over to the left side of the pitch where Sergio Gomez brings the ball down.

Phil Foden makes a run in behind the Chelsea defence as Gomez dinks a pass down the line but Trevoh Chalobah is well positioned and manages to intercept.

13 mins: Sergio Gomez gets forward on the left wing and whips a cross into the box towards Julian Alvarez. He’s challenged to the ball by Kalidou Koulibaly but neither man comes away with it.

Instead the ball bobbles out to Phil Foden who hooks a shot back towards goal and sends one wide of the post. The whistle has already gone though and Alvarez is punished for a foul in the build-up.

10 mins: Riyad Mahrez is slipped down the right wing and takes on Lewis Hall. The winger nudges the ball past the young Chelsea defender before overpowering him and recovering the ball inside the penalty area.

Mahrez flicks a cross into the six-yard area where Kepa Arrizabalaga plucks the ball out of the air.

7 mins: Man City are trying to control possession and inflict their own tempo on the game but Chelsea have been solid so far and are closing the ball down quickly,

City’s goalkeeper Stefan Ortega slides a short pass into the feet of Rodri who is then clipped by Kai Havertz and wins City a free kick.

3 mins: Jorginho attempts to flick a pass over the top for Conor Gallagher on the right but he gets it slightly wrong and allows Aymeric Laporte to collect the ball.

He then feeds it to Rodri who goes on a nice run through midfield before linking up with Cole Palmer on the wing to get the ball up alongside the Chelsea penalty area.

Chelsea get the match underway and work the ball around their backline before sending a long ball down the left wing and giving it away to the home side.

Thursday’s encounter between these teams was a close affair with Pep Guardiola’s half-time changes the difference at the full-time whistle.

Just before kick off, there is a round of applause for former Chelsea player Gianluca Vialli who passed away earlier this week.