Chelsea 1-2 Man Town - FA Cup semi-final CHELSEA'S mixing fightback fell just short as their incredible work of FA Cup achievement at Wembley eventually came to a conclusion. They looked dead and buried after going 2-0 down at the start of the second half, but somehow raised themselves out of their lacklustre setting to provide an almighty scare to Man City. Demba Ba's goal midway through the 2nd fifty per cent of a ' the first City have conceded on their way to the final - changed the environment straight away and the Blues believed a reprise of these great quarter-final recovery at Old Trafford. In the end, though, they were left lamenting an unhealthy first half display as their first defeat was suffered by them in ten FA Cup games at the stadium. The reality theyAcame up short will finally give rise toAthe uncomfortable thoughtAthat they nowAdo not have the one man they can always count on to rise to the situation a' the great Didier Drogba no more around to strut his stuff on the point he loved. The Blues endured a hardcore opening to the game, which hinted at the trouble to come. Town pinned them them right back and very nearly took the lead when Gareth Barry drilled a in from the left and Petr Cech was pushed into an intelligent save low to his directly to deny Sergio Aguero after the Argentinian had instinctively helped on a Yaya Toure picture. In addition they went close when Aguero reached an extended ball from Vincent Kompany, but Branislav Ivanovic blocked the volley. Chelsea slowly got a foothold in the fit and from a Juan Mata free-kick, Eden Hazard sent a volley goalwards that Kompany had sufficient time to head off the line. Then came the operator on 35 minutes. Yaya Toure drove at the heart of a retreating Blues protection from half way and Aguero, picking up the Ivorian's pass, handled the ball back for Nasri to place away at the second attempt a Cesar Azpilicueta having got in the way originally. Mata clipped an Oscar pass narrowly wide with a first-time effort, nonetheless it hadn't been a fantastic half and might have been even worse in injury time whenever a breakaway from City finished with Cech spooning a James Milner corner in to the air for the late-arriving Kompany to half-volley wide. With a tad bit more composure, the Town captain might have found the internet. Nevertheless they didn't need certainly to wait too much longer to determine a two goal lead. The second half was only two minutes old when Barry clipped a ball in from the proper and Aguero got in front of Azpilicueta to deliver a header in off an article a' Cech left helpless. If that appeared to be game set and match, Chelsea had everybody thinking again with a sudden surge of energy that made it seem as if a change somewhere had been flicked. Moments after Fernando Torres had seriously rather than John Obi Mikel to change the development, a long high ball from David Luiz was missed by Komany and Ba spun dramatically to deliver a past Costel Pantilimon. Energised by the moment, the Blues added forward, and twice in a minute, only the exceptional intervention of Joe Hart's understudy saved your day for City. First, Pantilimon timed a low dive at the toes of Mata to perfection to grab the ball off the Spaniard, he then got behind a drive from Ba (pictured) after Hazard had overlooked to the byline and pulled the ball back across the six yard box. Therefore close to the target, it appeared as though the Senegal striker should report. Brian Luiz curled a free-kick only large as the Blues continued to believe there is something in the game for them and on a later date, Torres might have got a penalty after Kompany had tussled with him a' both players desperately lunging for the ball. It absolutely was never to be this time, and as a possible piece of silverware now only the Europa League remains. Line-up: Cech; Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Mark Luiz, Bertrand; Ramires, Mikel (Torres 66 ); Oscar, Mata, Threat, Ba. Subs not used: Turnbull, Lampard, Moses, Terry, Benayoun, Ake. Attendance: 85,621 Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the most recent Chelsea information.
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