That’s all from me today. Read Sophie Downey’s match report here.
Arsenal forward Olivia Smith was taken off the pitch on a stretcher during Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Bristol City. 14 minutes were added on the end of the second half after a clash of heads saw the Canadian international fitted with a neck brace.
There’s one more FA Cup game today. The Merseyside derby kicks off at 4:30pm.
FA Cup results
West Ham 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Arsenal 3-0 Bristol City
Chelsea 2-1 Manchester United
Manchester City 4-0 Sheffield United
Oxford United 0-1 Charlton Athletic
Marc Skinner’s side threw everything they had at the game but they lacked the quality on the bench to match Chelsea. Manchester United’s midweek game against Atlético Madrid can’t have helped the players once today’s game went to extra time.
Sonia Bompastor’s substitutions made a huge difference towards the end of the game. Sandy Baltimore, Wieke Kaptein and goalscorer Sam Kerr were all excellent.
Full time AET: Chelsea 2-1 Manchester United
Chelsea are through to the quarter-final of the FA Cup. Manchester United threw everything they had it but Girma’s first Chelsea goal was the difference between the evenly matched teams.
120+1 min: The initial free kick comes to nothing but Le Tissier hoists the ball back in the box. The Manchester United players are calling for a handball among the chaos.
120 min: Manchester United have won more chance! Le Tissier takes another free kick …
117 min: Manchester United have another free kick and this time Tullis-Joyce is up and in Chelsea’s box. The initial free kick comes to nothing before Le Tissier strikes the ball straight at Hampton.
115 min: Le Tissier plays a beautiful ball into the box. She drills it towards the back post but nobody’s there to meet it.
114 min: Le Tissier plays the ball into the box but Hampton is there to collect it.
111 min: 16-year-old Layla Drury is on for Hinata Miyazawa.
109 min: Kaptein receives the ball on the edge of the area and she tries to caress it into the far corner. It’s just wide of the post.
108 min: Park goes on another run. The midfielder shoots but the Chelsea defenders block it.
105 min: Marc Skinner brings on Gabrielle George and Lea Schüller for Turner and Naalsund.
Second half of extra time
Manchester United have 15 minutes to get back in this game.
105 min: There will be one minute of additional time.
102 min: Oh, what a chance. Malard whips in a deadly delivery towards Elisabeth Terland. The striker can’t connect with it though.
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GOAL! Chelsea 2-1 Manchester United (Girma, 99)
Chelsea are back in front! They whip the ball in from a corner and Walsh meets it. Tullis-Joyce saves her header well, getting down to her left but she can only parry it out to Naomi Girma. The American defender pokes the ball home to give Chelsea the lead.
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97 min: Baltimore plays a lovely back-heel to Carpenter on the right. She receives it again before taking her defender on and winning a corner.
92 min: Guro Reiten has an effort on goal. The winger drives forward and lets fly. It sails over the bar via a deflection.
90 min: Chelsea make a triple substitution. Kadeisha Buchanan, Wieke Kaptein and Guro Reiten are on for Bronze, Nüsken and James.
First half of extra time
Chelsea start the first half of extra time, kicking from left to right.
Full time: Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United
There’s nothing to separate the teams in normal time. We will have 30 more minutes to decide who will go through to the next round of the FA Cup.
90+2 min: Lucy Bronze shoots from 25 yards out and the ball flashes past the post via a deflection.
90 min: There will be three minutes of additional time.
88 min: This game has sprung into life. Both sides are pushing for a winner.
83 min: Le Tissier almost catches Hampton out. The Manchester defender crosses the ball in from another free kick and the wind helps the it travel towards goal. Hampton, hampered by the sun in her eyes, manages to tip the ball round the post.
GOAL! Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United (Awujo, 81)
What a response! Manchester United whip a free kick into the box. Chelsea have a couple of chances to clear it but the ball ricochets to Simi Awujo. The super sub composes herself and smashes the ball into the top corner.
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GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United (Kerr, 78)
Sam Kerr does it again! Carpenter swings the ball in and Nüsken heads it down to Kerr. The Australian forward swivels and shoots past Tullis-Joyce.
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75 min: Baltimore is on the right hand side and gets past Janssen with ease. The Manchester United defender brings her down cynically.
71 min: Sam Kerr comes on for Thompson.
70 min: Thompson gets past her defender on the right and the crosses the ball across the box. Nüsken arrives late and volleys the ball wide.
69 min: Wangerheim and Zigiotti make way for Elisabeth Terland and Simi Awujo.
68 min: Lauren James hits a speculative effort well over the bar.
66 min: Manchester United are playing with real confidence now. Naalsund clips it over the top for Ellen Wangerheim. The Swedish forward heads it down for Malard, who smashes the ball over the bar.
64 min: Wow! Jess Park controls the ball in the middle of the park and shoots from about 30 yards out. Her effort crashes against the post past a helpless Hampton.
61 min: Baltimore gets past Naalsund as if she’s not there. She can’t see a teammate in the box so her cross turns into a shot and floats harmlessly out of play.
56 min: Manchester United have another chance. This time Malard connects with a cross. Buurman is alert to the danger and clears the ball off the line.
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55 min: Manchester United win a free kick. Le Tissier whips it in and Carpenter clears it as far as Lisa Naalsund. She smashes it and the ball deflects out of play for a corner.
51 min: Thompson drives at her defender on the right and takes aim. Her shot is straight at Tullis-Joyce.
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50 min: Baltimore is making an instant impact. She runs at Hanna Lundkvist shifting the ball from right to left. It ultimately comes to nothing but you can see the threat she possesses.
Second half
Chelsea get us going again. Sandy Baltimore is on for Kaneryd.
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Halftime Chelsea 0-0 Manchester United
Chelsea have been the better side in the first half without making the visitors pay. They’ve dominated possession while Tullis-Joyce saved shots from James and Cuthbert. Manchester United have had a couple of half chances, namely through Jess Park, but they’ll be keen to launch more counterattacks in the second half to cause Chelsea problems.
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45 min: There will be one additional minute.
44 min: Walsh plays the ball through to James and the England forward is away. She’s racing towards the keeper and shoots the ball across goal. Tullis-Joyce gets down well and Chelsea win a corner.
42 min: Chelsea string a number of intricate passes together. Keira Walsh sets Carpenter free but the Australian full back is adjudged to have strayed offside.
40 min: Chelsea are starting to look dangerous. Lauren James is picking up the ball and trying to play her teammates through on goal.
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35 min: Chelsea work it well without providing the finishing touch. James flicks on a header before Chelsea play it out to Veerle Buurman. The Dutch full back sells the opposition defender with a dummy but her shot is blocked.
32 min: Chelsea almost score from the resulting corner. Cuthbert whip the ball in as the Chelsea players crowd the keeper. The ball bounces around and Dominique Janssen clears it off the line.
31 min: So close! Carpenter does well to set Kaneryd away on the right. She chops back and lays off to Erin Cuthbert. The Chelsea midfielder drills it towards the bottom corner but Tullis-Joyce is equal to it.
28 min: Ellie Carpenter goes on a lung-busting run on the right and floats the ball into the box. The cross is close to Tullis-Joyce, forcing the Manchester United keeper to make an acrobatic save.
25 min: Manchester United remain a threat on the counter. Malard breaks away on the left and delivers a ball into a dangerous area. No one can get their head on it and it travels all the way to Park on the other side of the box. She sets herself before blazing the ball over the bar.
24 min: Chelsea have started the game slightly better than Manchester United. Tullis-Joyce almost gives the ball straight to James under pressure.
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19 min: The game is settling into a rhythm. Chelsea control the tempo while Manchester United wait for their moment to strike.
14 min: In form Jess Park receives the ball in the box and shifts it on to her right foot. She bends it towards the far post and Hampton parries the ball away.
12 min: Excellent defending from Lauren James. Manchester United try to break from a corner but James tracks Malard’s run to prevent any danger.
8 min: James and Thompson enjoy another lovely exchange. A quick one-two sets Thompson away. The forward strikes with her left foot and Phallon Tullis-Joyce tips the ball round the post.
7 min: Manchester have a half chance of their own. Maya Le Tissier crosses a deep ball into the box. Melvine Malard meets it with her head but it’s right at Hannah Hampton.
5 min: Lauren James progresses with the ball before slipping in Thompson. Thompson plays it on to Johanna Rytting Kaneryd but she can’t get a shot away.
4 min: Chelsea are dominating possession in the opening stages.
1 min: Alyssa Thompson has started brightly on the left. The American winger wins a corner for the home side.
Kick off
Manchester United get us under way, kicking from right to left.
Meanwhile, Sonia Bompastor spoke about Manchester United’s unbeaten run.
We know we are facing a really good team. They are in really good form and there have been a lot of wins in the games for them recently. So we are prepared for that and, as usual, the training this week has been good.
Manchester United manager Marc Skinner spoke about the timing of the fixture in his prematch press conference.
On Sunday we’re playing one of the best teams in English history, and it’s an early-round draw – but that’s football. That’s the beauty of the cup. There’s an element of luck in competitions. Drawing Chelsea might feel like rough luck, but that’s part of it. It’s what makes the cup special.
In most year’s today’s game would be a cup final. At least one of the two teams has made it to the FA Cup Final in the last five years, including the 2022-23 and 2024-25 seasons when they faced each other.
Yesterday’s only FA Cup fixture saw second-tier Birmingham City thrash fourth-tier Chatham Town 8-0. You can read Tom Garry’s match report here.
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Team news
Chelsea: Hampton, Carpenter, Buurman, Girma, Bronze, Nüsken, Walsh, Cuthbert, Kaneryd, Thompson, James
Subs: Peng, Reiten, Baltimore, Kaptein, Kerr, Buchanan, Potter, Sarwie, Beever-Jones
Manchester United: Tullis-Joyce, Le Tissier, Lundkvist, Park, Malard, Naalsund, Janssen, Zigiotti, Wangerheim, Hinata, Turner
Subs: Middleton-Patel, Rendell, George, Anderson, Awujo, Drury, Schüller, Terland
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Preamble
Hello and welcome to minute-by-minute coverage of Chelsea v Manchester United in the Women’s FA Cup fifth round.
Today’s game is a repeat of last season’s final in which Chelsea won 3-0 to complete a domestic treble. While Chelsea are still fighting on four fronts, the prospect of Sonia Bompastor’s side winning another treble is no longer on the cards after back to back defeats against Arsenal and Manchester City in the league. But they bounced back with wins against Spurs and Liverpool to put them within a point of Manchester United in the WSL.
Meanwhile, Manchester United are buoyant. They haven’t lost a game since November and Marc Skinner registered his 100th win with the club when they beat Atletico Madrid 2-0 to complete a 5-0 aggregate victory over them in the Champions League on Wednesday. Today’s game will be preparation for when both clubs meet again next month in the League Cup Final.
Kick off is at 1:30pm. Join me for updates.
