Thank you for joining me for this history-making semi-final. Chelsea have been beaten by Manchester United for the first time. The Blues will not be able to extend their hold on the Women’s FA Cup to four consecutive season. Manchester United’s dominant first half performance and impressive defensive efforts in the second 45 see them through to the final where they face Tottenham. For all the action have a read of the report below. We will be back with more women’s football action in an hour or so with Arsenal’s WSL match against Bristol City. Until then have a good evening.
Here’s some reaction from Chelsea boss Emma Hayes. She is in her last season at the club and faces the prospect of not winning any trophies from it. Chelsea are currently second the WSL table and face defending champions Barcelona in the Women’s Champions League semi-finals.
She said: “You can’t gift two goals so early in the game against top opponents. The first a mistake in first minute, the second from a throw in. They had four entries into box in first half, two goals. We had 42 and one goal. We have to do better. We gave ourselves lots to do…
“I want to say congratulations to Man Utd, their fans, the players put up a great fight and Mary Earps produced world-class saves.”
