Women's FA Cup: Manchester United cruise past Manchester City to set up encounter with Chelsea at Wembley
ByOli Gent
Updated 13/04/2025 at 21:09 GMT+1
Manchester United put in a dominant display to dispatch Manchester City 2-0 and reach the final of the Women's FA Cup for the third year in a row. Celin Bizet opened the scoring on six minutes, before Grace Clinton capped off a solid performance to send Marc Skinner's side to Wembley. They will face Sonia Bompastor's Chelsea, who turned things around to beat Liverpool 2-1 on Saturday.
Grace Clinton of Manchester United Women celebrates scoring her team's second goal with teammates during the Women's FA Cup Semi Final.
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Manchester United will meet Chelsea at Wembley after they beat Manchester City 2-0 to reach the final of the Women's FA Cup.
Celin Bizet and Grace Clinton were on target for the Red Devils, who reached their third successive FA Cup final.
Marc Skinner's side went ahead on six minutes, when Ella Toone wriggled out of a tight spot in midfield, before clipping a sumptuous pass over the top for Bizet to run onto.
The winger took it down nicely, before checking onto her right foot and bending the ball beyond Khiara Keating in the City net.
It was 2-0 for visitors United after 22 minutes when Clinton lost Gracie Prior to double the lead from a Gabby George corner and give the hosts a mountain to climb.
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Toone was pulling all the strings for United in her role as a free-roaming eight, and she forced a strong save from Keating after a delicate link-up with Leah Galton on 26 minutes.
Nick Cushing's City came out in the second half rejuvenated, but the damage had already been done, especially considering how depleted the home side were.
They were without star striker Bunny Shaw, as well as other attacking outlets Vivianne Miedema and Lauren Hemp as Cushing's substitute bench lacked any real firepower.
Bizet almost had her second and United's third on 65 minutes as Keating smothered from close range after a goalmouth melee, but the cushion the visitors had was sufficient enough to see them into the final against Sonia Bompastor's Women's Super League leaders, who defeated Liverpool 2-1 on Saturday in the other semi-final.
The final on May 18 will be a repeat of the 2023 showpiece at Wembley, which Chelsea won 1-0.
United claimed the trophy for the first time when they beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 in last year's final.
United manager Skinner said afterwards that his side wanted "revenge" on Chelsea.
"It's pretty good, right?" Skinner said.
"As managers we're not usually allowed to show emotion but I'm really happy with the players.
"There is a massive challenge ahead of us, we have played Chelsea in the final before, and we want to get revenge.
"I'm not even bothered who the favourites are.
"I thought we were excellent against Chelsea in the previous final so we have to come up big again.
"I'm just going to make sure my team is as prepared as they can be, and they can show their experience. If they can do that, we can beat anyone, I've no doubt about that."
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