Enzo Fernández's header sees Chelsea set up FA Cup final with Man City | OneFootball

Managerless Chelsea booked their FA Cup final place thanks to Enzo Fernández's first-half header.

The Blues may well have been managerless but Calum McFarlane seemed to have his team fired up for this one.

Yet despite Chelsea's bright start it was Leeds who had the best chance early on when Dominic Calvert-Lewin set Brenden Aaronson through one-on-one but the American couldn't get the better of Robert Sánchez.

That miss proved costly as shortly after that Chelsea were ahead. Pascal Struijk was robbed in his own half by João Pedro who then found Pedro Neto to his right, the Portuguese winger sent in a cross that Enzo Fernández was on hand to head home.

Shortly after that there was a familiar scenario for Calvert-Lewin. VAR was checking for a potential hair pull, this time by the Leeds United striker on Marc Cucurella however it was eventually cleared with the threshold for what is or isn't a hair pull still a mystery.

Leeds came out of the traps in the second period and almost levelled within a minute when half-time substitute Anton Stach let off a powerful effort that Sánchez did well to keep out.

As the game went on though, Chelsea's backline looked more assured and Leeds were looking like they were running out of ideas.

Indeed, at times Leeds have run defences ragged but they were unable to replicate that on the big stage meaning Chelsea will face Manchester City in this year's final.

Incidents: The story of the match

Chelsea Official Line-ups:

Robert Sánchez, Malo Gusto, Tosin Adarabioyo, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella, Roméo Lavia, Enzo Fernández, Moisés Caicedo, João Pedro, Alejandro Garnacho, Pedro Neto

Leeds United Official Line-ups:

Lucas Perri, James Justin, Jayden Bogle, Jaka Bijol, Pascal Struijk, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Ethan Ampadu, Ao Tanaka, Brenden Aaronson, Calvert-Lewin, Noah Okafor

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The match begins

Chelsea lead 1-0 against Leeds United. Enzo Fernández scores with a header from the center of the box into the bottom left corner, assisted by Pedro Neto's cross.

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GOAL Chelsea: Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) scores!

Enzo Fernández scores goal number 2 in the competition (3 matches) Enzo Fernández scores goal number 29 for his team (164 matches)

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The referee whistles for the end of the match