Women’s FA Cup - Holders Chelsea progress to Wembley final after win at Arsenal

Chelsea reached the women’s FA Cup final for the second successive season after beating last year's runners-up Arsenal 2-0 at Boreham Wood’s Meadow Park stadium. After a goalless opening 45 minutes, Chelsea broke the deadlock five minutes into the second period through Guro Reiten.

Beth England and Sam Kerr linked up well before the former sprayed a ball wide to Reiten on the left-hand side, who cut inside and dinked a ball with her left foot over the head of Manuela Zinsberger and into the top left corner. Ad/> On the hour mark Ji So-Yun doubled Chelsea’s lead, lashing a powerful strike beyond Zinsberger and a calamitous Arsenal defence.

Millie Bright thumped a free-kick up the pitch from deep inside her own half which fell for Kerr just inside the penalty area, but after she failed to get the ball under control, Lotte Wubben-Moy could only clear the loose ball as far as So-Yun, who needed no invitation to hammer Chelsea further ahead. Premier LeagueRonaldo earned £850,000 bonus after Norwich hat-trick6 HOURS AGO Van Dijk and Mane on beating rivals Man City to reach FA Cup final Xavi calls on Barca squad to push for top four finish following Europa Lge exit Haaland injury concerns over Real or Man City transfer — Paper Round Unlike Ann-Katrin Berger in the Chelsea net who had little to do all afternoon, Zinsberger made a string of important saves throughout the second half to keep the score down to a two-goal deficit, and without her brilliance it could have been a very different story.