Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea endured a Wembley nightmare as Chelsea strolled to victory and set up an FA Cup final date with Arsenal.
United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ditched his usual FA Cup keeper Sergio Romero to keep faith with De Gea – but the experienced Spain international produced two horrendous errors either side of half-time to gift Chelsea two goals.
De Gea made a flimsy attempt to deal with Olivier Giroud’s flick in first-half stoppage time then weakly fumbled Mason Mount’s tame 20-yard shot into the net moments after the restart.
Chelsea’s excellent performance fully merited this victory and United’s abject misery after a dreadful performance was complete when captain Harry Maguire diverted Marcos Alonso’s cross into his own net at the near post with 16 minutes left.
Frank Lampard’s side was in complete control from first to last as they comprehensively ended Manchester United’s 19-match unbeaten run in all competitions.
Bruno Fernandes pulled a goal back from the penalty spot late on after Callum Hudson-Odoi fouled Anthony Martial but it could not even be described as a consolation as Chelsea closed out the win.
Monaco appoint Kovac as head coach
Former Bayern Munich Niko Kovac has been named the new Monaco boss.
Robert Moreno was sacked after only seven months in charge of the Ligue 1 club on Sunday.
Kovac, 48, won the German league and cup double with Bayern in the 2018-19 season but left in November 2019.
Kovac was also Croatia’s manager between 2013 and 2015.
“Niko is recognized for his capacity to obtain very good results and the progression of young talents,” said Monaco vice-president Oleg Petrov on Sunday.
Moreno took over last December when Monaco was seventh in the table – they eventually finished ninth when the season was halted early because of the coronavirus pandemic.
