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Brilliant ‘Bunny’ nets late brace to sink Chelsea, send Man City to FA Cup final
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Latest News, Sports May 10, 2026 Brilliant ‘Bunny’ nets late brace to sink Chelsea, send Man City to FA Cup final Khadija “Bunny” Shaw scored a late brace to clinch a dramatic come-from-behind 3-2 win for Manchester City against Chelsea in the Women’s FA Cup semifinals on Sunday. The Jamaican international dominated headlines last week as she has been linked with a big money move away to Chelsea, even while City were crowned Women’s Super League champions and she was named 2026 Football Writers’ Association Women’s Footballer of the Year. READ: ‘Bunny’ set to leave Man City with Chelsea the favourites to land star striker — reports Against this background, all eyes were on Shaw in a mouth-watering encounter against City’s fierce rivals and possibly her future side. And she delivered in remarkable fashion. Chelsea stars Sam Kerr and Erin Cuthbert put them ahead 2 – 0 and it seemed they were heading to the knockout final when the game turned on its head. With four minutes remaining in normal time, Mary Fowler pulled one back for City before Shaw equalized in stoppage-time. The prolific Jamaican then crushed the hearts of Chelsea fans when she nodded home the winner for City in the 13th minute of extra time. City will now face Brighton in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium on May 31. 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Manchester City’s Khadija Shaw sinks Chelsea in dramatic FA Cup semi-final
Khadija Shaw showed Manchester City what they are giving up and Chelsea what they are potentially getting in emphatic style at Stamford Bridge, scoring an injury-time equaliser and then an extra time winner as City came from two goals behind to earn a place in the FA Cup final against Brighton. Shaw has dominated headlines this week: the Women’s Super League top scorer is set to leave City and Chelsea are leading the chase. Her 91st-minute goal forced extra time before a thumping header in the 103rd minute ensured City’s double ambitions remain alive after the most fraught of encounters. A rejuvenated Sam Kerr looked to have stolen the show at Stamford Bridge, the Australia forward scoring her eighth goal in eight games in the FA Cup semi-final showdown between the WSL champions and the League Cup winners, after Erin Cuthbert had given them a first-half lead. However, Andrée Jeglertz’s team have a new grit to them and Mary Fowler reduced the deficit one minute after coming on and Shaw struck on the turn in the first minute of added time before sealing victory with her head after Yui Hasegawa beat Joanna Rytting Kaneryd to Hannah Hampton’s ball out to her right. The prize was a great one at Stamford Bridge: an FA Cup final at Wembley against Brighton on 31 May, after the Seagulls’ 3-2 defeat of Liverpool in the other semi-final. Chelsea had won six of their seven matches against City in the FA Cup prior to this meeting. However, City are the current dominant force in the WSL, having ended Chelsea’s run of six back-to-back league titles, with an emphatic 5-1 defeat of the London side in February a key momentum and confidence boosting result in the title race. It was the home team that started far brighter at Stamford Bridge though. The dynamic front three of Alyssa Thompson, Kerr and Lauren James really troubled the City defence. A well-deserved opener arrived in the eighth minute, when Cuthbert, making her 300th Chelsea appearance, fired the ball in via a big deflection off Jade Rose after some neat play between Thompson and Kerr. Chelsea had reason to feel aggrieved at not having a second a minute later, when Kerr’s goal was denied with the ball adjudged to have gone out of play before Ellie Carpenter swung it in from the byline. It was close, but replays seemed to show it had not fully crossed the line. City were far from out of the game, but they were sluggish, the exertion of the title race and relief in having secured it potentially playing its part. A neat backheel from Shaw into the middle was muscled away from Cuthbert by Lauren Hemp, who was given a hefty bloody nose in the second half, but her effort was wide. Meanwhile, Hampton made a strong save from Laura Blindkilde Brown shortly before the break. Chelsea’s hunt continued after the break and their second came from Kerr, who pounced when Khiara Keating failed to claim James’s cross, the goalkeeper pushing it into the air for Kerr to nod in. This City side are a different beast though, and with three minutes of normal time remaining, substitute Fowler squeezed a low shot between many bodies to reduce the deficit. Then Shaw arrived, turning and firing in under pressure from Lucy Bronze. The celebrations were wild but it was Chelsea that were on the front foot in extra time and were fuming when their penalty appeals were waved away after Keating in fact made a great save at the feet of Aggie Beever-Jones. Shaw delivered the winner, the forward’s powerful header from Hasegawa’s cross stunning the home team after the Japanese midfielder had raced on to Hampton’s rolled out ball ahead of Rytting Kaneryd. Chelsea pushed to come back into it, Keating’s fingertip save, pushing the ball on to the bar, denying Sjoeke Nüsken late on. Chelsea will have some soul searching to do after giving up a two-goal lead with four minutes of normal time remaining but this was Shaw’s and City’s day, an FA Cup final further reward for a season of dominance and determination.
Manchester City’s Khadija Shaw sinks Chelsea in dramatic FA Cup semi-final
Khadija Shaw showed Manchester City what they are giving up and Chelsea what they are potentially getting in emphatic style at Stamford Bridge, scoring an injury-time equaliser and then an extra time winner as City came from two goals behind to earn a place in the FA Cup final against Brighton. Shaw has dominated headlines this week: the Women’s Super League top scorer is set to leave City and Chelsea are leading the chase. Her 91st-minute goal forced extra time before a thumping header in the 103rd minute ensured City’s double ambitions remain alive after the most fraught of encounters. A rejuvenated Sam Kerr looked to have stolen the show at Stamford Bridge, the Australia forward scoring her eighth goal in eight games in the FA Cup semi-final showdown between the WSL champions and the League Cup winners, after Erin Cuthbert had given them a first-half lead. However, Andrée Jeglertz’s team have a new grit to them and Mary Fowler reduced the deficit one minute after coming on and Shaw struck on the turn in the first minute of added time before sealing victory with her head after Yui Hasegawa beat Joanna Rytting Kaneryd to Hannah Hampton’s ball out to her right. The prize was a great one at Stamford Bridge: an FA Cup final at Wembley against Brighton on 31 May, after the Seagulls’ 3-2 defeat of Liverpool in the other semi-final. Chelsea had won six of their seven matches against City in the FA Cup prior to this meeting. However, City are the current dominant force in the WSL, having ended Chelsea’s run of six back-to-back league titles, with an emphatic 5-1 defeat of the London side in February a key momentum and confidence boosting result in the title race. It was the home team that started far brighter at Stamford Bridge though. The dynamic front three of Alyssa Thompson, Kerr and Lauren James really troubled the City defence. A well-deserved opener arrived in the eighth minute, when Cuthbert, making her 300th Chelsea appearance, fired the ball in via a big deflection off Jade Rose after some neat play between Thompson and Kerr. Chelsea had reason to feel aggrieved at not having a second a minute later, when Kerr’s goal was denied with the ball adjudged to have gone out of play before Ellie Carpenter swung it in from the byline. It was close, but replays seemed to show it had not fully crossed the line. City were far from out of the game, but they were sluggish, the exertion of the title race and relief in having secured it potentially playing its part. A neat backheel from Shaw into the middle was muscled away from Cuthbert by Lauren Hemp, who was given a hefty bloody nose in the second half, but her effort was wide. Meanwhile, Hampton made a strong save from Laura Blindkilde Brown shortly before the break. Chelsea’s hunt continued after the break and their second came from Kerr, who pounced when Khiara Keating failed to claim James’s cross, the goalkeeper pushing it into the air for Kerr to nod in. This City side are a different beast though, and with three minutes of normal time remaining, substitute Fowler squeezed a low shot between many bodies to reduce the deficit. Then Shaw arrived, turning and firing in under pressure from Lucy Bronze. The celebrations were wild but it was Chelsea that were on the front foot in extra time and were fuming when their penalty appeals were waved away after Keating in fact made a great save at the feet of Aggie Beever-Jones. Shaw delivered the winner, the forward’s powerful header from Hasegawa’s cross stunning the home team after the Japanese midfielder had raced on to Hampton’s rolled out ball ahead of Rytting Kaneryd. Chelsea pushed to come back into it, Keating’s fingertip save, pushing the ball on to the bar, denying Sjoeke Nüsken late on. Chelsea will have some soul searching to do after giving up a two-goal lead with four minutes of normal time remaining but this was Shaw’s and City’s day, an FA Cup final further reward for a season of dominance and determination.
WSL roundup: Sonia Bompastor calls for technology after Sam Kerr’s hat-trick denied
Sonia Bompastor, the Chelsea head coach, called for goalline technology to be brought into the Women’s Super League next season after Sam Kerr was controversially denied a hat-trick in a 4-1 victory at Everton. The Chelsea and Australia striker scored with two clinical low finishes – either side of a long-range drive from Everton’s Yuka Momiki – to put Chelsea 2-1 up, and replays showed that Kerr should have been awarded a third goal, when her header bounced on to the post and rolled over the line before being flicked away by the Everton goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan. Chelsea scored twice more to make their win safe regardless, as Ellie Carpenter poked in for 3-1 before Erin Cuthbert drove in a low finish late on, greatly strengthening Chelsea’s hopes of Champions League qualification on a day when their rivals Manchester United dropped points in a 0-0 draw at Tottenham. Had the goal been given, Kerr would have become Chelsea’s leading WSL goalscorer. Instead, her strikes saw her move level on 63 WSL goals for the club alongside her former teammate Fran Kirby. “She levelled the most league goals with Fran Kirby but in reality she went top because that goal was a clear goal. I think it just shows again, we need to have the technology next season in this league,” said Bompastor during her post-match press conference. “The league is the most competitive league in the world and we need to be at a really good level in terms of these decisions. We won the game by a three-goal difference so it didn’t create a lot of conversations, but if we had been in a situation where the goal-difference at the end of the season would have been important, then this goal is something I would have been really upset about. So that’s mainly the reason, we need the technology for things to be fair for everyone.” United’s draw left their European hopes out of their hands, four points behind with two rounds of league games left, and Chelsea would now be assured of a Champions League spot if they beat struggling Leicester City next Sunday. Leicester, meanwhile, look increasingly destined to face a playoff to avoid relegation, after they lost 5-1 away at London City Lionesses while second-from-bottom West Ham won 1-0 at Liverpool to move seven points above Leicester, who have three games to go. Elsewhere, Portsmouth were relegated from WSL2 to the third tier following their 1-0 loss at home to Nottingham Forest, coupled with Ipswich’s shock 3-0 win against the league leaders Birmingham City. Birmingham had known a victory would all-but mathematically guarantee promotion to the top flight but they now face a nail-biting final-day meeting with their promotion rivals Charlton, with Crystal Palace also moving level on points with Birmingham with their win at Sunderland.
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