De Gea mistakes see Chelsea beat Man United to reach FA Cup final

At least David De Gea was spared having a crowd inside Wembley to witness his latest mistakes in Manchester United goal. Gifted goals to beat United 3-1 on Sunday, Chelsea will be returning to national stadium on Aug. 1 to face Arsenal in an all-London FA Cup final. De Gea's first mistake came in 11th minute of first-half stopp time. Olivier Giroud's close-range deft touch from Cesar Azpilicueta's cross was pushed into his own goal by De Gea.

United, which was rocked by Eric Bailly being hospitalized with a first-half head injury, returned to field early for start of second half but was just as sloppy. Diving to his left, De Gea let Mason Mount's long-range strike go through his gloves. re was shared United culpability for 46th-minute goal since Brandon Williams gave ball away around halfway line with a misplaced pass that Mount seized on.

"David kws he should have saved second goal but that's done w," United manr Ole Gunnar Solskj r said.

"It's hard for a keeper to make amends, apart from David making two or three fantastic saves after.

"But you see Brandon ... probably feels a bit responsible and rest of half he was absolutely outstanding."

It summed up United's misfortune that third goal in 74th came from captain Harry Maguire accidentally turning ball past De Gea at near post when under pressure from Chelsea's Antonio R diger. Usually Sergio Romero plays in goal for United in FA Cup. De Gea hadn't played in competition since 2018 final when Chelsea beat United. With three years remaining on De Gea's contract, United has a quandary over future of one of its highest-paid players who was once considered one of world's top goalkeepers.

United can so often rely on winning a penalty. But even earning a 19th spot kick of season converted by Bru Fernandes in 85th after Anthony Martial was fouled by Callum Hudson-Odoi could t spark a late comeback. It means Frank Lampard's first season as Chelsea manr will end with a cup final. It will be a harder route to a second final in August, with Chelsea trailing 3-0 to Bayern Munich in Champions League round of 16.

"We don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves," said Lampard, who won FA Cup four times as a Chelsea player.

"But we can certainly enjoy performance and result."

In this pandemic-delayed conclusion to season, which prevents fans attending games, Solskjaer is also chasing continental glory through Europa League with United. Chelsea and United will be hoping to secure Champions League spots in upcoming final week of Premier League season and t be relying on winning continental competitions to qualify.

Leicester collapse

Leicester's 3-0 loss at Tottenham in Premier League on Sunday means 2016 champions risk dropping out of top four after being re since September. Fifth-place United remains only behind Leicester on goal difference and has a game in hand against West Ham on Wednesday before playing Brendan Rodgers' side on Sunday. Chelsea is a point ahead of Leicester going into Wednesday's game at newly crowned champion Liverpool and Sunday's finale against Wolverhampton.

Kane Double

Tottenham's victory over Leicester was secured by Harry Kane setting up opener before netting twice to take his tally to 23 goals in this injury-restricted season.

Tottenham, which moved up to sixth place in its pursuit of a Europa League place, took lead in sixth minute after Son Heung-min ran onto Kane's pass before sending in a shot that was deflected in by James Justin.

Lucas Moura played in Kane for a low finish in 37th and Brazilian set up striker again three minutes later for a shot curled into far corner.

Relegation

Bournemouth is in relegation trouble after being beaten 2-0 by Southampton, remaining in next-from-last place. Bournemouth is three points below 17th-place Watford, with an inferior goal difference and having played a game more ahead of next weekend's season finale at Everton.

Trailing to Danny Ings' opener, Bournemouth thought it had secured a point in second-half stopp when. But Sam Surridge's goal was ruled out by VAR for offside against Callum Wilson. And Bournemouth's frustration was compounded in ninth minute of stopp time by Southampton substitute Che Adams scoring a second.