Welcome to our live coverage of the FA Youth Cup clash between… hang on. It says here this is a proper FA Cup match, yet Manchester City are giving debuts to five teenagers. Chelsea are at full strength. #romanceofthecup
The Emirates FA Cup / 5th Round
Stamford Bridge / 21.02.2016
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Updated 21/02/2016 at 17:51 GMT
9'
Hazard tries to take the ball around the outside of Zabaleta, but runs out of space b the corner flag.
8'
Cahill has gone down injured after stretching for the ball, but looks okay to continue.
7'
Baba gets into space down the left but sells Willian short with a lazy pass, which the Chelsea fans weren't happy about.
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6'
Iheanacho crosses low for Faupala, but Cahill gets across to cover.
5'
Azpilicueta can't quite keep in a spread pass by Mikel to the right wing. Chelsea yet to hit their stride, despite seeing plenty of the ball in the early stages.
4'
Well, that's woken up the home side. Maybe this City side have a bit more substance to them than we expect.
3'
CHANCE! Faupala shakes off two Chelsea challenges before firing a dangerous shot at Courtois's near post, and the Belgian keeper is forced to bat it away.
3'
Chelsea are dominating the early stages, as you might expect with their significantly stronger line-up.
2'
Willian looks to spread the ball wide to Pedro, but the Brazilian just puts a bit too much on it.
1'
KICK OFF. We're underway at the Bridge.
15:55
RESULT: West Ham have just beaten Blackburn Rovers 5-1 with Dmitri Payet in sensational form. Meanwhile, Crystal Palace are 1-0 up at Tottenham at half-time thanks to Martin Kelly.
15:50
A word on Chelsea, as we've been obsessed by City's team selection so far. Their 2-1 reversal in Paris in midweek was the first defeat they have suffered in 13 games under Hiddink. They haven't been back to their best - the kind of implosion overseen by Mourinho takes some time to recover from - but Hiddink has stopped the rot.
15:45
David Faupala, what can we tell you about him? Not much as it turns out, as he isn't even on Wikipedia. But the City website has a nice profile of a man they describe as "one of France's hottest youth talents".
David Faupala had already worn his country’s shirt at u16, u17 and u18 level by the time he crossed the channel to sign for City in July 2015. Good in the air and possessing a powerful shot, the 18-year-old immediately linked up with the EDS squad following his move and netted in his first friendly appearance for the club while on pre-season tour in Spain.
15:40
Guus Hiddink discussed his future this week: "I feel fit, I feel fresh and, every morning, I go with a smile. Although we have a difficult time when there's a loss, I love to go to Cobham, to the training field, so I feel fresh. On the other hand, young people must take over and I must retreat a bit. I will visit Chelsea often next season but I'm not thinking of working elsewhere."
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15:35
Pellegrini had some astonishing things to say about the match this week: "I think it’s not a real game, of course. I would not pay for the ticket. We told [the fans] one week ago that we are going to play with a young team. If the people want to continue going to the stadium, or Chelsea fans will enjoy that game, I don’t know.”
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15:30
Tosin Adarabioyo, 18, Aleix Garcia, 18, Manu Garcia, 18, David Faupala, 19 and Bersant Celina, 19, all make their full debuts for the club against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Manuel Pellegrini warned this was not "a real game" with City due to fly to Kiev for Champions League action on Monday - and he wasn't mucking around.
15:20
TEAMS: Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ivanovic, Baba Rahman; Fabregas, Mikel; Pedro, Willian, Hazard; Diego Costa. Subs: Begovic, Miazga, Matic, Loftus-Cheek, Oscar, Traore, Remy. /// City: Caballero, Zabaleta, Adarabioyo, Demichelis, Kolarov, Fernando, A.Garcia, M.Garcia, Celina, Iheanacho, Faupala. Subs: Hart, Clichy, Humphreys, Kompany, Fernandinho, Barker, Sterling.