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Manchester United vs Chelsea LIVE: Result and reaction from Premier League fixture today

Maguire puts a third past De Gea: POOL/AFP
Maguire puts a third past De Gea: POOL/AFP

Manchester United meet Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley for the right to face Arsenal in the final.

The Gunners pulled off a shock by defeating favourites Manchester City in the first semi-final. The Red Devils enter the contest as favourites, while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will also be confident after earning three victories already against Frank Lampard’s Blues this term – twice in the Premier League and once in the EFL Cup. Both managers are in the infancy of their managerial careers, with silverware vital to validate the promising initial signs at both clubs as they rebuild.

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Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has hit back at Frank Lampard after his Chelsea counterpart suggested Video Assistant Referees (VAR) have favoured United his season.

Lampard said United benefited from contentious VAR decisions and poor on-pitch decisions, commenting on how a “clear and obvious decision” went their way on Thursday when Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha was fouled but no penalty was awarded.

Ahead of Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea, Solskjaer suggested United have also been unlucky with decisions.

“I can sit here for hours now and try to talk about this. It looks like there’s a narrative, it looks like people want to influence whoever is making the decisions,” the Norwegian told reporters on Saturday.

“I hear people talking about luck, that we’ve been lucky more than unlucky. If you look at the factual decisions – I don’t want to sound like a certain manager talking about facts – but if you’re offside, you’re offside, that’s clear.”