Chelsea defeated league rivals, Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 to book a place in the finals of the English FA Cup.
In the thrilling encounter at Wembley Stadium, Chelsea twice led Spurs but the London neighbours always found a way to keep parity.
Willian opened the scoring for Chelsea in the fifth minute with a brilliant free kick that sailed past the wall and into Hugo Lloris’ far corner.
Tottenham, though, drew level after 18 minutes when Harry Kane connected superbly with Christian Eriksen’s cross to send a backwards header into the bottom corner.
Chelsea were back ahead two minutes before the break, with Willian sending Lloris the wrong from the penalty spot after Son Heung-Min had tripped Victor Moses inside the box.
Seven minutes into the second half, however, and Tottenham were level again, with Eriksen picking out the run of Dele Alli with a fine ball before the midfielder then half-volleyed into the top corner.
Matters remained unsettled until the 75th minute when Eden Hazard scored for Chelsea and Matic scored the fourth goal five minutes later, effectively putting the match beyond Tottenham.
Tottenham have now lost seven FA cup semi-finals in a row.
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Spurs have now lost 7 FA Cup semifinals in a row: to Chelsea twice, Arsenal twice, Newcastle, Everton and P’mouth.
