Chelsea vs. Manchester City live score, updates, highlights from 2021 Champions League final

It’s one of the biggest days on the soccer calendar. Even bigger than the Super Bowl. 

Manchester City will face Chelsea in an all-English UEFA Champions League final on Saturday afternoon with the winner being crowned as the best team in Europe. The trophy is the holy grail for reigning English champs Manchester City, who have been building for years toward this first appearance in the final. Meanwhile, Chelsea will like their chances of winning their second Champions League title after their two recent wins over Manchester City.

Either way, an American will be hoisting the trophy this afternoon as U.S. men’s national team stars Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) and Zack Steffen (Manchester City) look to become the first male American players to feature in a Champions League final. Both start the game from the bench,

Sporting News is tracking the match with live updates, news and highlights as they happen. Follow below for complete results from the 2021 UEFA Champions League final.

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Chelsea vs. Manchester City score

Goal scorers:
CHE – Havertz (Mount) – 42nd min

Chelsea vs. Manchester City live updates, highlights from Champions League final

46th min: Underway to start the second half. No changes.

HALFTIME: Manchester City 0, Chelsea 1

Halftime: Entertaining first half. Chelsea with the deserved lead. They were on their game – sharp, quick, decisive. Man City looked out of sorts. Tough to second-guess Tuchel on the Pulisic benching after Mount and Havertz combine on the goal.

42nd min: GOAL – What a pass by Mason Mount into Kai Havertz making a run, he rounds the ‘keeper and scores easily. Chelsea up 1-0! It was Havertz’s first Champions League goal!

38th min: Thiago Silva injured. He’s going to have to come off. Oldest player in a Champions League final. Andreas Christensen replaces him.

37th min: Chelsea had an odd-man break led by Kante. Havertz botches it and Man City left back Zinchenko cleans up.

34th min: CARD – Ilkay Gundogan gets a yellow card for a foul on Mason Mount. And we have a hydration break.

30th min: Another ball to Sterling wide left. No danger on the cross, but Man City are looking for that space between Reece James and Cesar Azpilicueta.

27th min: What a stretching block by Antonio Rudiger in the box. Neutralizes a Phil Foden chance in the box.

26th min: Reece James is having himself a game. Strong play defensively. They’re going to need more of it because Man City are coming down that flank.

22nd min: Chelsea has been the better team 20 minutes in. Energetic, good ideas on the ball, quick to attack. Man City are unsettled.

17th min: Of all people to get on a header in the box. It’s defensive midfielder N’Golo Kante. But it’s off the mark.

14th min: Two shots by Timo Werner in a matter of seconds. He couldn’t get around on the first one. Second is stopped for a corner.

10th min: End-to-end stuff here. Timo Werner whiffs on a cross in the box on one end. Sterling sends a cross right through the Chelsea box but doesn’t find a teammate.

8th min: First big chance to Man City. Long ball to Sterling and Reece James and Mendy come up big to thwart the opportunity.

1st min: We’re underway! Great to have fans in the stadium.

2:57 p.m. ET: Refs lead the starting lineups out on the field.

2:49 p.m. ET: We’re close.

2:33 p.m. ET: Get a feel for the energy in the stadium.

2:30 p.m. ET: Here’s what Tuchel said about leaving Pulisic out: “Tough choice to leave him out, but very strong from the bench.”

2 p.m. ET: If this goes badly for ManCity today, we know what everyone will be talking about.

1:56 p.m. ET: Most important appearance of the day right there.

1:49 p.m. ET: Bummer for USMNT fans. But Pulisic will be on eventually.

1:34 p.m. ET: Counting down the minutes.

1:30 p.m. ET: Chelsea legend Didier Drogba rallying his side.

9:03 a.m. ET: The weather in Porto sets up nicely.

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Chelsea vs. Manchester City starting lineups

The starting lineups are out. Christian Pulisic and Zack Steffen will start on the bench:  

Manchester City

Starting Lineup (4-3-3, left to right): Ederson — Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ruben Dias, John Stones, Kyle Walker — Phil Foden, Ilkay Gundogan, Bernardo Silva — Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne (captain), Riyad Mahrez

Available Subs: Zack Steffen-GK, Scott Carson-GK, Nathan Ake, Aymeric Laporte, Eric Garcia, Joao Cancelo, Benjamin Mendy, Fernandinho, Rodrigo, Ferran Torres, Gabriel Jesus, Sergio Aguero

Chelsea

Starting Lineup (3-4-3, left to right): Edouard Mendy — Antonio Rudiger, Thiago Silva, Cesar Azpilicueta — Ben Chilwell, N’Golo Kante, Jorginho, Reece James — Kai Havertz, Timo Werner, Mason Mount

Available Subs: Kepa Arrizabalaga-GK, Wily Caballero-GK, Kurt Zouma, Andreas Christensen, Marcos Alonso, Emerson, Mateo Kovacic, Billy Gilmour, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Hakim Ziyech, Christian Pulisic, Olivier Giroud

How to watch the Champions League final in USA

• Time: 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT
• TV channels (English): CBS
• TV channels (Spanish): Univision, TUDN
• Live streams: Paramount+, TUDN.TV,  fuboTV (free 7-day trial)

CBS and Univision/TUDN will provide English- and Spanish-language coverage of the 2021 UEFA Champions League final with pregame coverage starting at 1:30 p.m. ET on both networks. 

Both networks are available to stream via fuboTV as part of a 7-day free trial . 

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