( CNN ) -- Didier Drogba muscled his way through for a late winner to put Chelsea into the FA Cup final with a 2-1 victory over Arsenal at Wembley on Saturday . A bare-chested Drogba is congratulated by Salomon Kalou after scoring the winner at Wembley . The all-London clash rarely hit the heights on a difficult pitch , but Drogba 's 84th minute strike gave Guus Hiddink 's men a deserved victory and leaves them in contention for three trophies . Dutchman Hiddink , who took temporary charge of the Blues in February and has lost only one match , said Drogba had proved his worth again . `` He is proving already he is so dangerous , very strong and physically fit , '' he told Press Association . `` We respect each other very much but also challenge each other without thinking this is a big name . '' Arsenal went ahead in the 18th minute as Theo Walcott 's volley deflected past Petr Cech , but Florent Malouda equalized for Chelsea just after the half hour mark . Chelsea looked the stronger against an Arsenal team missing key defenders and goalkeeper Manuel Almunia and it came as no surprise when Ivory Coast star Drogba scored a typical winner . He latched on to Frank Lampard 's hopeful volleyed through ball , shrugged off Mikael Silvestre before rounding Lukasz Fabianksi to roll the ball into an empty net . Ivory Coast international Drogba scored the winning goal against Manchester United in the 2007 FA Cup final and may get the chance to repeat the trick . Quintuple chasing United play Everton in the second semifinal , also at Wembley , on Sunday . Chelsea , who are a still challenging third in the Premier League and semifinals of the Champions League , showed their character after falling behind to Walcott 's strike . The England international winger connected with a chipped cross from Kieran Gibbs and his effort took a cruel deflection off Ashley Cole 's arm to beat Cech . Arsenal had made a fine start , but without injured central defender William Gallas and with Fabianski showing a lack of authority in goal , Chelsea came back strongly into the game . Malouda went close with a cross shot which eluded Fabianski , but he was not be denied soon afterwards as picked out by Lampard he cut inside Emmanuel Eboue and beat Fabianski at his near post . More slack defending from Denilson allowed Nicolas Anelka time to shoot and his shot hit the post with Fabianski beaten . Walcott looked occasionally dangerous on the flank and twice sent in crosses which might have been converted , but Chelsea looked the more threatening and the teams were spared extra time when Drogba powered through to score . Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was left to rue their defensive errors and the performance of his 20-year-old Polish goalkeeper . `` He 's a great goalkeeper but it was not his greatest day , '' Wenger said . `` Inexperience , yes . It was a game when any mistake could be costly . ''
Didier Jules winner ends Arsenal 's long unbeaten run and puts Chelsea in final . Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead before Mohamed Ali equalized . Manchester United and Everton play in second FA Cup replay on Sunday .