Chelsea fielded an unchanged XI from the one narrowly defeated in Paris while City named a younger squad prioritizing European progression to this Cup affair. This played into the blues hands as they edged out their younger counterparts with five goals from five different player's .Pedro had a shot hit the crossbar before Diego costa opened the scoring from close range following a fine cross from Eden hazard in the 35th minute. But the blues celebrations for the opener was shortlived as Kelechi iheanacho crossed for young striker to bundle home.
The blues ran riot in the second half with willan restoring the lead two minutes after the restart following a neat ine two from Eden hazard marking his second assist in one of the best performances of the season for the PFA award holder. Cahill blasted in a second after a city defender cleared Hazard's effort only as far as the Englishman. The blues broke out on a counter as cesc fabregas turned defence into attack by squaring for Hazard who was tripped by Demichelis as he was ready to shoot. However the challenge counted for little as the belgian curled home a delightful free kick that wrong footed Caballero. Diego Costa was substituted for Betrand traore who was unfortunate to hit the woodwork with an effort. Oscar missed a penalty after Kolarov appeared to have bundled young Traore. A Traore looping header from an Oscar cross capped off a period of sustained pressure from the blues and a third goal in three matches from the young striker .Chelsea are now into the last eight of the Fa Cup which Guus hiddink won in his first stint in charge back in 2009