Leicester City Vs Chelsea Match Report
Scorers ; Okazaki 17',34' ;Cahill 45+, Azplicueta 49',Fabregas 92',94'
On a spectacularly thrilling night of football,Cesc Fabregas scored twice
in three minutes of extra time to help Chelsea book a place in the next round after the blues had to rally from two goals down to draw level at normal time.
Antonio Conte made seven changes to the team that narrowly lost to Liverpool with Courtois,Ivanovic,Kante,Hazard,Oscar,Willian and Diego Costa being replaced by Begovic,Alonso, Loftus-Cheek,Pedro,Moses,Fabregas and Batshuayi.
Debutant Alonso started in his preferred left back position meaning Azpi slotted in at right-back.David Luiz and Cahill completed the back four.
1st Half
The blues controlled proceedings from kickoff and were unfortunate to have a goal ruled out for offside after Pedro had expertly controlled a long ball from David Luiz to slot home.
The Foxes however scored with their first attempt as Begovic failed to gather a back pass from Azpi allowing Okazaki to send a looping header past the Bosnian at the near post . Another error gifted the hosts another goal as Pedro cleared a loose ball into the path of King who sent Okazaki through for his second of the night.
There was however more drama towards the end of the first half as Cesc Fabregas whipped in a corner for Cahill to head home though it seemed the ball had gone off lastly on David Luiz.So there was a lifeline for the blues to thread on after the restart.
2nd Half
The blues began the second half in a similar fashion as they ended the first and were rewarded when Azplicueta scored a spectacular volley from 25 yards to pull the scores level.
Chelsea were on ascendancy with
Batshuayi just unfortunate to see a left footed strike narrowly miss the target.Diego Costa was brought in for Loftus-cheek who had been ineffective while Chalobah was brought on for Batshuayi.
Wasilewski received a second booking for a foul on Costa who was causing the Foxes defence all sorts of problems since his introduction meaning the Foxes were a man down heading into extra-time.At full-time however the scores were still level meaning extra time ensued.
Extra Time
Eden Hazard who was introduced towards the end of normal time helped Chelsea make their numerical advantage count.The Belgian set up Fabregas second of the night (a great volley) after the Spanish veteran midfielder had put us ahead for the first time on the night with a sublime finish following good build up play by Diego Costa.
The blues made the rest of the game look like a training session as they booked a place in the next round.
Chelsea XI (4-2-4)
Begovic;Alonso,Cahill,Luiz,Azplicueta; Matic,Fabregas;Pedro(89),Loftus-cheek(67),Batshuayi(80),Moses.
Subs: Courtois,Aina,Chalobah(80),Kante,Hazard(89),Willian,Diego Costa(67).
Leicester City XI (4-4-2)
Zieler,Wasilewski,Morgan,Chillwell,Simpson;Gray(90+),Drinkwater,King,Schlupp;Okazaki(75),Musa(76).
Subs;Hamer,Benaloune,Kapustka,Amartey(90+),Mahrez,Vardy(76),Ulloa(75).
Bookings
Yellow Cards : Wasilewski (52,89), Drinkwater (87),Chillwell(103),Matic (83), David Luiz (109)
Red Cards: Wasilewski(89)
Referee : R.Madly
Well Done Blues!
On a spectacularly thrilling night of football,Cesc Fabregas scored twice
in three minutes of extra time to help Chelsea book a place in the next round after the blues had to rally from two goals down to draw level at normal time.
Antonio Conte made seven changes to the team that narrowly lost to Liverpool with Courtois,Ivanovic,Kante,Hazard,Oscar,Willian and Diego Costa being replaced by Begovic,Alonso, Loftus-Cheek,Pedro,Moses,Fabregas and Batshuayi.
Debutant Alonso started in his preferred left back position meaning Azpi slotted in at right-back.David Luiz and Cahill completed the back four.
1st Half
The blues controlled proceedings from kickoff and were unfortunate to have a goal ruled out for offside after Pedro had expertly controlled a long ball from David Luiz to slot home.
The Foxes however scored with their first attempt as Begovic failed to gather a back pass from Azpi allowing Okazaki to send a looping header past the Bosnian at the near post . Another error gifted the hosts another goal as Pedro cleared a loose ball into the path of King who sent Okazaki through for his second of the night.
There was however more drama towards the end of the first half as Cesc Fabregas whipped in a corner for Cahill to head home though it seemed the ball had gone off lastly on David Luiz.So there was a lifeline for the blues to thread on after the restart.
2nd Half
The blues began the second half in a similar fashion as they ended the first and were rewarded when Azplicueta scored a spectacular volley from 25 yards to pull the scores level.
Chelsea were on ascendancy with
Batshuayi just unfortunate to see a left footed strike narrowly miss the target.Diego Costa was brought in for Loftus-cheek who had been ineffective while Chalobah was brought on for Batshuayi.
Wasilewski received a second booking for a foul on Costa who was causing the Foxes defence all sorts of problems since his introduction meaning the Foxes were a man down heading into extra-time.At full-time however the scores were still level meaning extra time ensued.
Extra Time
Eden Hazard who was introduced towards the end of normal time helped Chelsea make their numerical advantage count.The Belgian set up Fabregas second of the night (a great volley) after the Spanish veteran midfielder had put us ahead for the first time on the night with a sublime finish following good build up play by Diego Costa.
The blues made the rest of the game look like a training session as they booked a place in the next round.
Chelsea XI (4-2-4)
Begovic;Alonso,Cahill,Luiz,Azplicueta; Matic,Fabregas;Pedro(89),Loftus-cheek(67),Batshuayi(80),Moses.
Subs: Courtois,Aina,Chalobah(80),Kante,Hazard(89),Willian,Diego Costa(67).
Leicester City XI (4-4-2)
Zieler,Wasilewski,Morgan,Chillwell,Simpson;Gray(90+),Drinkwater,King,Schlupp;Okazaki(75),Musa(76).
Subs;Hamer,Benaloune,Kapustka,Amartey(90+),Mahrez,Vardy(76),Ulloa(75).
Bookings
Yellow Cards : Wasilewski (52,89), Drinkwater (87),Chillwell(103),Matic (83), David Luiz (109)
Red Cards: Wasilewski(89)
Referee : R.Madly
Well Done Blues!
