Chelsea thrashed Morecambe 4-0 in the third round of the FA Cup thanks to goals from Mason Mount, Timo Werner, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Kai Havertz.
RESULT: Chelsea 4-0 Morecambe
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Chelsea team: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Rudiger, Emerson, Gilmour, Mount, Havertz, Ziyech, Werner, Hudson-Odoi
Morecambe team: Halstead, Hendrie, Knight-Percival, Davis, Slew, Stockton, Wildig, Mendes Gomes, Phillips, Cooney, Songo’o
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THAT’S A WRAP
Thanks for joining us for a spot of FA Cup action.
Don’t forget to check out our match report, courtesy of Andy Dillon.
Chelsea are back in action on Friday as they make the short trip to Craven Cottage to face Fulham.
CLASSY GESTURE
Morecambe may have bowed out of the competition, but they were gracious enough to wish Chelsea luck.
The League Two side now turn their attention to Saturday’s fixture against Leyton Orient where they’ll look to extend their unbeaten run in the league to five games.
FULL TIMEOur FA Cup run comes to an end at Stamford Bridge. Big thanks to everyone for the tremendous support.Good luck to @ChelseaFC for the rest of the season 👏👏👏[CHE 4-0 MOR] #COYS 🦐 #Shrimps 🏆 #EmiratesFACup
— Morecambe FC (@ShrimpsOfficial) January 10, 2021
STAT ATTACK
Chelsea enjoyed a whopping 84.5 per cent of the possession.
However, they only managed eight shots on target.
FULL TIME SCORES
Chelsea 4-0 Morecambe
Crawley 3-0 Leeds
Bristol City 2-1 Portsmouth
Barnsley 2-0 Tranmere
Manchester City 3-0 Birmingham
Extra time in Cheltenham, as the score there is Cheltenham 1-1 Mansfield
FT: CHELSEA 4-0 MORECAMBE
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91. Morecambe have hung in there pretty well against some of the biggest names in thee game.
The score line doesn’t reflect their decent defending today.
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91. Chelsea’s unbeaten run at this stage in the FA Cup extenmds to 23 seasons.
The last team to knock them out at this stage was Manchester United.
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90. Chelsea are in action against Fulham next, while Morecambe are in London again to face Leyton Orient.
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90. Two minutes of added time at Stamford Bridge.
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88. Tomori is penalised for a foul on Lyons.
The Chelsea man loses the ball and shows some real pace chasing Lyons down- it looks like a decent challenge to me.
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86. Substitution for Morecambe as McAlinden replaces Stockton.
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85. Chelsea comfortably through to round four with their fourth goal.
A lovely delivery from the right, courtesy of Azpilicueta, picks out Havertz perfectly in the six-yard box.
Havertz is up and heads the ball with plenty of conviction into the back of the net.
A much better header from Havertz than his first-half effort – that should give him plenty of confidence.
GOOOOOAL
HAVERTZ HAS GOT HIS NAME ON THE SCORESHEET
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83. Another Morecambe sub is flicking through their red-folder.
Either he’s choosing his post-match dinner, or checking the game plan…
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81. Gilmour, who’s always busy and always probing, picks up a loose ball in the centre of the field.
He sends a perfectly weighted pass to the edge of the area, but Pulisic gives the ball away with his first touch.
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80. Anjorin has been with Chelsea since he was seven.
Can he make his mark today?
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78. Frank Lampard looks as though he’ll be making the most of the five substitutions which are allowed in the FA Cup.
Zouma and Hudson-Odoi are replaced by Anjorin and Tomori.
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77. Yellow card for Gibson after a late tackle on Hudson-Odoi.
Nothing too sinister.
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76. Delivery into the penalty area from Gibson on the right is decent.
Just a shame that there’s no one in the centre of the box to meet his cross- instead Arrizabalaga collects.
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75. Morecambe win a freekick in Chelsea’s half, it’s about 30 yards out.
It’s whipped in to the centre of the box where Davis gets up to greet it, but his header is straight at Arrizabalaga.
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74. Morecambe make a substitution of their own as Lyons comes on for his debut replacing Mendes Gomes.
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72. Corner to Chelsea is whipped in to the centre of the box by Mason Mount, but Olivier Giroud heads it over the bar.
That’s Mount’s final touch of the game, as Tammy Abraham replaces him.
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70. BLOCKED ON THE LINE BY HALSTEAD!
A lovely bit of build-up play sees every attacking player in Chelsea’s line-up touch the ball in and around the box.
Mount’s twinkle toes ensure Chelsea hold onto the ball that smidge longer than they probably should have, but it was Havertz who eventually had the shot at goal.
Halstead blocked it well with an athletic leap and recovered quickly to block the German international’s second attempt from close range.
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69. As a League Two defender, it’s not every day you come up against a World Cup winner as they do today in the shape of Olivier Giroud.
Chelsea have had huge amounts of possession, but Morecambe have limited them to only a few opportunities in front of goal.
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67. Double substitution for Chelsea;
Olivier Giroud is on for Timo Werner.
While Ziyech’s game is over, Pulisic is on in his place.
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