Chelsea entered the fourth round of the FA Cup with a comfortable 5-0 win over Morecambe at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
FA Cup 2024/2025
5-0
Competition events
0' The match is about to start!
0' NKUNKU EVEN COULD NOT CONVERT THE REBOUND FROM THE PENALTY!
2' Disasi's header over the bar!
4' Tollitte's shot saved by goalkeeper
9' Highlight of Chelsea vs Morecambe
14' From the post! Tosin's header hits the post
15' Felix's shot saved by goalkeeper
24' match event for Chelsea vs Morecambe
28' Great save from Burgoyne against Joao Felix
39' Tosin's deflected shot goes in! Chelsea 1-0 Morecambe
50' NKUNKU DOUBLE THE LEAD!! THIS TIME HE DID SCORE!!Chelsea 2-0 Morecambe
55' Felix shoots the ball far over the bar
61' Some Chelsea fans cheered as Cucurella hit the ball into the side netting
70' Tosin makes it 3!! Chelsea 3-0 Morecambe (Tosin Adarabioyo)
74' BEAUTIFUL GOAL FROM JOAO FELIX!!!! Chelsea 4-0 Morecambe (João Félix)
77' JOAO FELIX SCORES A BACK!!!! Chelsea 5-0 Morecambe (João Félix)
Match report
Tosin Adarabioyo and Joao Felix both scored twice, with Christopher Nkunku also getting on the scoresheet to knock the League Two side out of the competition.
Chelsea started brightly and had the chance to take the lead from the spot after Yann Sango'o got his hands on the ball in the 16th minute, but Nkunku saw his penalty brilliantly saved by Harry Burgoyne, who then smothered the follow-up.
Tosin, who skimmed the woodwork with an early header, found the breakthrough six minutes before half-time, with his long-range strike off Callum Jones on the way in taking a huge deflection.
Nkunku made amends for his penalty miss five minutes after the break, reacting quickest to Renato Veiga's parried shot to turn the ball over, but three goals in seven minutes sealed Morecambe's fate, starting with Tosin scoring a goal after 70 minutes stunning long-distance strike.
Felix then rounded off his impressive performance with a quick double from the edge of the box, capping off a fine counter-attack for his first, before bending in a second just two minutes later.
Morecambe almost gave the away fans something to cheer when Harry Macadam beat Filip Jorgensen after a corner, but his glancing header was cleared off the line by Axel Disasi.
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Data debriefing: in the hat
Despite a slightly underwhelming first half, Chelsea ensured there would be no FA Cup shock on Saturday, while also getting back to winning ways after going winless in their last four games.
Chelsea have now progressed after 36 of 37 FA Cup matches against lower division teams, including each of the last 21 in a row since a 4-2 home defeat to Bradford City in January 2015.
They were the dominant side throughout, scoring 28 shots, eight of which were on target, and despite Burgoyne's best efforts in the first half he could not keep the score down.
It means Morecambe have now lost all four of their Premier League opponents by an aggregate score of 15-1 as their struggles continued this season.
Setups
Chelsea XI: T.Adarabioyo, Nkunku, Axel Disasi, Reece James, Felix, Pedro Neto, Filip Jørgensen, Roméo Lavia, Tyrique George, Renato Veiga, Marc Guiu
Subs: Marc Cucurella, Sancho, Robert Sánchez, Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernández, Levi Colwill, Malo Gusto, Nicolas Jackson, Josh Acheampong
Morecambe XI: Luke Hendrie, Yann Songo'o, Gwion Edwards, David Tutonda, Ben Tollitt, Burgoyne, Jamie Stott, Tom White, Rhys Williams, Callum Jones, Marcus Dackers
Subs: Jordan Slew, Hallam Hope, Lee Angol, Paul Lewis, Adam Lewis, Max Taylor, Harvey Macadam, Lennon Dobson, Alfie Scales
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