Chelsea weathered a tumultuous evening off the pitch and an early Luton onslaught to twice come from behind and reach the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 3-2 fifth-round victory at Kenilworth Road. Roman Abramovich confirmed his intention to sell Chelsea an ...
Then we conceded another one, the second half we stepped up and we pushed and were relentless but never impatient and we deserved to win. They're World Club champions, Champions League winners and they've had to work hard - very, very hard - for their win. There was some noise today around the club of course, so it was not so easy to focus but we did very well, I think. Saul clipped Chelsea level with the Blues' first tangible attack, cantering on to strike home after Mason Mount had set Werner off and running. Saul's equaliser should have seen Chelsea settle, but just when the visitors expected to take control Luton struck again. Luton goalkeeper Jed Steer suffered a nasty-looking injury next, falling awkwardly on the turf under no contact from anyone else.
Tuchel has cobbled together what looks like a very attacking lineup, with three youngsters on the bench as well. Here we go! Luton Town starting lineup (5-3-2):
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Thomas Tuchel's side go into the match just days after a Carabao Cup final defeat to Liverpool at Wembley. Meanwhile, Luton Town are on the back of an ...
1. RUBEN LOFTUS-CHEEK (7.6). One does have to wonder if the footballing fates will ever let Ruben have some respite from the constant ups and downs that have ...
BAD (4.0-4.9): Sarr (4.2) GOOD (7.0-7.9): Loftus-Cheek (7.6), Werner (7.4), Saúl (7.3) EXCELLENT (8.0-8.9): — To his credit, he’s kept on going, kept on believing, and usually making solid-to-excellent contributions whenever called upon, in whatever position. EXCEPTIONAL (9.0+): — It’s tough to think of a single season where he’s not had to deal with minor injuries, major injuries, mystery injuries, injury rehab, managerial whims, or ill-fated charity games.
Chelsea travel to Luton looking to earn a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
Kepa pulls off a save and offside given but the Blues looked far from confident. continued to be sent their way by the Luton fans. Some good aggression from Rudiger (surprise, surprise) to step out with the ball but a misplaced Kenedy pass gives the ball away. The Chelsea head coach was livid the offside flag wasn't raised in the build-up to the Luton goal. He was straight in the face of the fourth official, but replays seemed to show Harry Cornick was onside. Isted gets out quickly to narrow the angle well.
Thomas Tuchel has made nine changes to his Chelsea side for tonight's FA Cup fifth-round tie away at Luton Town, with only two players who started Sunday's ...
Kenedy makes his first appearance since returning from loan in January on the left flank, with Callum Hudson-Odoi returning on the right. Antonio Rudiger retains his place in the side, with fellow centre-back Malang Sarr joining him. The second player to keep their place from the weekend is Mason Mount, with forwards Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku both being introduced in the front three, after impressing from the bench at Wembley.