Chelsea v Leicester LIVE: FA Cup result and final score after Chukwuemeka and Madueke save Blue blushes
Chelsea made hard work of the Cup tie but eventually came through with a 4-2 victory at Stamford Bridge
Chelsea beat Leicester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals this afternoon to join the final four.
Substitutes Carney Chukwuemeka and Noni Madueke scored in added time to save the Blues after they had let a two-goal lead slip during the second half.
Marc Cucurella and Cole Palmer gave Chelsea the lead at half-time – after Raheem Sterling had also missed a penalty – before Axel Disasi scored an incredible own goal to give Leicester a lifeline. The Foxes equalised but they had a player sent off, before finally folding in the final moments to let Chelsea off the hook.
Follow reaction from Chelsea v Leicester in the FA Cup quarter-finals below, and get the latest match odds and FA Cup tips here.
RED CARD! Chelsea 2-2 Leicester
72 mins: RED CARD! Doyle’s yellow is rescinded and he’s sent off as VAR shows that contact was outside of the box. As Doyle was the last man, it’s a clear red card. Chelsea have a dangerous free-kick here.
James Justin comes on for Mavididi.
PENALTY! Chelsea 2-2 Leicester
70 mins: Chelsea go right down the other end and Jackson breaks free. He’s one-on-one, bearing down on goal, but is clipped by Doyle.
A penalty is given along with a yellow card, but it looks like contact was outside of the box.
Chelsea 2-2 Leicester
70 mins: Chelsea were split open there as Mavididi sent Dewsbury-Hall through, but his cross was wasteful.
Chelsea 2-2 Leicester
69 mins: Sterling surges into the box from the right but his pass is cleared. A second later, Disasi delivers a decent ball in but Mudryk can’t make anything of it.
Chelsea 2-2 Leicester
68 mins: A Leicester counter is wasted by Dewsbury-Hall, who overhits the pass to Mavididi. Gallagher is lucky, as he loses possession but was fouled in the process.
Chelsea 2-2 Leicester
66 mins: Another Chelsea chance as Jackson collects the ball near the edge of the box. He slips through Mudryk, who squares to Sterling, but his shot is blocked. Mudryk fires the rebound over.
Chelsea 2-2 Leicester
65 mins: In the celebrations, Fatawu was replaced by Yunus Akgun.
Chelsea look to find another goal as Palmer collects on the edge of the box, but his curled effort goes wide.
GOAL! Chelsea 2-2 Leicester
61 mins: GOAL! Oh my word! Mavididi levels it!
The Englishman receives the ball on the right. He runs at Gusto, stands him up and cuts back onto the outside.
He opens his body up and curls an effort past Sanchez into the far corner!
Chelsea 2-1 Leicester
61 mins: Chelsea’s first threat since conceding sees Mudryk break down the wing, but his cross is blocked and it’s a corner. It comes to nothing, and Leicester counter once more.
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