Reports and highlights of Chelsea and Southampton's League Cup third-round match at Stamford Bridge as the Blues made it into the final eight games of the game as they won 4-3 in Tuesday night's penalty shootout.
Chelsea beat Southampton 4-3 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge to advance to the League Cup quarter-finals.
Kay Havertz gave Chelsea the lead before their final 16-game break, but Southampton responded shortly after restarting as Che Adams brought the game into a penalty shootout.
Chelsea again need penalties to advance to the quarter-finals
Chelsea's only two real chances of the first half came from corners at both ends. Solniguez was blocked early by Fraser Foster's hand, but the goalkeeper will not be able to reject Havertz in the 44th minute as he picks up from Hakimzieh's ball and carries the ball into the box.
Southampton were barely a threat in the opening 45 minutes, but after the break looked a completely different side, and within two minutes they were level.
Kyle Walker Peters cut into the box from the right and fired a low shot at Kepa, but the Chelsea goalkeeper was unable to control the situation, giving Adams the opportunity to score his first goal of the season into the net. Just outside a yard.
As the half dragged on, more opportunities came and went. In the 72nd minute, Saul had another chance on the edge of the penalty area, but his shot was slightly offside. Six minutes later, Southampton had the opportunity to pass the ball off the right and substitute Wells Moborn was unguarded in the middle, but his header gave Kepa too many chances to deflect the ball offside.
The Saints approached twice more in stoppage time as Kepa was on the pitch, quickly and consecutively rejecting their headers from corners, first stopping Leonko and then rejecting Mohammed Salisu.
In a penalty shootout, substitutes Theo Walcott and Smallbourne missed the Southampton game – Mason Mount missed Chelsea – giving James a chance to give the Blues a chance to qualify.
Chelsea boss Thomas Tutchell: "I think it was a well-deserved victory, we worked hard to get our chances, it wasn't easy. Our last pass was a bit inaccurate.
"Every time we succeed in winning a duel, we have a lot of opportunities to create chances because they are one-on-one on the whole pitch. Our pass was a bit sloppy and lacked calm. They believed and had nothing to lose, and we fought back. ”
Tuchel saw César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen and Ruben Loftus-Cheek the day before the fourth round were ruled out, but he hopes they will return in Newcastle on Saturday.
"We made some last-minute changes because three potential starters were injured in training, so it wasn't planned that way and there weren't many options on the bench," he said of the trio.
Saints owner Ralph Hasson Huttel: "I'm proud of my team. When you come here, you see 'Pride of London' – the pride of London today is my team because everything we do here is great.
'A lot of these players haven't played much this season, but they've done a fantastic job.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the person who competed - Trevor Chaloba</h1>
Chelsea's Trevor Chaloba is battling Southampton's Sean Lang for the ball
That's how he's been this season, so much so that almost no one notices when he's no longer standing out. Again, Chaloba has excelled at Chelsea's defensive core. Tuchel could choose to let his last three players play, but it's increasingly difficult to justify letting him out.