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11¹ ORSOLINI rushed a simple chance. 12¹ SAINT-MAXIMIN was put clear by KOULIBALY and he nutmegged the Sunderland 'keeper but drilled his shot inches wide. 14¹ LEWANDOWSKI chipped the ball to SAINT-MAXIMIN who forced it over. 16¹ A twenty yard drive from SAINT-MAXIMIN caused the 'keeper no problem. 16¹ GOAL!! Showing lots of skill CLARKE dribbled past SHAW and nudged the ball past UGURCAN. (1-0 Sunderland) 21¹ GOAL!! After being forced wide CLARKE managed to force the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (2-0 Sunderland) 22¹ LEWANDOWSKI poked a simple chance past the far post. 23¹ The stunned Sunderland 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from SERDAR fell just over. 37¹ A clever cross from LEWANDOWSKI was tapped goalbound by LINGARD only for the Sunderland 'keeper to claw away. 39¹ SAINT-MAXIMIN ran onto a wonderful ball from ORSOLINI but hit his effort wide. 42¹ A free-kick from SAINT-MAXIMIN floated just beyond the far post. 44¹ SONNE's shot was well held by the 'keeper. 1² The 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from NEIL. 3² GOAL!! A long clearance by the Sunderland 'keeper beat the Chelsea defence and ALMIRON stroked the ball past the advancing 'keeper. (3-0 Sunderland) 6² A great save prevented LEWANDOWSKI from scoring an exceptional goal. 12² GOAL!! An outswinging corner headed out by SERDAR was tapped home by ORSOLINI. (3-1 Sunderland) 18² GIMÉNEZ headed the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box. 19² GOAL!! An energetic ALESE ran down the left wing and pulled the ball back for NEIL to hammer home. (4-1 Sunderland) 27² GOAL!! A deep cross by ORSOLINI was met by LEWANDOWSKI who steamed in to score. (4-2 Sunderland) 30² OTEGBAYO beat two Chelsea players and thundered an effort just wide. 39² A penalty box scramble resulted in LEWANDOWSKI knocking a low shot over. 42² LINGARD made space on the right and touched the ball to LEWANDOWSKI who touched the ball wide.

Sunderland   League position: 22 Home league form: XWXO Overall league form: LXWXXLXO Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Anthony PATTERSON 6  1 6  UGURCAN Çakir Oliver SONNE 7½ 2 6½ Jamie SHACKLETON Dennis CIRKIN 7  3 6½ Luke SHAW Suat SERDAR 7½ 4 7½ Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK Aji ALESE 5½ 5 7  José GIMÉNEZ Gabriel OTEGBAYO 6  6 6½ Kalidou KOULIBALY (c)Miguel ALMIRON 6½ 7 8  Riccardo ORSOLINI Jack CLARKE 6½ 8 6½ Allan SAINT-MAXIMIN (p)Mark O'MAHONY 6  9 7½ Robert LEWANDOWSKI(c,p) (f)Dan NEIL 7  10 6½ JORGINHO(f) Emmanuel DENNIS 6  11 6½ Jesse LINGARD Manager Finn AZAZ    12    MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza Alban LAFONT    13    Ross BARKLEY Niall HUGGINS    14    Malang SARR Luke CHAMBERS    15    Thierno BALLO Juan DELGADO    16    Presnel KIMPEMBE

Chelsea   League position: 12 Away league form: WXWL Overall league form: WWXWXL-- Formation: 4-3-3

Sunderland go through to the next round

Statistics

Sunderland 4 Chelsea 2 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 33,389, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Graham Horwood 8) Clarke 16¹, Clarke 21¹, Almiron 3², Neil 19² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Orsolini 12², Lewandowski 27²             2 3 15 9 5 8 6 5 4 12 10 17 1 3 41% 59% ¶ Man of the match: Riccardo Orsolini ¶