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4¹ A drive from THOMAS seemed a certain goal but the Chelsea 'keeper managed to fist the ball away. 11¹ An exceptional shot from SUGAWARA was dealt with by a useful parry from the 'keeper. 14¹ A wonderful save prevented DOKU from scoring a lovely goal. 19¹ BÜRKI was able to claw away a fierce effort. 21¹ GOAL!! After a steady build-up VARDY drove a low shot past the 'keeper. (1-0 Leicester City) 23¹ GOAL!! A long clearance by the Chelsea 'keeper beat the Leicester City defence and VLAHOVIC fired the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (1-1) 25¹ GOAL!! A delightful drive from NDIDI was pushed away by the Chelsea 'keeper only as far as VARDY who fired the ball past the stranded Chelsea 'keeper. (2-1 Leicester City) 28¹ A penalty box meleé resulted in MARTINELLI tapping the ball over. 34¹ A shot from DOKU was hoofed off the line by KIWIOR. 36¹ THOMAS's shot was well saved by BÜRKI. 38¹ GOAL!! The Leicester City 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from KIWIOR and BRUNO GUIMARÃES managed to squeeze the ball into the back of the net. (2-2) 40¹ DOKU chipped the ball to MARTINELLI who flicked it over the bar. 47¹ A weak strike from MARTINELLI trickled agonisingly wide. 2² GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from MARTINELLI shook the upright and in the ensuing scramble the ball was kicked into the net by VLAHOVIC. (3-2 Chelsea) 5² GOAL!! After some patient play on the left LOOKMAN came inside and hit the ball into the back of the net. (3-3) 6² A cross from SOUMARÉ left KIWIOR in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot. 8² VARDY hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area. 16² A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper. 27² VARDY brought the ball past BADIASHILE and stroked a poor shot into the crowd. 37² A accurate pass was collected by THOMAS and his right foot effort flew narrowly wide. 8ª¹ AYOZE made space on the left and pulled the ball to LOOKMAN who touched the ball over. 10ª¹ VARDY headed inches wide. 0ª² A clever cross from BRUNO GUIMARÃES was placed goalbound by VLAHOVIC only for the 'keeper to block. 4ª² THOMAS shot over. 10ª² The bemused BÜRKI was all agog as a backpass from BRUNO GUIMARÃES fell just wide. 14ª² Uncertainty in the Chelsea defence enabled LOOKMAN to blast the ball just beyond the far post.

Leicester City   League position: 11 Home league form: WLWW Overall league form: WLLXWLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Matz SELS 6  1 6½ Roman BÜRKI(c) Yukinari SUGAWARA 8  2 6  Benoît BADIASHILE Jakub KIWIOR 7  3 7  Luke SHAW AYOZE Pérez 8½ 4 7  BRUNO GUIMARÃES Rodriguez Jonny EVANS 7½ 5 6½ Sven BOTMAN ÇAGLAR Söyüncü 7  6 6  ZANKA Boubakary SOUMARÉ 5½ 7 6  Noni MADUEKE Luke THOMAS 7  8 6½ Jéremy DOKU (c,p)Jamie VARDY 7  9 7  Dusan VLAHOVIC(p) (f)Wifred NDIDI 6½ 10 6½ James MADDISON(f) Ademola LOOKMAN 7  11 6½ Gabriel MARTINELLI Manager RICARDO Domingos PEREIRA    12    Dylan WILLIAMS Jannik VESTERGAARD 7  13    Marcus BETTINELLI Daniel AMARTEY 6½ 14    Carlos CASEMIRO Kelechi IHEANACHO    15    GONÇALO Matias RAMOS Ian MAATSEN    16    Jack GREALISH

Chelsea   League position: 2 Away league form: LWLW Overall league form: WLWWWLWW Formation: 4-3-3

Chelsea go through to the next round, 4-3 on penalties

Statistics

Leicester City 3 Chelsea 3 (Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 32,349, Stadium: King Power Stadium, Referee: Clive Penton 5½) Vardy 21¹, Vardy 25¹, Lookman 5² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Vlahovic 23¹, Bruno Guimarães 38¹, Vlahovic 2² SoumaréóVestergaard 14², KiwioróAmartey 26²           5 4 23 20 4 6 7 7 9 3 16 10 4 4 54% 46% ¶ Man of the match: Ayoze Pérez ¶