Goal

List of goalscorers

0 - 1
2'
Á. Morata
0 - 2
30'
Pedro
0 - 3
78'
Á. Morata
0 - 4
82'
Á. Morata
Press

Match report in news

End of match

End of match

  • 93'
    Full-time! Chelsea ease past Stoke thanks to a hat-trick from Morata and a goal from Pedro.
  • 90'
    Three minutes off added time!
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Yellow card

a Stoke City
  • 89'
    Crouch goes in high on Fabregas and sees yellow. Could have been red.
  • 88'
    Off the line! Moses' fierce strike bounces of Morata and is cleared off the line by Johnson.
  • 87'
    Morata is incredibly close to getting his fourth as he runs onto a Fabregas through ball but he strikes wide.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Chelsea en el 82'
  • 82'
    Fabregas dinks a delightful ball over for Azpilicueta, he chests it down for Morata, who makes no mistakes and taps in from four yards out.
  • 77'
    Lovely from Morata! Johnson gives away possession he is punished as the Spaniard drives all the way into the area before finishing past Butland.
  • 76'
    Ibrahim Afellay replaces Martins Indi.
  • 72'
    Fletcher should score! Shaqiri picks out the midfielder in the six-yard box but, with the goal gaping, he somehow gets the header all wrong and the chance goes begging.
  • 70'
    Shaqiri plays a superb reverse pass that releases Allen through on goal. He looks to have stolen a march on Bakayoko, but he intervenes at the last moment with a fine challenge.
  • 69'
    Courtois is ok to continue.
  • 68'
    Pedro is replaced by Fabregas.
  • 66'
    Courtois lands awkwardly after punching clear for a corner.
  • 65'
    No penalty! Cahill brings down Choupo-Moting and the Stoke fans are screaming for a penalty. Mike Dean, however, waves play on.
  • 64'
    Crouch is found at the back post, he nods down for Diouf, who gets past Rudiger but fires over.
  • 61'
    Peter Crouch replaces the ineffective Jese.
  • 58'
    Alonso has been taken off by Conte before he sees red. He is replaced by Cahill.
  • 58'
    Kante brings down Sobhi and sees yellow.
  • 54'
    Allen volleys over the bar from 18 yards.
  • 53'
    No yellow! Alonso is lucky to be on the pitch here. He clatters into the back of Diouf but Mike Dean only gives him a stern talking to.
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Yellow card

a Chelsea
  • 52'
    Alonso is booked after a clumsy foul on Allen.
  • 51'
    Alonso goes down after the smallest of touches from Diouf. Stoke put the ball out for a throw in and he immediately jumps back to his feet. Shocking.
  • 50'
    Marato shows good pace to get past Martins Indi but his cut-back deflects into the hands of Butland.
  • 49'
    Shaqiri goes into the book for dissent.
  • 45'
    Chelsea kick off the second half!
  • 45'
    Chelsea head down the tunnel 2-0 up thanks to goals from Morata and Pedro.
  • 45'
    One minute of added time!
  • 45'
    Allen controls on his chest before firing a volley high over the bar.
  • 42'
    Stoke are really piling on the pressure towards the end of the first half. Fletcher sees a low effort blocked before Diouf's acrobatic overhead kick flies wide.
  • 38'
    Shaqiri delivers a fantastic cross into the area where it falls for Choupo-Moting, but he's unable to get a shot on target.
  • 37'
    Chelsea are having a good spell of possession and have calmed things down after Stroke were hoping for a quick response.
  • 34'
    Shaqiri's strike looks to be heading into the top corner but the Chelsea wall does it's job and blocks.
  • 34'
    Bakayoko brings down Allen to hand Stoke a dangerous free-kick on the edge of the box.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Chelsea en el 30'
  • 30'
    Pedro scores! The winger pounces on a poor chested pass from Fletcher and races through to expertly fire a curling effort into the bottom corner.
  • 28'
    The goal aside, Stoke have been the better team here.
  • 27'
    Morata does well to hold up play on halfway, bring a foul from Allen.
  • 21'
    Morata in fine form!
  • 19'
    Azpilicueta looks to play a long ball over the defence to Morata again but the striker is shoved off the ball by Martins Indi.
  • 15'
    Willian is looking sharp in the Chelsea midfield. All of the Blues' attacks are coming through the Brazilian.
  • 9'
    Choupo-Moting tries to find Allen, but Courtois is quick off his line to gather possession.
  • 5'
    Shaqiri finds Diouf with reverse pass, but the Senegal international gets caught in two minds and Cheslea clear.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Chelsea en el 2'
  • 2'
    Goal Morata! Chelsea's first attack ends in a goal. Morata runs on to Azpilicueta's long ball and calmly slots past Butland.
  • 1'
    Stoke get us underway!
Start of match

Start of match

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    Team are out and pre-match formalities begin.
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Info

Pre-match

23 September 2017, 16:00

Referee: Mike Dean

Stadium: bet365 Stadium

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