Chelsea v Plymouth Argyle - as it happened
Join us for live coverage of the FA Cup 4th round tie between Chelsea and Plymouth from Stamford Bridge. Will the League 1 side cause an upset?
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120'AET: Chelsea 2-1 Plymouth!!! All over at the Bridge and the Blues survive a major scare to win this one. Gillesphey gave Plymouth an early lead, but Azpi levelled for the Blues before the break. The game went to ET and Alonso scored in the 105th to give Chelsea a deserved lead, but Plymouth fought back. The visitors earned a penalty at the death, but Hardie's spot kick was saved by Kepa. Thanks for your comapny and see you again soon!
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120'120+2: Werner attacks, but the move comes to nothing.
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120'120+2: Seconds remaining and it lloks like Chelsea will win.
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120'Two added minutes.
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120'Plymouth get a free-kick, it goes into the box and Kepa punches away.
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119'Havertz sees yellow.
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118'Hardie takes the pen and Kepa saves it!!!! Hardie hits a soft pen to the GK's left and Kepa saves it! Hardie puts his hands to his head as that wasn't a great pen...
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116'Penalty to Plymouth!!!! Sarr loses the ball in stupid fashion, Hardie intercepts the pass and then Sarr brings him down. Hooper points to the spot. It won't be overturned. Hooper confirms the call.
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115'Werner sees an effort blocked and then a ball into the box flies out of play.
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113'Plymouth threaten again, Chelsea's clearance is blocked, but the ball bounces kindly for Kepa.
Substitution
at Chelsea
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112'Chelsea sub: Azpi is taken off and Chalobah is on. Some supporters aren't happy with that change.
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110'Broom fires one towards goal, Kepa makes a fine stop and then Plymouth have two shots which strike Sarr, but there's no handball despite Plymouth's appeals!
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109'The visitors are pressing here now looking to force pens.
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108'And they get a second one.
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107'Plymouth win themselves a corner kick here.
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106'Chelsea get us going once again!
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105'HT in ET: Chelsea 2-1 Plymouth! The hosts have been the much better team in ET, but Alonso scores with the only real chance of the 15 minutes. Plymouth will have to change their strategy now.
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105'105+1: The goal is confirmed.
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105'105+1: Alonso puts Chelsea ahead!!! Havertz plays a one-two with Werner and then Havertz cuts back from the by-line for Alonso who taps in! However, is Havertz offside in the build-up?
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105'Two additional minutes.
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103'Havertz is convinced he should have a penalty for a shirt pull or at least a free-kick, but the ref says no. It was, but it was just for a short period of time. Had it been given, it was a DOGSO red and I think the Plymouth player is lucky.
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102'Werner can't keep the ball in play and it's a goal kick. I'm not sure about that.
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101'Chelsea attack, but Havertz is marginally offside in the build up.
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97'Chelsea sub: Mount is replaced by Saul.
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96'A ball goes into the area, but Havertz can't reach it.
Substitution
at Plymouth Argyle
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94'Plymouth double sub: Camara is replaced by Broom and Grant also goes off. Law is on for him.
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93'Mount goes for goal, but fails to hit the target!
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91'Plymouth get ET underway.
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90'End of 90 minutes: Chelsea 1-1 Plymouth! We go to ET!
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90'Two extra minutes.
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90'Werner runs forward for Chelsea and Wilson slides in as he's about to shoot! Top defending.
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86'Yet another corner for Chelsea.
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83'Mount gets a corner for the home team.
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82'Werner thinks he has a corner immediately after coming on, but there's an offside.
Substitution
at Chelsea
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82'Chelsea sub: Werner is on for Kovacic.
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80'Chance for Chelsea, but Havertz is offside.
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79'Corner for the home side here.
Substitution
at Plymouth Argyle
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78'Plymouth sub: Randell is on for Mayor.
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75'Plymouth win a corner.
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74'Great save by Cooper to deny Mount!! The powerful strike is tipped over by the Argyle shotstopper.
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73'Opportunity for Hardie and Kepa has to make a fine stop!
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71'Chelsea get themselves another corner here. There's some pinball and Sarr fires over.
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69'Camara heads the ball wide of the goal.
Substitution
at Plymouth Argyle
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68'Plymouth sub: Garrick is replaced by Hardie.
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67'Chelsea are flagged offside.
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66'A cross into the box is headed by Scarr, but it's caught by Kepa. Then, on the counter, Havertz has a shot on goal and Edwards makes a vital sliding block to concede just the corner.
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65'Plymouth win themselves a corner here.
Substitution
at Chelsea
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64'Chelsea sub: Havertz is on for Hudson-Odoi.
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63'Rudiger gets into a spat with a Plymouth sub warming up as he wouldn't give Rudiger the ball back, but it all ends very quickly.
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62'Chelsea are definitely the more likely team to score here.
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58'Plymouth sub: Ennis is on for Jephcott.
Goal disallowed
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58'Chelsea have the ball in the net through Azpi, but the flag's up! Lukaku gets his head to the corner, it hits a defender and a clearly offside Azpi taps in.
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57'Another corner for the hosts. Their 10th.
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56'It's all Chelsea and the hosts now win a corner kick through Mount.
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54'Hudson-Odoi goes for a goal and it's saved by Cooper.
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53'Chance for Chelsea!!! A superb team move ends with Ziyech squaring for Lukaku who can't get on the end of it.
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49'Chelsea win themselves a corner.
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49'The hosts go forward as Ziyech passes to Kovacic, but his heavy touch sees the chance go.
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46'And another corner for the Blues. Think that was a goal kick...
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46'Chelsea win themselves a corner here.
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46'Chelsea get us going for the second half!
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45'Chelsea HT sub: Alonso is on for Christensen.
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45'HT: Chelsea 1-1 Plymouth! Half-time at the Bridge and the hosts have dominated this one. Plymouth took a shock lead after eight minutes when Gillespie headed in, but Chelsea then hit the woodwork on three occasions before Azpi finally scored in the 41st minute. The Blues are the favourites to win this one. Back for more shortly!
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45'45+2: There a scramble in the box, but Plymouth get it away!
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45'45+2: Jorginho goes for goal, but can't find the target! It's a corner, actually.
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45'Two extra minutes.
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42'Plymouth's luck has finally run out. Chelsea get their much deserved equaliser.
Goaaaaaal!
de Chelsea en el 41'
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Statistics of C. Azpilicueta in FA Cup410.25000
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41'Azpi levels for the Blues!!!!! Lovely play by the Blues ends with Mount putting in a low cross for Azpi who flicks the ball into the net with his heel!
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39'Chelsea get a corner, but then a free-kick is given against the home side from the corner.
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37'Chelsea strike the post this time!! Kovacic's strike from just outside the D comes back off the upright! That's three times now!
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34'Chelsea don't deserve to be losing this game.
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34'Azpi!!! The Spaniard goes for goal from 20 yards and Cooper makes a fine save down low to his left!
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30'Chelsea hit the bar again!!! Ziyech's ball to the back post finds Hudson-Odoi and his header strikes the bar!
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29'Mount plays to Ziyech and the Moroccan's effort ends up being straight forward for the goalie.
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27'Houghton gets his head to the ball and it's another corner.
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26'Azpi gets another Chelsea corner.
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23'Chelsea run forward through Ziyech on the far side and the Moroccan gers the corner off Gillesphey.
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19'The home side put another ball into the box, but Plymouth get it away and on the break, Jorginho cynically fouls Jephcott and sees yellow.
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17'Chelsea are attacking here looking for the leveller, but Plymouth are looking good on the counter.
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13'Chance for Plymouth again, but the effort fails to hit the target!
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11'Edwards goes forward and wins a corner for the visitors.
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10'Kovacic hits the bar!!! Chelsea go forward and his effort cannons back off the bar! This has been terrific so far.
Goaaaaaal!
de Plymouth Argyle en el 8'
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Statistics of M. Gillesphey in FA Cup410.25000
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8'Plymouth take the lead at the Bridge!!! Can you believe it? The free-kick into the box is headed in by Gillesphey!
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7'Free-kick to Plymouth on the far side.
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5'Ziyech hits one and it's easy for the goalie.
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3'Jorginho!!! The Italian hit a volley from 25 yards along the ground, but the ball goes narrowly wide of Cooper's right hand post!
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1'Chelsea attack from the off and Ziyech's ball almost finds Hudson-Odoi!!
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1'Plymouth get us going in the white from left to right while Chelsea are in the blue!
Start of match
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PRVWThe players make their way out here at the Bridge!
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PRVWPlymouth are 7th in League 1 and just three points outside the play-off places. They won 1-3 at Doncaster in their last fixture. They make three changes from that one as Broom, Randell and Ennis drop out and Mayor, Camara and Garrick come in. Camara had been at the AFCON with Guinea Bissau.
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PRVWWe'll have ET and pens if required.
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PRVWA reminder that Chelsea are flying out to the UAE to take part in the Club World Cup straight after this game.
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PRVWChelsea make one change from the 2-0 win over Spurs as the injured T Silva is replaced by Christensen. Tuchel is taking this seriously! The winner here gets a place in the last 16.
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PRVWIt's nine degrees and dry in West London!
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PRVWSimon Hooper is the referee for this one while Mike Dean is the VAR.
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PRVWPlymouth XI: Cooper (GK); Grant, Gillesphey, Scarr, Wilson, Edwards; Mayor, Houghton, Camara; Garrick and Jephcott.
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PRVWChelsea XI: Kepa (GK); Sarr, Christensen, Rudiger; Hudson-Odoi, Kovacic, Jorginho, Azpi; Ziyech, Lukaku and Mount.
Pre-match
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PRVWHello and welcome to live coverage of the FA Cup clash between Chelsea and Plymouth!