There’s no peace at Chelsea! As things stand, they aren’t going to win the Premier League title, they’re facing departures of three first-teamers who won’t sign contract extensions, their most expensive striker is faltering, they’ve lost the EFL Cup final after a somewhat comical penalty shoot-out… You can say a lot about their season, but uneventful it’s not!At least they somehow managed to overcome Luton Town and make it into the next round of the FA Cup thanks to a second-half comeback. The Blues were made to work very hard to claim a 3-2 win as the hosts twice went ahead at their cosy stadium.Kepa Arrizabalaga got a chance to make amends for his penalty miss that handed the EFL Cup to Liverpool. It should have been a straightforward task – a trip to second-tier Luton Town. But the Hatters were quick off the blocks and raced into a surprising early lead thanks to a towering header from former West Ham trainee Reece Burke. The tall defender beat Kepa from a corner to bring joy to the home fans at Kenilworth Road.Spanish forgotten man Saul Niguez scored a nice goal from just outside the area to restore parity for the Blues after a nice pass from Timo Werner.Borussia thinking about Chelsea’s flop as Haaland’s replacementIt looked like Chelsea would proceed to steamroll the hosts after Saul had yet another chance just a few minutes later. Goalkeeper Harry Isted, who only came on to replace the injured Jed Steer, kept his team in the game with two or three noteworthy stops from Kenedy and Romelu Lukaku. The Hatters were shaken but they hang on there and sensationally restored their lead just before the break with a great team move that was expertly finished by Harry Cornick. After conceding 11 penalties against Liverpool, Kepa was beaten for the second time here. It’s been rough for the Spaniard.Gritty and resilient! 👊Up the Chels! 🔵 pic.twitter.com/T3BnbbyUNe— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) March 2, 2022 This wasn’t going to be a straightforward job.It was time for Chelsea’s big guns to get firing. Thankfully for Thomas Tuchel – they have.Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku got on the scoresheet to turn the game on its head as the hosts slowly ran out of steam. First, the German took a touch on his thigh from a floated Ruben Loftus-Cheek pass and steered it into the far corner to make it 2-2 with just over 20 minutes to go.It’s official: Roman is selling Chelsea, money will go to all victims of the war in Ukraine!Werner turned provider ten minutes later when he got away from his markers and delivered a ball for Lukaku to slam home with ease.In the end, it took the $180 million attacking partnership to score against the lowly opponents and make it into the FA Cup quarter-finals.FA CUP Fifth RoundTuesdayPeterborough – Man.City 0-2 (0-0)/Mahrez 60, Grealish 60/Crystal Palace – Stoke 2-1 (0-0)/Kouyate 53, Riedewald 82 – Tymon 58/Middlesbrough. – Tottenham 1-0 (0-0) AET/Coburn 107/WednesdayLuton Town – Chelsea 2-3 (2-1)/Burke 2, Cornick 40 – Saul 27, Werner 68, Lukaku 78/Southampton – West Ham United 3-1 (1-0)/Perraud 31, Ward-Prowse 69 pen, Broja 90+5 – Antonio 60/Liverpool – Norwich City x-x (2-0)/Minamino 27, 39/Thursday23.15: (1.15) Everton (9.00) Boreham Wood (22.0)Monday22.30: (2.10) Nott.Forest (3.50) Huddersfield (3.80)***odds are subject to change
