Leicester v Chelsea – story of the match

Pedro’s extra-time header saw Chelsea advance to the FA Cup semi-finals with a 2-1 win at Leicester.

Alvaro Morata scored for the first time since Boxing Day to give Chelsea a half-time lead, but Jamie Vardy equalised 14 minutes from time to force the additional periods.

And Pedro headed in as the Blues ended a five-match losing streak away from home to join Tottenham, Manchester United and Southampton in the last four.

Tweet of the match

Star man – N’Golo Kante

Moment of the match

Vardy keeps his head up

Jamie Vardy endured a frustrating first half, with few touches of the ball and his one chance to run in behind the visiting defence ended by quick-thinking from Chelsea goalkeeper Willy Caballero. When the England striker got his chance in the second half, following a fine cross from Wilfred Ndidi, he fluffed it. But Vardy did not let his head go down and, when Caballero kept out Vicente Iborra’s close-range chance, he was the quickest to react and got Leicester back into the tie.

Ratings

Chelsea: Willy Caballero 7, Victor Moses 6, Cesar Azpilicueta 7, Andreas Christensen 6, Antonio Rudiger 6, Marcos Alonso 5, N’Golo Kante 8, Tiemoue Bakayoko 5, Willian 7, Alvaro Morata 6, Eden Hazard 6. Substitutes: Cesc Fabregas (on for Bakayoko, 46) 6, Pedro (on for Willian, 92) 7, Gary Cahill (on for Christensen, 101) 5, Olivier Giroud (on for Morata, 105) 5.

Who’s up next?

Brighton v Leicester (Premier League, March 31)
Chelsea v Tottenham (Premier League, April 1)