The third round continued tonight, with four more teams securing their place in the last 16. Nkunku 8′, 15′, 75′, Farman (OG) 29′, Neto 48′ Christopher Nkunku hit a hat-trick as cruised into the fourth round with a 5-0 rout of League Two leaders at Stamford Bridge. The Blues needed only eight minutes to open the scoring, and it came in splendid fashion.
João Félix found space on the edge of the box and scooped the ball over the defence to Christopher Nkunku, who sidefooted a volley into the net. Nkunku got his and Chelsea’s second seven minutes later, brilliantly flicking in Malo Gusto’s cross at the near post. It was 3-0 just before the half-hour mark when Félix’s free kick’s clipped the post and hit off keeper Paul Farman before going into the net.
The second half started as the second ended, as Pedro Neto got in on the act with his first goal for the club. Mikhailo Mudryk unselfishly passed the ball to him to slot home. Nkunku collected the match ball with 15 minutes remaining, robbing the ball off Farman before slotting home, to complete a perfect night for him and his side.
Doku 5′, Nunes 38′; Ince 86′ Manchester survived a late scare to progress to the fourth round with a 2-1 win against at the Etihad Stadium. It took just five minutes for to open the scoring through Jérémy Doku. Some slack passing at the back from led to Jack Grealish finding the Belgian winger, who coolly slotted home from inside the box.
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