Chelsea 5-0 Watford
FA Cup holders Chelsea produced a five-star performance to destroy woeful Watford 5-0 at Stamford Bridge and move effortlessly into the fourth round.
Two goals from Daniel Sturridge, his first for the club, inspired the Blues who were helped by an own goal from John Eustace, and strikes from Florent Malouda and Frank Lampard.
Chelsea dominated from the kick-off and goalkeeper Hilario was hardly tested as second-tier Watford struggled to contain the Blues.
A corner from Lampard was headed down by Alex for John Terry to fire the ball into the six-yard box, where Sturridge pounced to score.
Sturridge was in fine form and almost added a second moments later but saw his 20-yard shot just flash past Scott Loach’s left-hand upright.
But Chelsea went two goals in front in the 14th minute thanks to a comedy of errors from the Championship side. Malouda’s cross was hit back into the six-yard box by Joe Cole, only for the ball to cannon off Jay Demerit. The Watford captain watched in horror as the ball then slammed against Lampard before Eustace turned it into his own net as he tried to clear.
Chelsea were completely on top and moments later Loach made a superb one-handed save to stop a thumping header from Alex finding the net. In the 19th minute Juliano Belletti was inches away from a third when he hit Lampard’s corner first time from 20 yards out.
But Chelsea made it 3-0 in the 21st minute when a 20-yard shot from Yury Zhirkov deflected off Malouda and sent Loach the wrong way.
The Blues made it 4-0 in the 64th minute with a superb Lampard strike. The England midfielder was given time and space some 25 yards out and sent a thunderous rising drive into the roof of the net.
Four minutes later it was 5-0 after Ashley Cole and Zhirkov combined superbly on the left wing. Cole’s run into the penalty was followed by a clever cross to the waiting Sturridge, who controlled the ball and slipped it beyond the helpless Loach.
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