Chelsea thrashed Preston North End to claim a place in the FA Cup next round with a 4-0 victory, MySportDab reports.
The first half was devastating from the Blues who had total control of things but couldn’t make anything much from their dominance.
Goals from Armando Broja, Raheem Sterling, Thiago Silva and Enzo Fernandez was enough in the second half to grant the victory.
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It was a good display from the visiting side who made sure they had everything under control in terms of the scoreline.
Preston North End had just one missing coming into the game which they made sure it was done perfectly putting their opponent on their toe.
Chelsea were in control of things but they couldn’t find a way of getting through in the match which was tight and a close call between them.
Cole Palmer came close after finding himself one on one with the goalkeeper which his lob was inches wide from making it the opening goal.
Chelsea couldn’t do much as they ended the first half 0-0 against Preston North End who gave them a good run and managed to keep things level.
There was a lot more that happen in the remaining half of the encounter which saw Mauricio Pochettino coming in with a different approach.
Preston North End continued holding on firm and trying to see what they can put together to hit in the match kncouldng they can go toe to toe against the Blues.
Chelsea took the lead in the 58th minutes from a beautiful header from Armando Broja who was able to make things 1-0.
Another goal followed in from Thiago Silva in the 66th minute from another header making sure the scoreline quickly became 2-0.
It was raining goals as Sterling scored a freekick in the 69th minutes to make sure it was 3-0 in the match which was already done.
Enzo Fernandez scored in the 85th minutes to make sure Chelsea finished the game with a 4-0 victory against Preston North End to book their place in the FA Cup next round.
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