Chelsea are through to the Carabao Cup quarter finals after a dramatic penalty shootout win over a spirited Southampton side.
The two sides had drawn in normal time, before a Will Smallbone miss and a Reece James conversion proved the difference in the shootout.
As you probably could've guessed, Chelsea dominated the early stages of the game, and almost took the lead through Saul Niguez in the sixth minute. The midfielder/right-back/winger/wherever he's asked to play, rose highest from a corner kick to force Fraser Forster into a decent stop.
Next up it was Kai Havertz to nearly open the scoring for the home side - curling a wonderful effort from the edge of the penalty area just wide of the post, before rifling a shot directly at Forster from a tight angle 10 minutes later.
After failing to convert these chances however, Southampton began to (surprisingly) grow into the game, penning Chelsea's back five into their own penalty area for a period. The Saints so nearly had their reward for this good spell when Stuart Armstrong fired a snapshot from the right hand side of the penalty area. However, after deflecting off of Malang Sarr, the shot was subsequently gathered well by Kepa.
