Chelsea 2-0 Nottingham Forest, FA Cup third round

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FA Cup: Chelsea 2-0 Nottingham Forest highlights

Callum Hudson-Odoi scored one goal and made another as Chelsea beat Nottingham Forest in their FA Cup third round tie.

The hosts only needed six minutes to score as Hudson-Odoi cut in from the right and shot into the bottom corner.

Forest, fourth in the Championship, were then awarded a penalty but, after a lengthy video assistant referee delay, the decision was reversed.

Chelsea soon had a second goal when Hudson-Odoi's shot was parried with Ross Barkley scoring from close range.

The Blues, who have won the FA Cup on eight occasions, will find out their fourth-round opponents on Monday. The draw will be on BBC One and the BBC Sport website from 19:30 GMT, before the Arsenal versus Leeds United tie.

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Chelsea were playing in a retro kit, without players' names on and the sponsorship faded, in tribute to their FA Cup winning-team of 1970 - the first time they won the competition. A number of players who played in the success over Leeds were also at Stamford Bridge and went on the pitch at half-time

Lamouchi prediction proves correct

Before the match, Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi predicted his side had "no chance" of winning away at a team fourth in the top flight.

Forest only had two efforts at goal in the entire 90 minutes, including only one on target, and watched Chelsea dominate 76% of possession.

Lamouchi had clearly prioritised trying to win promotion instead of aiming for a cup shock as he made 10 changes from the side that won 3-2 against Blackburn, including a first start for 17-year-old forward Alex Mighten and with five of his seven substitutes aged 21 or younger.

Chelsea made nine changes themselves, although their side still included plenty of Premier League experience, and they only needed six minutes before Hudson-Odoi scored following a fine passing move involving Barkley, Pedro and Michy Batshuayi.

However, Forest thought they should have had a chance to equalise when referee Peter Bankes gave a penalty after Mighten had been brought down by Fikayo Tomori.

But, following a VAR delay of two minutes and six seconds, Mighten was judged offside by the narrowest margin possible before the foul had occurred.

Chelsea took charge from then on as Batshuayi headed over from Reece James' left-wing cross before Barkley scored Chelsea's second after Jordan Smith had parried Hudson-Odoi's effort.

Barkley nearly scored his second with a header in the second half following more good work from Hudson-Odoi, but Smith made a fingertip save to push the ball onto the post.

These two teams had met in the third round of the FA Cup exactly a year ago and Chelsea won it 2-0 on that occasion.

Forest thought they had pulled one back when Ryan Yates glanced a header into the net but it was ruled offside by an assistant, before the decision was confirmed by VAR.

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard, who won the FA Cup four times as a player with the Blues, was able to bring on 19-year-old English midfielder Tariq Lamptey near the end, handing the teenager a home debut in the 76th minute.

England international Hudson-Odoi nearly had the final say, but shot just wide in injury time on a routine afternoon for his side.

'A really good experience' - what they said

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard told BBC Sport: "These games are not easy. When they make changes it does not mean it's an easier game.

"We got our two goals and it was very comfortable but did we push on from that and create and score more goals? No, we didn't and I would've liked to have scored some more.

"I was particularly pleased for Callum [Hudson-Odoi], he has had a bad injury, is getting himself fit and getting sharper. His goal was an early settler for us. There were performances around the pitch that were good and we need that."

Nottingham Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi told BBC Sport: "I don't want to come on and talk about VAR. I'm so proud of the performance of my players, especially the young ones.

"Chelsea controlled the game and played at a low rhythm but it was a really good experience for the young players of my team. With or without VAR the result wouldn't have been different.

"Chelsea are so so strong, so difficult [to play]. The FA Cup started and ended for us today - it was not our goal, but the performance was very positive."

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Line-ups

Chelsea

• 13Caballero
• 24JamesBooked at 65mins
• 4Christensen
• 29Tomori
• 33Emerson
• 8Barkley
• 5Jorginho
• 17KovacicSubstituted forMountat 69'minutes
• 20Hudson-Odoi
• 23Batshuayi
• 11PedroSubstituted forLampteyat 76'minutes

Substitutes

• 2Rüdiger
• 10Willian
• 18Giroud
• 19Mount
• 28Azpilicueta
• 31Cumming
• 48Lamptey

Nottm Forest

• 12Smith
• 16Jenkinson
• 20Dawson
• 3FigueiredoSubstituted forBenalouaneat 45'minutes
• 2Ribeiro
• 37Adomah
• 22YatesBooked at 77mins
• 17SemedoSubstituted forFornahat 69'minutes
• 10Carvalho
• 48Mighten
• 40JohnsonSubstituted forEn-Neyahat 81'minutes

Substitutes

• 29Benalouane
• 38Fornah
• 41Sole
• 42En-Neyah
• 43Shelvey
• 44Hefele
• 46Lawrence-Gabriel

Referee:

Peter Bankes

Attendance:

40,492

Match Stats

Home TeamChelseaAway TeamNottm Forest

Possession

Home76%

Away24%

Shots

Home17

Away2

Shots on Target

Home5

Away1

Corners

Home7

Away1

Fouls

Home13

Away9

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Chelsea 2, Nottingham Forest 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Chelsea 2, Nottingham Forest 0.

Posted at 90'+4'

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Jordan Smith.

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt saved. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mason Mount.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Ross Barkley (Chelsea).

Posted at 90'+2'

Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt missed. Emerson (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

Posted at 89'

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Michael Dawson.

Posted at 87'

Foul by Fikayo Tomori (Chelsea).

Posted at 87'

Alex Mighten (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 83'

Foul by Jorginho (Chelsea).

Posted at 83'

Albert Adomah (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 81'

Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Yassine En-Neyah replaces Brennan Johnson.

Posted at 78'

Ross Barkley (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 78'

Foul by Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).

Booking

Posted at 77'

Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 77'

Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 77'

Foul by Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).

Substitution

Posted at 76'

Substitution, Chelsea. Tariq Lamptey replaces Pedro.

Posted at 75'

Foul by Emerson (Chelsea).

Posted at 75'

Alex Mighten (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 74'

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Michael Dawson.

Posted at 70'

Attempt missed. Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi with a cross.

Substitution

Posted at 69'

Substitution, Chelsea. Mason Mount replaces Mateo Kovacic.

Substitution

Posted at 69'

Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Tyrese Fornah replaces Alfa Semedo.

Posted at 67'

Offside, Nottingham Forest. João Carvalho tries a through ball, but Ryan Yates is caught offside.

Booking

Posted at 65'

Reece James (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 65'

Foul by Reece James (Chelsea).

Posted at 65'

Yuri Ribeiro (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 65'

Attempt blocked. Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 63'

Foul by Jorginho (Chelsea).

Posted at 63'

Alex Mighten (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 62'

Foul by Jorginho (Chelsea).

Posted at 62'

Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 59'

Offside, Chelsea. Ross Barkley tries a through ball, but Michy Batshuayi is caught offside.

Posted at 59'

Ross Barkley (Chelsea) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi with a cross.

Posted at 57'

Attempt missed. Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Reece James.

Posted at 57'

Attempt blocked. Ross Barkley (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Posted at 57'

Attempt blocked. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ross Barkley.

Posted at 56'

Attempt saved. João Carvalho (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Brennan Johnson.

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