Chelsea 2-0 Nottingham Forest, FA Cup third round

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.

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."

Line-ups
Match Stats
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Line-ups

Chelsea

Formation 4-3-3

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

Formation 4-4-2

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

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Match ends, Chelsea 2, Nottingham Forest 0.
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Chelsea 2, Nottingham Forest 0.

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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Jordan Smith.
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Attempt saved. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mason Mount.
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Foul by Ross Barkley (Chelsea).
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Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Emerson (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Michael Dawson.
87'
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Foul by Fikayo Tomori (Chelsea).
87'
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Alex Mighten (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
83'
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Foul by Jorginho (Chelsea).
83'
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Albert Adomah (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81'
Substitution
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Yassine En-Neyah replaces Brennan Johnson.
78'
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Ross Barkley (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78'
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Foul by Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).
77'
Booking
Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
77'
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Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
77'
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Foul by Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).
76'
Substitution
Substitution, Chelsea. Tariq Lamptey replaces Pedro.
75'
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Foul by Emerson (Chelsea).

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As a Forest fan seeing VAR first hand for the first time, you can guess my opinion of seeing our attacker's penalty being rescinded due to his hand being offside when he called for a through ball. This is no way shape or form makes football better.
Brilliant kit, good to see a bit of pre Sky football history.
How boring that rival fans keep saying Chelsea have no history clearly they do they’ve been going for over 110 years now change the record as it’s broken and boring
Chelsea, the only current Premiership club to have always got past the 3rd round.
Great kit!
6 Chelsea academy players featured for us today . Won 2 nil . Wore an iconic kit . Got to be happy .
Perhaps the way forward for the FA Cup is a step back. Suggest that every team plays in a retro kit, no sponsors logos and just 1-11, no names, on the shirts. How about they all kick off at 3pm on a Saturday ?
Chelsea followed up the 1970 cup victory over Leeds by beating Real Madrid to win the '71 Cup Winner's Cup ...

No history indeed ...
Kit brought back memories......Bonetti, "Chopper" Harris, Charlie Cooke, Alan Hudson, "Big" Dave Webb, Peter Houseman (sadly died in a car crash far too young) and of course Peter Osgood. Those were the days!!!😊
Brought back so many memories today with the kit,pure class from Chelsea today.
No sponsors no names.
Good business as well going to sell a Shed (😉) load.
It's nice being a Blue, and not to have the arrogance and entitlement chip on our shoulders all those plastic Scousers of Diverpool have.

To remember watching rubbish in the late 70's and 80's, never thinking we'd ever win the league in my lifetime, to the glory of the last 20 years.

Be proud my fellow blues, we are the real supporters on here along with those of a few other clubs.
Theres no getting away from it, theres a hell of a lot of idiots living in this wonderful country of ours.
Calm and confident play from some of CFC's younger players. Even Barkley looked good. Tougher tests to come but a home win is welcome....KTBFFH
Why do some people have to snipe at the Chelsea we can only play what’s out in front of us and we did and beat them comfortably
As regards to no history what a load of old twaddle of course we have been going over 100 years and have won plenty of trophies
As a 12 year old I went to both games in the 1970 Final, and 50 years on I am still a Season Ticket holder. Seeing that kit today was fantastic, and whoever came up with the idea deserves a big pat on the back.

Job done for Super Frank's Young Lions, but as most weekends the pathetic operation of VAR takes the headlines. Get rid of Mike Riley - he was a rubbish ref in any case.
Love that Chelsea kit- so classy- reminds me of the 1970’s when Leeds were the great rivals. Hope Chelsea can win the competition as I think the title race is over.
Loved the retro kit and good result. The start of another successful campaign ? Hope you enjoyed it Tom
Great to see the retro kit today.

We need those stripes down the side of shorts back, proper Chelsea kit.
Re 47 Galaxy you had a couple of fantastic years under the late great Cloughie
Forest were nothing special before and have been nothing special since
History indeed
Brilliant kit to honour the 1970 FA cup winning team, would love to see the blues wearing it in Europe as they did when also beating Real Madrid a few months later. KTBFFH

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