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Leicester 2 Chelsea 4 (aet): Cesc Fabregas scores extra-time EFL Cup double as Blues come back from two goals down to sink Foxes

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CESC FABREGAS fired a double reminder to Antonio Conte as Chelsea came back from two down to sink ten-man Leicester.

Shinji Okazaki ended a six-month and 13-game goal drought with two strikes inside 37 minutes - both of which retreating Blues right-back Cesar Azpilicueta just failed to clear off the line.

Fabregas wheels away in celebration after netting his second and Chelsea's fourth
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Fabregas wheels away in celebration after netting his second and Chelsea's fourthCredit: Getty Images
Fabregas keeps his composure to fire in the first of his extra-time double
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Fabregas keeps his composure to fire in the first of his extra-time doubleCredit: Getty Images
Cesar Azpilicueta fires a brilliant volley home to make it 2-2 at the King Power
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Cesar Azpilicueta fires a brilliant volley home to make it 2-2 at the King PowerCredit: Getty Images
Okazaki loops a header over Asmir Begovic for the first of his two Leicester goals
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Okazaki loops a header over Asmir Begovic for the first of his two Leicester goalsCredit: Getty Images

Gary Cahill pulled one back in first-half stoppage time before Azpilicueta nailed a peach of a volley past Foxes stand-in keeper Ron-Robert Zieler four minutes after the break.

Diego Costa and Jamie Vardy were summoned midway through the second half as Italian bosses Antonio Conte and Claudio Ranieri sought added firepower to the gun each other down.

Costa and Ahmed Musa both missed golden opportunities before Fabregas tucked home a double early in extra time as Blues took advantage of Marcin Wasilewski's dismissal for a pair of yellows.

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FACTS, STATS, GOALS & LOLS

  • The game was only the second start of the season for Spain’s World Cup winner Cesc Fabregas - his other was the second round win over Bristol Rovers - and he ended up the match-winner.
  • Gary Cahill’s first goal for Chelsea was against Leicester in the FA Cup in 2012.
  • Both teams made seven changes from their weekend games in the battle of the B-Listers in the EFL Cup.
  • Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has been in charge for only six competitive games but last night’s match was already the third time he had faced a fellow Italian manager in Claudio Ranieri.
  • Cahill claimed he was fouled nine days ago when a mix up allowed Leroy Fer to score for Swansea against Chelsea. He had no such get out tonight with an identical blunder from which City took the lead.
Azpilicueta just failed to clear both of Okazaki's goals off the line
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Azpilicueta just failed to clear both of Okazaki's goals off the lineCredit: Getty Images
Gary Cahill pulls one back for Chelsea at the end of the first half
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Gary Cahill pulls one back for Chelsea at the end of the first halfCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
  • Who’d have thought Chelsea would ever go to Leicester with their hosts a Champions League team and The Blues not in Europe at all?
  • Shinji Okazaki will be extremely grateful to Chelsea’s dozing defence - he scored his first goal since March 14 tonight. Then helped himself to another.
  • Chelsea goalscorer Cesar Azpilicueta scored his stunning volley after finally being played in his natural position as a right back because of seven changes to the Chelsea line up.
  • Conte went for bust after pulling level in the 48th minute with a 4-2-4 formation bringing on striker Diego Costa to liven things up.
  • City fans taunted Chelsea’s 3,300 supporters with chants of ‘we are your champions’ in response to the visitors’ singing ‘Champions of Europe, you’ll never sing that’

THE BIG PICTURE

NEXT FIVE FIXTURES

LEICESTER
Sep 24 - Man Utd (A), Prem
Sep 27 - Porto (H), CL
Oct 2 - Southampton, (H), PL
Oct 15 - Chelsea (A), PL
Oct 18 - Copenhagen (H), CL

CHELSEA
Sep 24 - Arsenal (A), Prem
Oct 1 - Hull, (A), PL
Oct 15 - Leicester (H), PL
Oct 23 - Man Utd (H), PL
Oct 30 - Southampton (A), PL

DREAM TEAM RATINGS

LEICESTER: Zieler 6, Simpson 6, Morgan 6, Wasilewski 4, Chilwell 6, Schlupp 6, Drinkwater 6, King 7, Gray 6 (Amartey 90+1 6), Musa 6 (Vardy 76 5), Okazaki 7 (Ulloa 75 6)

Subs not used: Hamer, Kapustka, Mahrez, Benalouane

Booked: Wasilewski, Drinkwater, Chilwell

Sent off: Wasilewski

Goals: Okazaki: 17, 34

CHELSEA: Begovic 5, Azpilicueta 9, Cahill 9, Luiz 9, Alonso 8, Matic 7, Fabregas 9, Moses 7, Loftus-Cheek 7 (Diego Costa 67 7), Pedro 7 (Hazard 89 7), Batshuayi 7 (Chalobah 80 6)

Subs not used: Courtois, Kante, Willian, Aina

Booked: Matic, David Luiz

Goals: Cahill 45+2, Azpilicueta 49, Fabregas 92, 94

STAR MAN: Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea)

SOCIAL SAYS

WHAT THEY SAID

Chelsea scorer Cesc Fabregas: “I was happy to play first of all. Hopefully this will stop people talking about me and focus on what is important — Chelsea winning.

“I know what I can do and it is a lot for this team.”

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri: “He (Wasilewski) is a very aggressive man and gives a lot of energy but he has to maintain his calm.

“I am happy with our performance until we went 2-0 up. We put pressure on them and had the game under control.”


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