Chelsea made short work of Peterborough United on Sunday evening, as they ran out 4-1 winners in the FA Cup 3rd round encounter at Stamford Bridge.
It was as easy as a walk in the park for Chelsea on Sunday as Antonio Conte’s men created chance after chance against a Peterborough side that was out of its depth in West London. In a first half when Chelsea managed 20 shots on target, Pedro and Michy Batshuayi scored to put the Blues 2-0 up.
The second half was more of the same for Chelsea, who even though had John Terry sent off in the 67th minute, looked comfortable on the ball, as Willian scored early on before Tom Nichols surprisingly pulled one back for the visitors.
Pedro completed his brace with 15 minutes to go to round off an emphatic win for the Blues. Here are the best tweets post the FA Cup 3rd round tie.
Full-time: Chelsea 4-1 Peterborough United. The Blues are safely through to the fourth round! pic.twitter.com/cQWhlviiKY
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 8, 2017
FT Chelsea 4-1 Peterborough
Pedro’s double helps #CFC ease into the #FACup fourth round https://t.co/UHZn2i9XIj pic.twitter.com/dUK5Y3uGj0
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) January 8, 2017
Chelsea’s last 12 home games in all competitions:
WWWLWWWWWWWW
Goals: 35
Conceded: 9Dominant at the Bridge. pic.twitter.com/hvTyB4ncgP
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 8, 2017
Pedro has now scored 6 goals for Chelsea in all competitions this season; all 6 have come at Stamford Bridge. pic.twitter.com/ZW3SiqqA7f
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 8, 2017
20 – Chelsea had more shots in the first half against Peterborough than any other FA Cup third round tie this season. Peppered.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 8, 2017
.@_Pedro17_: MotM vs Peterborough, Rating 9.66, Goals 2, Assists 1, Shots 4, Key Passes 6, Dribbles 3, Clearances 2 @ChelseaFC pic.twitter.com/zOHteT6WhN
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) January 8, 2017
Chelsea fans rejoiced as their side returned to winning ways in dominant fashion:
Good win! Shame about JT. But good displays from Chalobah, Ruben & Pedro. #UTC pic.twitter.com/CSMlvWH0iH
— SonOfChelsea (@SonOfChelsea) January 8, 2017
Stamford Bridge sings ‘Antonio! Antonio’ And the Chelsea manager applauds in response.
— Dan Levene (@danlevene) January 8, 2017
Thought Chalobah was absolutely class today.
— Uber Chelsea FC (@UberCheIseaFC) January 8, 2017
Limited playing time for Batshuayi in his first Chelsea season thus far, but he’s made the most of them. 4G + 1A in just over 300 minutes.
— Jake Cohen (@JakeFCohen) January 8, 2017
“And then they said, Aguero and Zlatan are better than you”.. pic.twitter.com/pN1nTsBcDS
— Uber Chelsea FC (@UberCheIseaFC) January 8, 2017
@Cesc4Pass RLC played well too but out of Pedro and Chalobah i think Pedro just edges it
— Chelseafangirl (@NgoloMatic) January 8, 2017
Kante on for Willian. 11 against 11 again then.
— Uber Chelsea FC (@UberCheIseaFC) January 8, 2017
Give him game time and he will produce! Get in @mbatshuayi ! Up the Chelsea ❤⚽ #KTBFFH #CFC
— Jonny⚽ (@JonnyTolley) January 8, 2017
Still top of the league! With @HasanAlnaqour and @Chelsearory pic.twitter.com/wkBwJWhUTw
— Jake Cohen (@JakeFCohen) January 6, 2017
Waking up with a Chelsea victory is so greatttt
— #HeatNation (@LucasDayan23) January 8, 2017
The Blues fans welcomed Kurt Zouma back from injury, as the young defender made a first start post his return from a devastating knee injury:
Welcome back Kurt ZOUMA who plays his 1st @ChelseaFC game since Feb 2016. #CFC #Chelsea pic.twitter.com/Qpb1lC9t6N
— Chad (@ChelseaChadder) January 8, 2017
@ChelseaFC Very good game, also happy to see Zouma back and Batshuayi scoring. Just kill it during the second half.
— David Via ? (@dviamolina) January 8, 2017
Seeing this man as happy as this is amazing. So happy to be back playing. Good win. Good performance. pic.twitter.com/RQKcOLrCCA
— Ross (@ZoumaIdini) January 8, 2017
ZOUMA ZOUMA ZOUMA! https://t.co/C0BESboUPk
— Le Législateur خليف (@Le_Legislateur) January 8, 2017
Welcome back, @KurtZouma! pic.twitter.com/rPHhEHCvyI
— Conteholic (@Conteholic) January 8, 2017
Pedro #MOTM for sure , Welcome back Zouma #CFC
— Christian uwakwe (@christianuwakwe) January 8, 2017
La joie et la danse de Kurt Zouma sur le but de Willian ???
Quel plaisir de le revoir sur un terrain! #FRCFC pic.twitter.com/mFly2GNTM8— French Blues (@FrenchCFC) January 8, 2017