Chelsea survived a scare against a lively Luton Town to scrape through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
The Championship side opened the scoring with the first attack of the game as Reece Burke flicked a header into the back of the net. Saul Niguez equalised for the Blues but Harry Cornick restored the lead. However, Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku struck to flip the game on its head.
Luton boss Nathan Jones made five changes from their 1-0 win over Derby County at the weekend.
James Bree, Kal Naismith, Allan Campbell, Henri Lansbury and Elijah Adebayo were replaced by Peter Kioso, Carlos Mendes Gomes, Luke Berry, Admiral Muskwe and captain Dan Potts.
Thomas Tuchel rung even more changes of his own. Only Mason Mount and Antonio Rudiger remained in the starting XI, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek intriguingly brought in at centre-back.
The hosts raced into the lead inside two minutes. Berry’s corner was headed home with ease by Burke.
Chelsea seemed stunned with Kepa Arrizabalaga, fresh from his Carabao Cup final penalty miss on Sunday, having to be alert to snuff out a cross.
Having made a quick start Jones’ side then suffered a blow. Goalkeeper Jed Steer rolled his ankle while racing Lukaku to a loose ball, and he had to be replaced by Harry Isted.
They nearly doubled their lead, though, after Malang Sarr miscued a back-pass and conceded a corner. Kepa flung the ball away in frustration before being forced into a save at close-range from Dan Potts’ header.
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