Chelsea progressed safely by to the FA Cup fifth spherical with a 4-0 win over Hull, led by a hat-trick from Pedro Neto and a second-half objective from Estevao after a aggressive opening hour.
Hull started nicely and created an early likelihood when Liam Millar caught Reece James in possession and squared for Lewis Koumas, who couldn’t direct his effort on course.
Chelsea quickly settled and may have led inside 20 minutes. Alejandro Garnacho pressured a save from Matt Phillips and Neto’s rebound was blocked, whereas Estevao later rounded the goalkeeper however by some means lifted his end over an open objective.
Liam Delap additionally hit the crossbar after closing down Phillips but hesitated on the follow-up, permitting the keeper to get better.
Chelsea’s strain finally advised within the fortieth minute. Delap laid the ball again to Neto outdoors the field and the winger curled a left-footed end into the underside nook to provide the guests a half-time lead.
Hull struggled to maintain many assaults after the break and Chelsea gained better management of possession. The second objective arrived simply earlier than the hour when Garnacho drove ahead from midfield and slipped a cross into Neto, who opened his physique and completed low previous Phillips from inside the world.
The sport moved past Hull shortly afterwards. Estevao made amends for his earlier miss by assembly a cut-back from Malo Gusto and guiding a end into the far nook.
With area opening because the hosts drained, Chelsea continued to create probabilities and Neto accomplished his hat-trick late on, amassing a cross on the sting of the field and placing a agency effort past the goalkeeper.
Hull continued to compete however hardly ever threatened Robert Sanchez, and the guests managed the closing levels with none actual alarm.
