Chelsea beat Leicester City and set up an FA Cup semi-final with Southampton at Wembley on March 18. -Collected
A goal by substitute Pedro put Chelsea into the FA Cup semi-final with a 2-1 win away to Leicester City after extra time on Sunday.Earlier the home team's England international Jamie Vardy had equalised following Alvaro Morata's first goal of 2018. With no replays from the quarter-finals onwards, 30 extra minutes were required, in which Pedro headed in a cross by former Leicester midfielder N'Golo Kante.
Manager Antonio Conte, knowing this is his last chance of a trophy this season, must hope the victory is an omen. The previous three times Chelsea have knocked Leicester out, in 1997, 2000 and 2012, they won the competition. In the semi-final at Wembley they will face Southampton, the lowest placed of the four teams left.
Morata finished well to open the scoring just before halftime after Riyad Mahrez lost possession and Willian instigated a swift counter-attack and played the striker in with a perfect through pass. Left out of Spain's squad for two forthcoming friendlies after a run of poor form, the 58 million pound ($81 million) signing from Real Madrid had not been on the score-sheet since 26 Dec.
-Reuters
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