Chelsea ratings v Luton: Sarr 3, Lukaku 7, Werner 9

Blues edge into FA Cup quarter-finals after a day of turmoil

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  CHELSEA RATINGS: Kepa Arrizabalaga 5 - A bizarre few days continued as he found himself picking the ball out of the net inside two minutes as Reece Burke’s looping header had him rooted, and he was comfortably beaten by a fine Harry Cornick finish. AP

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  Antonio Rudiger 6 - Very much the experienced head in the Chelsea back three, but you wouldn’t have known as the visitors were at sixes and sevens from the first whistle. Hammered an ambitious strike straight into Lukaku, but he was much better after the break. AFP

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  Ruben Loftus-Cheek 7 - Looked out of his comfort zone and found himself on the wrong side of the impressive Burke as Luton threatened to add a second inside 10 minutes. More assured after the interval and he picked out Timo Werner with a fine pass the German made it 2-2. AP

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  Malang Sarr 3 - Beaten to the ball by Burke who headed an excellent opener and he was punished for taking a needless risk when he tried to play the offside trap which presented Cornick with the hosts’ second and led to Sarr receiving a yellow card for dissent. AP

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  Callum Hudson-Odoi 4 - Didn’t have much chance to influence the game as Chelsea’s success came through Saul and Mount. When he did try to play, he didn’t quite get enough on the return ball to Antonio Rudiger and Luton raced down the pitch to make it 2-1. Getty

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  Jorginho 5 - Normally so assured, but the Italian failed to stamp his authority on the tie and Chelsea were completely take apart in the middle as Luton restored their lead with a brilliant counter. AP

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  Saul Niguez 8 - Showed brilliant feet to skip away down the left only to shove his opponent to the ground and he was lucky to avoid a booking for blasting the ball away in frustration. He played some neat stuff though and levelled with a lovely finesse strike. AP

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  Kenedy 7 – Almost turned the game on its head when he latched onto a loose ball and unleashed an absolute piledriver that was beaten away by Harry Isted. Kept chipping away and did well to recycle an overhit Rudiger cross as Chelsea started the second half brightly. Reuters

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  Mason Mount 8 - Showed his quality for the first time when he picked out the run of Saul at the back post and he was involved again in the equaliser, feeding the intelligent run of Werner, before creating yet another chance when he pulled the ball back for Lukaku. AP

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  Romelu Lukaku 7 - Forced yet another save from Isted when his low effort was tipped around the post, but he finally struck gold when he stabbed home after more good work from Werner. 15 goals for the season now for the Belgian. AFP

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  Timo Werner 9 - Involved in every Chelsea goal. He produced an excellent run to pick up Mount’s pass and find Saul’s before making it 2-2 when he took the ball down and calmly rolled into the corner, and he completed a fine night’s work when he delivered for Lukaku to slide home. Reuters

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  SUBS: Christian Pulisic (on for Kenedy, 62) 6 - A couple of runs in and around the Luton penalty area, but he didn’t really have much opportunity to make an impact. Getty

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  Harvey Vale (on for Hudson-Odoi, 62) 6 - A fourth senior appearance for the 18-year-old who replaced the ineffective Hudon-Odoi. PA

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  Reece James (on for Jorginho, 76) NR - Brought on to tighten things up. Survived a late handball shout and managed to hook the ball away to safety. AP

Chelsea capped another seismic day in the Stamford Bridge club’s history by narrowly avoiding an FA Cup shock, edging past Luton 3-2 at Kenilworth Road.

Romelu Lukaku tapped home Timo Werner’s cross late on to thwart the Hatters’ dreams of a first quarter-final since 1994, on the day when Roman Abramovich signalled the impending end of his Blues reign.

Werner scored and made both Chelsea’s other goals on a solid night for the Germany forward, with Saul Niguez also clipping home.

But any notions of a nice and easy night were scotched as soon as the unchallenged Reece Burke thumped in a second-minute header for the second-tier hosts.

Harry Cornick’s collected finish put Luton 2-1 up at half-time and dreaming of a major upset over last season’s beaten FA Cup finalists.

But Chelsea’s extra power and nous eventually applied enough of a squeeze to subdue the Hatters.

And so Chelsea step into the sixth round, with eyes still firmly on another final having lost Sunday’s League Cup showpiece to Liverpool on penalties.

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