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Commentary
1¹A corner fell to DOUÉ who fired the ball wide.
6¹A fine ball from DAVID on the left was collected by RÚBEN DIAS who mishit his effort just wide.
12¹The hapless Chelsea 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from HUTCHINSON dropped just over.
23¹CHALOBAH shot over.
24¹CUÉLLAR chipped the ball to HUTCHINSON who flicked it over.
28¹GOAL!! Benfica's SAMU beat two defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's righthand post. (1-0 Benfica)
29¹SAMU booked by the referee.
31¹GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was skillfully stroked into the net by DOIG. (1-1)
38¹GOAL!! A corner flew into the goalmouth and ANDRÉ fumbled the ball into his own net. (2-1 Benfica)
40¹DOUÉ headed just beyond the far post.
44¹The Chelsea 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful effort.
3²A accurate pass was collected by PEDRO and his right foot effort floated narrowly over.
5²A good effort from PEDRO scraped the upright.
22²GOAL!! A tackle from DOUÉ gave Chelsea a free-kick just outside the area which PEDRO thundered past the 'keeper. (2-2)
23²Uncertainty in the Chelsea defence enabled SAMU to hit an effort just beyond the near post.
29²DOUÉ's shot was well saved by the Chelsea 'keeper.
33²MOLINA rattled a simple chance past the near post.
34²DOUÉ steamed through the Chelsea defence but shot straight at the Chelsea 'keeper.
41²The Chelsea 'keeper blocked a lovely strike from PALMER.
5ª²GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled BATSHUAYI to nudge the ball into the back of the net. (3-2 Chelsea)
12ª²VITINHA fired a right foot shot over the bar from thirty yards out.
14ª²SAMU was put clear by PALMER and he stepped inside JENSEN but rammed his shot over.

 
Chelsea
 
League position: 1
Home league form: XWW-
Overall league form: XWWWWW--
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Peter JENSEN6 16½Lucas CHEVALIER
Trevoh CHALOBAH7 27 Nahuel MOLINA
Josh DOIG7 38 Jorrel HATO
Benjamin ANDRÉ7 47 Joshua KIMMICH
Jan BEDNAREK6½57½RÚBEN Santos DIAS
ÇAGLAR Söyüncü6 67 Mickey VAN DE VEN(c)
Omari HUTCHINSON7 77½Cole PALMER
(c)PEDRO Eliezer7 86½Désiré DOUÉ
(p)Michy BATSHUAYI6½97 SAMU(p)
(f)Mikkel DAMSGAARD7 106½VITINHA(f)
Jaume CUÉLLAR6 116 Jonathan DAVID
ManagerSteven Gibson
Shea CHARLES  12  Jurriën TIMBER
Ivo GRBIC  13  Guillaume RESTES
Bashir HUMPHREYS  14  Daniel VIVIAN
James TAVERNIER  158 Alberto MOLEIRO
Tyler ADAMS  166 Ferrán TORRES
 
Benfica
 
League position: 3
Away league form: WXX-
Overall league form: WWXXXW--
Formation: 4-4-2
Chelsea go through to the next round , after extra time
Statistics
Chelsea 3 Benfica 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 58,698, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Bruno Coué 6)

Doig 31¹, Pedro 22², Batshuayi 5ª²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Samu 28¹, André 38¹ (og)
 KimmichóMoleiro 23², van de VenóTorres 25²
  
 Samu 29¹
73
2912
38
37
811
1118
05
51%49%
Man of the match: Alberto Moleiro