Chelsea hammer Port Vale 7-0 for FA Cup semi-final ticket

Wahala don finish for Chelsea as dem hammer Port Vale 7-0 for FA Cup quarter-final match wey play for Stamford Bridge. The Blues show say dem still get power, especially after two weeks wey dem dey face plenty wahala off the pitch. Manager Liam Rosenior talk say im happy with how the players show energy and intensity for the game.

Jorrel Hato start the scoring just after one minute, dem shoot ball enter net after Port Vale no clear corner well. Joao Pedro add second goal for 25th minute, im take im time before im pick corner from close range. Cole Palmer score third goal before half-time, im just poke ball enter net after Malo Gusto shot come back.

Second half na total domination. Tosin Adarabioyo head ball enter net from Gusto cross for fourth goal. Andrey Santos head in fifth goal, then Estevao tap in sixth after Alejandro Garnacho shot hit post. Garnacho finish am with penalty for stoppage time after Tyler Magloire bring am down.

Manager Rosenior talk say im tell players for half-time to play like say score dey 0-0. “I think the players were outstanding in terms of carrying that out,” im yarn. Rosenior also praise Estevao wey just come back from injury, say “There is no ceiling for him. We’ve missed him. He comes in and just plays.”

Tosin Adarabioyo wey score one of the goals talk say dem want to end season with trophy. “That’s the aim, we want to end the season with a trophy. Our aim is to get to the final and win the trophy,” im tell BBC Sport.

But not everything sweet for Chelsea. Cole Palmer wey dem give captain armband for the game no perform well like before. Some people dey wonder wetin be im role for this team now. Palmer lose plenty duels, dem dispossess am four times, and im no complete any dribble. Even when im get chance to score, im fluff am.

For Port Vale side, na big disappointment. Dem be League One bottom club wey dey almost certain to go down to fourth tier next season. But dem reach FA Cup quarter-final for first time since 1954, and about 6,000 fans travel come support dem for Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea no play Enzo Fernandez for this match after im comments wey cast doubt about im future for the club. Marc Cucurella start for bench after im own comments about club transfer policy disappoint Rosenior. The manager talk say: “You’ll see in the coming weeks, there’ll be things that happen around this football club that will actually speak louder than words.”

Now Chelsea don join Manchester City for FA Cup semi-final. City hammer Liverpool 4-0 for their own quarter-final match with Erling Haaland hat-trick. Chelsea next match na against Manchester City for Premier League next weekend, and dem need good performance to improve their chance for top four.

For records, Chelsea na first team to score seven or more goals for FA Cup quarter-final since Liverpool beat Birmingham City 7-0 for 2005-06 season. Dem reach FA Cup semi-final for 28th time, only Manchester United and Arsenal reach am more times. Estevao wey score and assist for the game na youngest player to do am for Premier League side since Bukayo Saka for Arsenal.