10-man Foxes throw away lead

Two Cesc Fabregas goals early in extra time helped Chelsea complete a dramatic 4-2 comeback to beat current Premiership holders Leicester City.

The foxes took the lead after 17 minutes. An Ahmed Musa cross was poorly cleared by Cesar Azpilicueta with the Spaniard chesting the ball straight to Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki who was quick to react to the loose ball and headed the ball just over the line.

Okazaki then got his second after 34 minutes again needing goal line technology to settle it. A great half volleyed pass by Andy King found the 30 year old striker whose miss-hit effort bounced over Asmir Begovic and just trickled over the line before Azpilicueta could clear it.

The Chelsea fightback kick started in first half stoppage time where a Cesc Fabregas corner picked out the unmarked Chelsea captain Gary Cahill at the back post and the skipper for the day comfortably headed it past Ron-Robert Zieler.

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A moment of sheer beauty in the 49th minute put Chelsea level. Ruben Loftus-Cheek's effort from the edge of the area was cleared by Danny Simpson straight to the feet of Azpilicueta who from 20 yards out smashed home a superb volley into the top corner of the net.

The hosts went down to 10 men just before the end of normal time after second half substitute Diego Costa was struck in the face by Marcin Wasilewski's arm. The Polish defender was already on a yellow card and his absence clearly had an lasting effect in extra time.

Two minutes into extra time the visitors showed their class to put them three two ahead. A clever one-two by Costa and fellow substitute Eden Hazard was completed by an audacious flick towards Cesc Fabregas who finished the move off scoring from 15 yards out.

The Spanish midfielder doubled his tally for the game and Chelsea's lead just two minutes later. A cross by Hazard that Zieler was unable to deal with rebounded out to Fabregas and with a thunderous half volley put his side side four two to the good.

The result sends Leicester out of the EFL Cup and Chelsea will be awaiting their fourth round opponents with the draw taking place on Wednesday evening. Chelsea manager Antonio Conte gave debuts to new signing Marcos Alonso and academy graduate Nathaniel Chalobah.