Chelsea ease their World Club Championship heartbreak by placing themselves into the semi-finals of the Capital One Cup. In their first match since returning from Japan on Monday, they had the unenviable task of travelling to Elland Road on a cold Tuesday night.
The Premiership side didn't get off to the best of starts when David Luiz gave the ball away which lead to an attack where Luciano Becchio put Leeds ahead eight minutes before half-time. Fortunately for Chelsea, they regained their strength in the second half and Juan Mata got a timely equaliser just two minutes after the restart.
Branislav Ivanovic headed Chelsea ahead on 64-minutes before Victor Moses virtually ended the match two minutes later. The score became 4-1 when substitute Eden Hazard put the ball past the poor Jamie Ashdown nine minutes from the end. Fernando Torres had an easy tap in to make it 5-1 and round the match off three minutes later.
Chelsea's prize of getting into the semi-finals sees them host the first leg against Swansea in the all Premiership tie. Aston Villa have a great chance of getting to Wembley as they face Bradford over the two legs, the second of which being at Villa Park.
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