Chelsea survive seven-goal thriller as Man City escape easily
Chelsea survived a seven-goal thriller against Wolves to progress to the EFL Cup quarter-finals on a night which also saw Manchester City leapfrog Swansea City and win for Crystal Palace, Arsenal and holders Newcastle.
The highlight of the action undoubtedly came at Molineux, where goals from Andrey Santos and Tyrique George in the first quarter of an hour gave Chelsea a commanding lead over the side currently rooted to the foot of the Premier League.
Estevao then added a third before the break with Enzo Maresca's cruiser side.
It seemed a victory for the Blues was almost a foregone conclusion at halftime. However, Tolu Arokodare started Wolves' fightback by pulling one back after the restart before David Wolfe reduced the deficit to one after 73 minutes.
Things got even more nervy for the visitors when Liam Delap was sent off late on. However, Chelsea's total capitulation failed to materialize when, with just a minute left in the 90, Jamie Gittens unleashed a sublime off-foot strike to restore the two-goal lead.
Wolfe then doubled his tally in stoppage time, but the 10 visitors took advantage of the remaining seconds to advance to the last eight.
Swansea City 1-3 Manchester City
Pep Guardiola's side made easy work of their league opponents with a comfortable victory in South Wales.
But City had a scare from the start when Goncalo Franco opened the scoring for the hosts in the 12th minute.
Any hopes of a cup clash were ended in the 39th minute, Jeremy Doku equalizing the tie to calm the nerves of the visiting support.
In the absence of Erling Haaland, who was rested for the match, City looked elsewhere for goals. And they arrived with less than 15 minutes remaining in the match.
First, Omar Marmoush fired a fierce strike into the roof of the net from a tight angle before Rayan Cherki sealed victory in the 94th minute with a neat finish into the box.
2025-10-29 22:21:00
