Chelsea’s Pedro Neto celebrates scoring their fourth aim. Photograph: REUTERS
KINGSTON UPON HULL:
Chelsea eased into the FA Cup fifth spherical as Pedro Neto’s hat-trick impressed a 4-0 win at Hull on Liam Rosenior’s return to the membership that sacked him two years in the past.
Rosenior’s facet took the lead by Neto’s excellent first-half strike earlier than the Portugal ahead netted once more after the break.
Estevao Willian scored Chelsea’s third and Neto accomplished his treble to wrap up the fourth spherical rout on the MKM Stadium.
It was an emotional night for Blues boss Rosenior as he confronted the membership that ruthlessly severed their lengthy relationship with him in 2024.
Rosenior supported Hull as a toddler alongside his season-ticket holding grandmother, performed for the membership throughout 5 years and managed them for 2 seasons.
He was sacked after narrowly failing to achieve the Championship play-offs amid criticism of his crew’s conservative techniques.
Regardless of the painful finish to his time at Hull, the 41-year-old stated it was an “wonderful factor” to return to Humberside and he took full benefit of the prospect to indicate his outdated membership what they’d missed out on.
“This membership means quite a bit not simply to me but in addition my household for a lot of causes,” Rosenior stated.
“I do hope they make the Premier League this 12 months, however due to our angle and utility, that’s what gave us the platform to win tonight.”
Rosenior has made a powerful begin at Chelsea since arriving from Strasbourg to interchange Enzo Maresca in January, profitable eight out of his first 11 matches in all competitions.
He made seven adjustments, with Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernandez and Joao Pedro amongst these to overlook out, however Chelsea had been nonetheless too sturdy for the Championship promotion chasers.
“Pedro Neto has been excellent, he works so arduous and has a lot high quality. I am delighted to see him get the targets,” Rosenior stated.
“Essentially the most pleasing facet was the mentality. It was a very sturdy efficiency when it comes to the psychological utility it is advisable to achieve success. Everybody labored actually arduous for one another.”
Chelsea dominated possession to such an extent that it was little shock after they lastly made the breakthrough within the fortieth minute.
Liam Delap teed up Neto and he whipped an excellent end into the nook from 20 yards.
Andrey Santos’ towering header was pushed over by Dillon Phillips after the interval and, from the ensuing nook, Chelsea doubled their lead within the 51st minute.
Neto’s inswinger caught Phillips flat-footed on the close to submit, bouncing by his legs with out a contact from both crew.
Chelsea had blown a two-goal benefit of their 2-2 draw with Leeds within the Premier League on Tuesday.
However there was no likelihood of a repeat and Estevao grabbed their third with a composed end from 12 yards within the 59th minute.
Neto made it 4 within the 71st minute, caressing a low end previous Phillips from Delap’s lay-off.
Wrexham beat fellow Championship facet Ipswich 1-0 in Friday’s different fourth spherical tie.
The Welsh membership, owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac, are into the final 16 for the primary time since 1996-97.
