FA Cup: Morata scored a Brace as Chelsea defeat Nottingham Forest

Alvaro Morata scored twice as Chelsea defeat Nottingham Forest to move to the next round of the Emirates FA Cup at the Stamford Bridge.

Alvaro Morata scored first in the 49th minute to give the home team the lead after converting a great cross from Callum Hudson-Odoi. Morata scored again 10 minutes after his first goal to double the lead for Chelsea.

This is Chelsea’s first win of the year.

A major highlight of the match is when Cesc Fabregas bid farewell to the Stamford Bridge fans as this is the last game he will be playing for Chelsea. He is set to join AS Monaco this January.

Match Highlights

Starting XI

Chelsea:

Wilfredo Caballero

Davide Zappacosta

Andreas Christensen

David Luiz

Emerson

Cesc Fabregas

Ethan Ampadu

Ross Barkley

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

Alvaro Morata

Callum Hudson-Odoi

Nottingham Forest:

Luke Steele

Daniel Fox

Saidy Janko

Claudio Yacob

Tendayi Darikwa

Adlene Guedioura

Jack Colback

Ben Osborn

Joao Carvalho

Matty Cash

Daryl Murphy

Live Updates:

It is still goalless after 13 minutes of play.

No goal yet after 25 minutes of play.

Halftime at the Stamford Bridge and the game is still goalless.

Alvaro Morata scored in the 49th minute to give the home team the lead.

Morata scores again in the 59th minute to double the lead.

Its full time at the Stamford Bridge, Chelsea are through to the next round.

Livescore:

FT Chelsea 2 – 0 Nottingham Forest