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FA Cup: MK Dons 1-5 Chelsea

Updated: 01 February 2016 16:40 IST - Published: 31 January 2016 21:21 IST
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FT: MK Dons 1-5 Chelsea - Chelsea are through to the fifth round of the FA Cup after a five goal rout of their hosts. The Blues were utterly dominant throughout the game with Oscar scoring a first half hat-trick, while Potter scored the only goal of the game for the Dons. Eden Hazard tucked in a penalty to finally end his goal drought, while Bertrand Traore completed the scoring for the visitors. The draw for the fifth round of the FA Cup takes place later tonight.
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90+1' The referee blows the final whistle
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90' The referee adds a minute of injury time, perhaps with a view to end MK Dons' misery
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87' Willian is down with an injury after a kick to his shin
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86' Despite the scoreline, MK Dons have been decent going forward, and have been let down by their defence tonight
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84' Powell is straight into the action, as the Englishman's mazy run ends with a shot that requires Courtois to make a good save
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82' - Carruthers goes off to be replaced by Daniel Powell
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81' Willian's free kick is straight down Martin's throat, allowing the keeper to catch the ball comfortably
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80' Spence goes into the book for bringing down Baba Rahman on the edge of the box
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78' Chelsea nearly make it six. Baba Rahman is played through into space of the left edge of the box, but Traore screws the Ghanain's cut-back wide
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75' Walsh is yellow carded for a foul on Loftus-Cheek
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74' Fabregas nearly catches out Martin from a narrow angle, after the Spaniard was cleverly put through by a reverse pass from Pedro
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72' MK Dons lost to Southampton 6-0 in the League Cup earlier in the season, and have reverted to 10 men behind the ball to avoid a similar scoreline. Too little too late.
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70' The game has descended into little more than a training exercise with both sides aware that the game is probably over as a contest
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67' It's only been 67 minutes, yet the 'Oles' are out early, as Chelsea's away fans turn up the noise with their side's four goal lead
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64' Pedro comes on for Hazard
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64' Willian comes on for Oscar
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62' Chelsea have a fifth! Bertrand Traore completes the rout, calmly stroking the ball into the net with his left foot after Hazard set him up with a left wing cross
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61' Hall's long range effort requires a finger tip save from Courtois, earing the Dons a corner, which is worked to Murphy, who takes a tumble but Moss waves away the penalty appeals
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57' Bertrand Traore comes on for Diego Costa
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55' Hazard scores his 1st goal of the season! The Belgian calmly slots the ball to the keeper's left with Martin diving the wrong way
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54' Referee John Moss takes his time to award a penalty, but the call was rather harsh. Hazard is leaned on by his marker but takes a tumble with only minimal contact
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52' Hazard nearly works his way through after a quick one-two at the edge of the box, but his touch lets him down
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50' Chelsea are finding space much harder to come by, as the Dons are far tighter in defence, but a regulation long ball nearly catches Dons keeper Martin out with Costa charging at him.
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48' MK Dons have improved slightly after the break, as they earn a corner early into the second half
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46' Chelsea kickoff the second half
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The second half is about to kick off, with Chelsea making their way from the tunnel, but MK Dons take their time. Presumably their manager had a few harsh words to say
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HT: MK Dons 1-3 Chelsea - A first half hat-trick from Oscar gives the Blues a comfortable lead going into the break. Chelsea ripped apart the Dons defence countless times, and could have easily scored 5 or 6 as Hazard and Costa spurned easy chances. Darren Potter equalised for MK Dons midway through the first half with a deflected strike, but the hosts were unable to take advantage of their good fortune, allowing Chelsea to come back and assert their superiority going into break.
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45+2' The first half ends as the referee blows his whistle
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45' 2 minutes of injury time
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44' Oscar completes a first half hat-trick, evading a couple of half-hearted challenges as he runs along the edge of the box, and curls the ball into the top corner with a sweet right footed shot
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43' Chelsea play their way through the MK Dons defence again, as Loftus-Cheek and Hazard combine on the wing to set up Oscar, but the Brazilian's shot drifts wide
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41' Forster-Caskey takes a shot from range, but his wild effort flies over the bar
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40' Chelsea are comfortably in the ascendancy, as MK Dons are unable to exert any pressure on the Blues
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35' The Dons have thrown away their good fortune in equalising, with Chelsea all over them
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32' Chelsea finally retake the lead! Loftus-Cheek plays in Oscar behind the defence, and the Brazilian strikes home a powerful effort from a narrow angle past Martin
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31' MK Dons have another free kick from the left
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