Chelsea cruised into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup with a 5-1 win over Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge.
Both teams made a raft of changes from their weekend league games and it was Chelsea's squad that unsurprisingly proved far stronger than that of the Championship club. Despite a positive start from Forest, they were undone after just 13 minutes when an excellent cross from Antonio Rudiger was volleyed home by his fellow wing-back, Kenedy. Michy Batshuayi doubled the advantage six minutes later when he capitalised on neat work from Eden Hazard. Charly Musonda then scored his first senior goal for the Blues when he rifled home after latching onto a wonderful reverse pass from Cesc Fabregas to make it 3-0 at the break.