Thomas Tuchel had to do without his striker Lukaku and Werner, both missed. Ralph Hasenhüttl wanted to build a small series with his team, the Saints had been unbeaten after a weak start of the season.
Southampton holds 90 minutes
The blues came well into the game and underlined their ambitions on the progress through good possibilities of Saul (7.) and Hvertz (17th) early. Southampton also played strongly, but could not develop any compelling scoring opportunities. Shortly before the break, the hosts cracked the strong defensive of the Saints: Hanctz sank a corner by header to 1: 0 pause guide on the net (44.).
The response of the guests did not last long after the break: Adams dusted a shot of Tella in the 47th minute and equalized the score. Then it came to large opportunities on both sides, but no team could use their own ways. The Saints pushed again to the victory goal just before the end, Kepa had to parry twice in the 93rd minute and kept the draw. Since there is no extension in this competition, it went directly into the penalty shooting.
Chelsea ice cold - walcott and smallbone shame
Here the hosts retained the nerves to transform all the shooters out of Mount. For the saints, Walcott only met the post, Smallbone pounded the ball over the latte. Reece James converted the decisive penalty cool and promoted Chelsea to the next round.
Even if the saints in penalties moved the shorter, guests made a strong game against the reigning Champions League winner. Chelsea is located on Saturday at the league at Newcastle United, for Southampton it goes to Watford (both games Saturday, 2 pm, live! At Ralph Hasenhüttl).
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