Road to Wembley - Oh Roubles!

Well despite taking a shock lead the Chelskites amongst you must have been relieved that the Blues quality finally showed through, although to be fair after a tough week they worked very hard and displayed all the resilience Luiz Felipe Scolari asked for as they came from a goal down to beat Southend in a tough FA Cup third round replay.

ADAM BARRETT headed the hosts into a shock lead from a corner, while Alex Revell also stung Petr Cech's palms But otherwise it was one-way traffic and after MICHAEL BALLACK'S drive made it 1-1, SALOMAN KALOU slid in a second.

Bad boy and Premier League top scorer NICOLAS ANELKA and FRANK LAMPARD each then poked in as Chelsea ran away with it, with Ipswich up next for the Blues as they take over as our N&R Road to Wembley team.

Even Lampard's late strike was little more than Chelsea deserved, despite a brave backs-to-the-wall performance from Southend, who belied their position 56 places behind the Blues down in League One with a performance full of heart and

Southend manager Steve Tilson:
"I could not be prouder of the players. It was fantastic to take the lead and we gave it a real go on the night.
"We knew that set-pieces were going to be our best chance to score and that proved the case - to be honest, I think the save from Revell was the turning point because if that had gone in, who knows what would have happened.
"At the end of the day, we have had a great run in the FA Cup with plenty of memories and the fans were superb."

Shrimpers: Mildenhall, Sankofa, Barrett, Clarke, Herd, Revell (Betsy 86), Grant (Francis 80), Moussa, Christophe, Stanislas, Barnard (Freedman 73).
Subs Not Used: Joyce, Walker, O'Keefe.
Att: 11,314