Hull City 0-4 Chelsea: Neto bags hat-trick as Blues ease through, Delap shines

A Pedro Neto hat-trick fired Chelsea through to the FA Cup fifth round with a comfortable win at Championship Hull City.

Match Report

Back at a snowy MKM Stadium, Blues boss Liam Rosenior - a former Hull player and manager - had to wait until the 40th minute for his side to make the most of their dominance with the opening goal.

A lovely interchange of passes ended with Neto whipping a left-footed strike from just outside the box into the corner.

The Portugal international doubled Chelsea's lead five minutes after the break in bizarre circumstances.

Neto's swerving in-swinging corner evaded everyone and nestled into the net after bouncing through Hull keeper Dillon Phillips' legs.

Brazilian teenager Estevao made up for an earlier poor miss by slotting home in the 59th minute following clever hold-up play from Liam Delap, who spent a season on loan with the Tigers when Rosenior was in charge.

Neto sealed his hat-trick 19 minutes from time with a neat finish into the bottom corner as striker Delap recorded his third assist.

Hull, fourth in the Championship and pushing for promotion to the Premier League, almost pulled a goal back at the end but Lewis Koumas' poked effort struck the post.

Eight-time FA Cup winners Chelsea will find out their fifth-round opponents before Macclesfield host Brentford in Monday night's game.

Match Events

40' GOAL! Hull City 0-1 Chelsea (Pedro Neto)

52' GOAL! Hull City 0-2 Chelsea (Neto)

60' GOAL! Hull City 0-3 Chelsea (Estevao)

71' GOAL! Hull City 0-4 Chelsea (Pedro Neto)

Line-ups

Hull City XI: Egan, Paddy McNair, Amir Hadziahmetovic, Dillon Phillips, Lewie Coyle, Regan Slater, Liam Millar, Ryan Giles, Yu Hirakawa, Lewis Koumas, Cathal McCarthy

Subs: Lundstram, Kieran Dowell, Akin Famewo, Ivor Pandur, Joe Gelhardt, Cody Drameh, Matty Jacob, Kyle Joseph, Nathan Tinsdale

Chelsea XI: Reece James, Robert Sánchez, Pedro Neto, Wesley Fofana, Caicedo, Garnacho, Liam Delap, Mamadou Sarr, Jorrel Hato, Andrey Santos, Estêvão

Subs: Adarabioyo, Badiashile, João Pedro, Enzo, Gusto, Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Josh Acheampong, Shumaira Mheuka, Jesse Derry