Chelsea 1-1 Inter (5-4 on pen): Birthday boy Pedro nets as Sarri maintains winning start

Caballero proved the difference in the shoot-out while Alvaro Morata impressed as Chelsea beat Inter on penalties.

Penalty shootout

Round 1: Chelsea O Inter O

Round 2: Chelsea O Inter O

Round 3: Chelsea O Inter O

Round 4: Chelsea O Inter X

Round 5: Chelsea O Inter O

Match Events

5' OFFSIDE! Morata scores but the flag is raised!

BALL IN THE NET...DISALLOWED! The pressure nearly tells. Fabregas lofts a clever ball into the danger area and Morata powers a header into the roof of the net. Neat finish. But the linesman raises his flag. That looked tight.

8' GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Inter (Pedro)

Outstanding from Morata. He has the look of a man with a point to prove. D'Ambrosio tries to allow the ball to run out for a goal kick but Morata snaps at his heels and keeps it in. He's quick to get his shot away from a tight angle. It's palmed clear but straight to Pedro from eight yards who stabs it home. Deserved lead for Chelsea.

12' Alonso's free-kick over the crossbar

20' CLOSE! Icardi misses great chance

36' CHANCE! Politano's shot wide out

43' Handanovic's feint sends Morata to ground

49' GOAL! Chelsea 1-1 Inter (Gagliardini)

Caballero can't stop this one - although he probably should have. Icardi again is the architect. He waits for the runner after an error from Bakayoko. That runner is Gagliardini, who steadies himself and fires a low shot through the goalkeeper

61' SAVE! Caballero stops Gagliardini's long shot

82' Handanovic magically denies Jorginho's shot

SAVE! Hudson-Odoi feeds Jorginho about 25 yards out and he looks for the top corner. He catches it brilliantly and it swerves towards the net but Handanovic gets a fine hand to it. Tips it away

90mins: Chelsea beat Inter on penalty shootout

Round 1: Chelsea O Inter O

Round 2 Chelsea O Inter O

Round 3 Chelsea O Inter O

Round 4 Chelsea O Inter X

Round 5 Chelsea O Inter O

MATCH REPORT

Alvaro Morata pressed his claims to remain Chelsea's first-choice striker with an encouraging display in a penalty shoot-out win over Inter in the International Champions Cup on Saturday.

Questioned for an unconvincing debut season at Stamford Bridge, the reported AC Milan target turned in a promising 65 minutes as the Blues prevailed from the spot following a 1-1 draw in normal time.

Willy Caballero also enjoyed a measure of redemption in Nice as the goalkeeper put a forgettable World Cup behind him by denying Milan Skriniar and giving Chelsea a 5-4 shoot-out success for their second straight win under Maurizio Sarri.

Morata was particularly influential early on, going it alone in the eighth minute with a superb turn and shot that fell kindly for Pedro to tuck away the opener, just as he did in the 1-0 defeat of Perth Glory that kicked-started the Sarri era.

The early strike would not be enough on this occasion, though, as Inter stemmed the tide and equalised soon after half-time through Roberto Gagliardini.

Both sides failed to put away late opportunities to snatch victory in normal time and Chelsea ultimately held their nerve, keeping their winning run intact ahead of a meeting with Arsenal in Dublin on Wednesday.

Line-ups

Chelsea XI: Cesc Fàbregas, David Luiz, Pedro, Álvaro Morata, Marcos Alonso, Ross Barkley, Jorginho, Davide Zappacosta, Ethan Ampadu, Callum Hudson-Odoi, M. Bulka

Subs: Robert Green, César Azpilicueta, Victor Moses, Willy Caballero, Daniel Drinkwater, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Emerson, Lucas Piazon, Antonio Rüdiger, Charly Musonda, Andreas Christensen, Tammy Abraham

Internazionale XI: Samir Handanovic, Antonio Candreva, Kwadwo Asamoah, Stefan de Vrij, Danilo D'Ambrosio, Milan Skriniar, Mauro Icardi, Matteo Politano, Roberto Gagliardini, Dalbert, Xian Emmers

Subs: Tommaso Berni, Radja Nainggolan, Daniele Padelli, Borja Valero, Andrea Ranocchia, Yann Karamoh, Lautaro Martínez, Marco Sala, Eddie Salcedo, V. Dekic, R. Nolan, G. Zappa, M. Rorič, Elian Demirovic