Samuel Eto’o, buoyed by last week’s hat-trick against Manchester United, came close to giving the hosts the lead in the second minute after turning and firing a shot which went narrowly wide.

Chelsea continued to have the upper hand. And they got the goal they were looking for in the 27th minute. Oscar curling in a pin-point perfect free-kick for his ninth goal of the season to put the Londoners 1-0 up. This, a great angle to watch this goal from.

Five minutes before the break and it's that man again who's through on goal, this time though his shot comes back off the post.

Just after the restart, Andre Schurrle also fired one against the post as the hosts continued their assault on the Stoke goal.

Seven minutes from time they had another effort on goal with David Luiz smashing this piledriver, which Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic did well to save. But 1-0 was the final score, seeing them through to the next round.

"Our priority for the season is to improve. The best way to improve is (through) difficult things. Play against the best team twice in fifteen days in their stadium. The stadium where they win every game. The stadium where they smash every team. The stadium where they score four or five goals every game, even against the big teams like Arsenal and Tottenham and (Manchester) United. It’s a good thing for us." Chelsea Manager Jose Mourinho said.