Guus Hiddink wants Chelsea to avoid FA Cup upset

Branislav Ivanovic whipped in a cross from the right and Costa managed to muscle his way in between two defenders to force the ball home in to the corner of the goal.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has all the attributes to match the impact of Tottenham’s Dele Alli, according to Chelsea team-mate Gary Cahill.

However, on 68 minutes Loftus-Cheek made a great run into the box and Cesar Azpilicueta’s cutback found him perfectly, the midfielder finishing clinically to make it 2-0.

That meant the pressure was certainly on, but Loftus-Cheek’s goal managed to take the “pressure off”, killing the game at 2-0.

He posted a photograph of him celebrating his goal and wrote: “Amazing feeling!”

“I’ve started to know them now I’ve been working with them”.

Chelsea is 14th in the 20-team topflight but is on top of at least one Premier League table, after annual figures released by the club on Friday showed it pays more in player wages than any other team.

But it was only previous year that Chelsea suffered a humiliating FA Cup fourth round exit against third tier Bradford at the Bridge. If you look at attributes, he’s got all of it. It’s just how he progresses.

Kenedy and Bertrand Traoré also came on later in the second half and, for the first time in months, the path into the first team for these young players became clear again.

“In my first spell at PSV Eindhoven, where we had a very strong team – we went all the way through the European Cup at the time – I had very strong characters, like Eric Gerets, like Soren Lerby, like Ronald Koeman, who were very eager to win and they liked to go on the edge”. I said, ‘Take the podium.’ He apologised for his over-reacting and then they looked at each other and they started laughing.

“We were aiming to get into the next round of the FA Cup”. Diego Costa and Oscar are supposed to have had a bust up in training midweek, while some think that’s a bad sign I generally see it as a good thing.

The 2014-15 Premier League champions threatened to overrun their opponents as Fabregas and Pedro were denied by Daniels, with Oscar firing another chance just wide.

“But I’m proud of the lads”.

Scunthorpe rarely threatened their Premier League hosts in a first half in which Chelsea’s forward line created a number of goal-scoring opportunities, many of which were a result of some good movement between players.

“Costa, who won the Copa del Rey with Atletico de Madrid in 2013, said, “‘To win the way we did at Crystal Palace gives us confidence going into Sunday’s match, especially in a competition such as the FA Cup which has a lot of history.