Leicester City 1-2 Chelsea: 5 Talking Points
Goalscorers: Alvaro Morata 42', Pedro 105'; Jamie Vardy 76'
Chelsea became the fourth and final side to book their place in the semi-finals of the Emirates FA Cup when they beat Leicester City on a cold night under the lights at the King Power Stadium. The Blues were not handed any favours whatsoever from the hosts, who forced the game into extra time after Alvaro Morata's 42nd-minute strike was cancelled out by Jamie Vardy in the 76th minute.
Antonio Conte's men were forced to encounter a number of threats as soon as the second half began and Leicester quickly forced the initiative on the Premier League champions who struggled to keep the Foxes at bay.
Substitute Pedro leapt the highest to find the back of the net after a sublime delivery from N'Golo Kante coupled with an erratic decision to come out of his line from Kasper Schmeichel gifted Chelsea with the perfect escape route out of East Midlands.
On that note, let's have a closer look at the five major talking points from the riveting encounter between the two sides.
#1 Chelsea keep silverware hopes alive
The events that have unfolded at Chelsea over the course of the last 12 months have been somewhat astonishing to say the least. Antonio Conte's men were the team to beat in England last season as they cruised to yet another Premier League title by the end of the campaign.
However, things have hardly been the same ever since they started their current campaign under the Italian. There have been a number of issues that has bothered Conte this term which include Chelsea's inability to compete with their rivals in terms of transfer market activity and decision making.
The FA Cup is Chelsea's only chance of salvaging a season which has been very mediocre otherwise after they crashed out of the UEFA Champions League against Barcelona in the round of 16 tie during midweek. The defending champions are also struggling to keep up with the race for the top four and are currently five points away from fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur.
Chelsea will face Southampton in the semi-finals of the competition and will be hoping to reach the finals and taste some silverware unlike last year, where they lost to rivals Arsenal.