Chelsea vs Manchester City player ratings: Is Eden Hazard back to his best in a Blues shirt?
Chelsea 5 Manchester City 1
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea secured a 5-1 victory over Manchester City in their FA Cup fifth-round tie at Stamford Bridge on Sunday after a fine attacking performance.
Chelsea started off the better of the two teams - unsurprisingly given Guus Hiddink fielded a strong side - and came closest to opening the scoring just minutes into the game when Cesc Fabregas combined with Pedro to free the winger and allow him to side-foot his effort towards goal.
Unfortunately for the Spaniard, he drove just wide and the Blues' best chance was not capitalised upon.
But Chelsea took a deserved lead shortly after when Fabregas linked up superbly with Eden Hazard, who crossed the ball to Costa, who in acres of space, then headed past Caballero.
However, Chelsea were left stunned when just a minute later, City went down the other end in a beautiful counter-attacking move and equalised through David Faupala.
Willian, though, proved the difference after the break after he gave Chelsea the lead before Gary Cahill combined with the impressive Hazard to extend the home side's advantage by two goals.
But who was the star man at the Bridge? See below for our player ratings?
Hazard then capped off one of his best showings of the season when he fired in a free kick in the 66th minute before substitute Bertrand Traore got another goal to end the game 5-1.
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