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The Liam Rosenior era Chelsea started with a victory after goals from Jorrel Hato, Tosin Adarabioyo, Marc Guiu and Pedro Neto secured a 5-1 win over Charlton in FA Cup Third round.
The former Strasbourg manager was officially confirmed as Blues boss on Tuesday and his first outing with the London club was a happy one as they ran out comfortable winners at The Valley.
The scoreline perhaps did a slight disservice to the hosts, who for periods gave their Premier League visitors plenty to think about and pulled one back through Miles Leaburn.
But, in the end, Chelsea’s clinical edge made the difference, adding luster to the result late on to advance to the next round.
The Rosenior era begins emphatically
The hosts started brightly, but the Blues eventually began to take control. The lively Jamie Gittens had a couple of efforts on goal early on before Josh Acheampong was pushed around the post by diving Will Mannion.
Gittens went close again before Hato scored the first goal of the Rosenior era when he lashed Guiu’s header across the box from 15 yards.
Five minutes after the break the visitors added a second when Facundo Buonanotte’s whipped free-kick at the near post was guided past Mannion by Tosin.
But just when it looked like Chelsea were about to hit cruise control, The Valley erupted in joy after Leaburn, a former Blues youth player, reduced the deficit by smashing the ball home after Filip Jorgensen had kept out Lloyd Jones’ initial header.
The elation at home, however, proved short-lived. Five minutes later, Guiu regained the two-goal lead by scoring after Mannion parried a Buonanotte effort.
Substitutes Estevao and Fernandez then saw efforts saved by the Charlton goalscorer before the Argentine scored from the penalty spot with the final kick of the game after Neto had scored minutes earlier.
