Chelsea vs Southampton LIVE: Carabao Cup result, final score and penalty shootout reaction
Relive all the action live from Stamford Bridge
Chelsea needed penalties to advance in the Carabao Cup for a second consecutive round as they edged past Southampton with a 4-3 shoot-out victory at Stamford Bridge following a 1-1 draw.
Reece James again provided the decisive kick, just as he did against Aston Villa in the previous round, with Theo Walcott and Will Smallbone missing for the Saints.
Kai Havertz headed Chelsea into the lead seconds before half-time, guiding a header into the bottom corner from a corner.
But Southampton would force spot-kicks when Che Adams fired in on the rebound after Kyle Walker-Peters’ effort was saved by the legs of Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Across London, Calum Chambers scored his first goal in more than two years before Eddie Nketiah punished his former club to send Arsenal into the quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Leeds.
Chambers scored with his first touch of the night after coming off the bench to replace the injured Benjamin White 10 minutes into the second half.
And former Leeds loanee made sure of the Gunners’ place in the quarter-finals when he punished a mistake from Liam Cooper, whose defensive header never had the power to reach Illan Meslier.
Instead Nketiah skipped through, lifting the ball over the goalkeeper before watching his scuffed finish tuck just inside the post as Leeds defenders scrambled to get back.
The result means Arsenal have now won six of their last eight in all competitions, and are unbeaten since August.
It also went to penalties at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium, where League One Sunderland dumped out QPR with a 3-1 shoot-out victory after a goalless draw.
Charlie Austin thought he had scored a late winner to send QPR into the last eight for the first time since 1988.
But a tight offside call went against the home side, and Austin’s misery continued when his spot-kick - the first of the shoot-out - was saved by Sunderland goalkeeper Lee Burge.
He was not the only culprit, though, with Ilias Chair and Yoann Barbet failing to find the target from the spot as QPR went out to League One opposition for a fourth year in a row.
Chelsea 1 - 1 Southampton
Mason Mount for Chelsea, can he score?
NO! Great save from Forster to his right as well. It was an easy height for him to get across to.
Penalties: Chelsea 1 - 1 Southampton
Theo Walcott comes up for Southampton. He sends his spot kick to Arrizabalaga’s right and the goalkeeper saves it!
Penalties: Chelsea 1 - 1 Southampton
Chelsea’s captain this evening, Marcos Alonso, is up first for the Blues. He sends the goalkeeper the wrong way and converts as well.
Penalties: Chelsea 0 - 1 Southampton
Adam Armstrong scores!
Penalties: Chelsea 0 - 0 Southampton
It looks as though Southampton will be up first. Adam Armstrong has the ball in hand. Kepa Arrizabalaga walks over to the goal.
Chelsea 1 - 1 Southampton
Chelsea have already won shoot-outs this season against Villarreal in the Super Cup and Aston Villa in the last round of the Carabao Cup.
Chelsea’s Kepa Arrizabalaga now holds the club record for most shoot-out saves (seven) followed by Petr Cech (six) and Kevin Hitchcock (four).
Southampton have won two and lost two of their last four penalty shoot-outs.
Full-time: Chelsea 1 - 1 Southampton
90+5 mins: Penalties here we come.
Chelsea 1 - 1 Southampton
90+3 mins: SAVE! Lyanco meets a Southampton corner and blasts a header at goal. Kepa Arrizabalaga leaps to his left and parries the ball behind.
Smallbone takes the second corner and finds Salisu at the near post. His header is directed at goal but Arrizabalaga makes anothe fantastic diving save!
Brilliant goalkeeping.
Chelsea 1 - 1 Southampton
90+2 mins: A throw in comes to Ben Chilwell who slips a pass into the right side of the box for Hudson-Odoi. He weaves around a defender and shoots but drills the effort into the side-netting.
Fraser Forster takes too long with the restart and gets booked for wasting time. Two minutes to play.
Chelsea 1 - 1 Southampton
90 mins: Another effort from Smallbone goes wide and Yan Valery goes to ground with cramp. A bit of game management from the Southampton defender, running down the clock to penalties.
Four minutes of added time to play. This is where Chelsea usually find a winning goal against Southampton in League Cup games. Can they do so again?
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