🔗 Share this article Pedro Forward Fires Treble as Chelsea Deliver Manager The Boss with Happy Homecoming to Hull Amid freezing rain, flurries, and a biting breeze from the banks of the Humber Estuary, alongside a resolute home side pushing hard for a top-flight place, this had all the ingredients of a challenging evening’s task for Chelsea. "We could have scored more but the opposition are a good team and it was a difficult fixture; I am delighted with the display," he said. "Hull City is very special to me so it was great to get a good welcome from both sets of supporters. The application of the players was superb." The Rosenior has this place dear to him, given part of his family hail from Hull and his successful spell in charge of the Tigers. This happy association was extended with a commanding display from his team, who in the end strolled into the fifth round of the famous old competition. Deadly Finishing Seals Comprehensive Victory Seventy-two hours after letting slip a two-goal advantage in the Premier League, there was a hint of vulnerability about Chelsea going into this potentially tricky cup clash. The capacity home crowd clearly sensed it too, but Rosenior's men handled the challenge perfectly. The manager rang the changes, enacting seven of them to his starting lineup. The match might and maybe should have been decided long before it actually was, with both the Brazilian winger and Liam Delap at fault for spurning excellent opportunities to put their side ahead in the opening period. But, luckily for the away team, Pedro Neto was in a far more ruthless frame of mind. He opened the deadlock with a marvellous distance effort, which proved to be the catalyst for Chelsea to take control of the match. By the final whistle, they had 4 goals, with the forward scoring a trio of them for a superb three-goal haul. The Forward's Redemption and Influence Hull showed plenty of spirit throughout, but the better opportunities always fell Chelsea’s way. Estêvão should have broken the deadlock when he rounded goalkeeper the Hull stopper before unbelievably firing over. Delap then had a comparable nightmare incident in front of goal against his former club. He blocked a Phillips's kick which bounced off the crossbar, and Delap began to run away believing the ball had gone over the line. It hadn’t, and by the time he understood, Hull's defenders had responded to clear the threat. The player had his head in his hands after that miss, but he was immensely instrumental from there on out, registering 3 assists. The opening was for the opening goal as his through ball teed up Neto to finish from outside the box. Six minutes after the second half began, it was 2-0 as Neto's set-piece went straight in through the keeper's legs. Contest Put Beyond Doubt and Attention Turns Soon after Neto’s second goal, the match was put beyond doubt as a magnificent dribble from the forward laid on Estêvão to tap into an unguarded goal. Neto then completed his treble as Delap again played the crucial pass for the attacker to calmly convert past a stranded goalkeeper. By that stage, the effort Hull had put in in the opening half-hour had long since forgotten. Their priority must now return to achieving a promotion to the Premier League under their manager, who left out a number of first-choice individuals with that aim in mind. "In my opinion we earned at least one goal but if we perform like this we will be in a very good situation in the league," he said. "Keep fighting, maybe in the next matches this can be a good lesson of how we should play." There was plenty of effort to the final whistle, and they nearly got a late goal when a substitute struck a the upright in injury time. But this was the Blues' night, and another encouraging stride for their new manager at a place he is familiar with intimately. FA Cup History Are Promising The result made for an ultimately routine evening’s work, and the FA Cup-shaped signs are good from here for Chelsea. They have faced Hull on three other times in this competition in the last decade and on each occasion, they have gone on to make the showpiece. There is remains to be done in that regard, but this was another significant positive for the Chelsea boss.