Chelsea cruised past League Two leaders Barrow Town to reach the 4th round of the Carabao Cup, with Christopher Nkunku scoring twice in the opening 15 minutes to set Enzo Maresca’s much-changed

Thanks to his first Chelsea treble, the 26-year-old now has six goals in eight appearances this season for the Blues. Nkunku was making his first start for the hosts since their opening-day defeat by Manchester City last month.

After a few careless mistakes in the opening minutes, Chelsea quickly got down to business, scoring inside of ten minutes, doubling that lead on the quarter-hour mark (both by Christopher Nkunku), and making it 3-0 by the half hour by way of an own goal. We seemed happy enough with that for the first 45.