Willian scored twice as a first-half blitz from Chelsea secured an emphatic 4-0 win over Hull City at Stamford Bridge to book their place in the FA Cup quarter-finals
 The Brazilian opened the scoring after just 106 seconds with a composed finish, before Pedro doubled the home side's advantage after being put through by Cesc Fabregas (27)
Willian capitalised on more slack defending from the Tigers to stroke in his second (32) and Olivier Giroud then met fellow new signing Emerson Palmieri's cross at the near post to stretch the lead three minutes before half-time
David Meyler missed a second-half penalty for Nigel Adkins' side as Chelsea cruised into the next round ahead of next week's Champions League showdown with Barcelona
Only Swindon and Wolves have been relegated from the Premier League to the third tier in successive seasons, but with just six Championship wins to their name this campaign, it was understandable that Hull manager Adkins rung the changes
But the performance of those handed the opportunity to impress was disjointed and indicative of a side missing 12 first-team players as Chelsea wreaked havoc to reach the last eight
Hull made the worst possible start as Kevin Stewart was dispossessed by Giroud in the second minute before Willian used the Frenchman as a decoy as he bent his left-footed shot into David Marshall's bottom right corner
Chelsea doubled their lead after a sublime ball from Fabregas over a depleted Hull defence enabled Pedro to slot home, and worse was to come five minutes later
Stewart failed to intercept Willian's attempted flick and, after Giroud worked the ball back into his path, the Brazilian curled a shot beyond the hapless Marshall via the left-hand post
Giroud's link-up play was a feature of the match and, having provided two assists, the striker opened his Chelsea account with a smart finish at the near post following good work down the left by debutant Emerson
Chelsea blooded youth in the second period as Callum Hudson-Odoi and Kyle Scott entered the fray, but the visitors restored some pride with an improved display that was very nearly capped by a consolation six minutes after the restart
Fabregas was late on Harry Wilson, and referee Andre Marriner had no hesitation in pointing to the spot, but Blues 'keeper Willy Caballero denied Meyler with a comfortable save to his right to keep his clean sheet intact
Willian came close to completing his hat-trick in the final minutes but his shot from the edge of the box struck the outside of the post as Chelsea cruised into the draw for the next round
 "It was a good game and a good performance
 The first half was great for us and the most important thing for us is to be in the next round
 Now we must prepare for Barcelona
"We will always look to dominate the game but our start was very impressive today
 We started with great focus and great concentration
 I'm very pleased with the commitment of my players
"It was a positive night for us because we had the opportunity to rest a few key players and at the same time I saw other players in good form
 This has given me a lot of doubt before the game against Barcelona which I think is important
 Now we have three days to make the right decision
" "After a couple of minutes we've gifted them a goal, but it's exciting to watch them
 Our game plan went out of the window and we were punished for giving them the ball too easily
 The second half was a different story and we showed great character
"It could've gone totally the other way and I thought we did really well in the second half
 We kept a clean sheet and could've scored
 We're out of the FA Cup but we've got 15 cup finals ahead
"If this was an audition to make Chelsea's starting line-up to face Barcelona then Willian passed it with flying colours
Eden Hazard is a guaranteed starter on Tuesday night against the Catalan giants and as Alvaro Morata watched on unused from the substitutes' bench, Willian took his chance to shine with a brilliant display full of dexterity and no shortage of end product
The 29-year-old took centre stage in Hazard's absence to fire two first-half goals to have the contest won and his crowning moment very nearly came in the closing stages as he struck the post to be denied the match ball
Chelsea turn their attention to the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Barcelona at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday before they travel to face Manchester United at Old Trafford on February 25,Hull face two crucial Championship games next week, starting with the visit to Middlesbrough on Tuesday before hosting Sheffield United on Friday night, 
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