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Shrewsbury Town 1 - Chelsea 2: Last-gasp own goal gives Blues narrow win over brave Shrews
CHELSEA scraped through to the quarter finals of the Capital One Cup courtesy of an 80th minute own goal from Shrewsbury defender Jermaine Grandison.
The Blues were lacklustre to say the least, but eventually overcame a crestfallen Shrewsbury Town.
The visitors were forced to wait until the 49th minute to take the lead over their League Two opponents, with the rampant Didier Drogba netting in his third successive game.
Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah turned the ball into the path of the veteran striker who rifled the ball past the helpless Jayson Leutwiler.
Chelsea have been criticised for not killing teams off after taking the lead, and tonight was no exception.
Jose Mourinho's men failed to clear a routine corner kick, only for Andy Mangan too capitalise on John Obi Mikel's dithering in the area to send the Greenhous Meadow Stadium into ecstasy.
But their equaliser lasted just four minutes before a teasing ball from substitute Willian was turned into his own goal by the unlucky Grandison.