Chelsea are safely through to the Capital One Cup fourth round thanks to goals from Fernando Torres and Ramireson Tuesday evening.
Two strikes within eight first-half minutes did the damage against a Swindon side on a good run of form capable of playing tidy football but lacking a killer edge.
For much of the game the same could be said of Chelsea, with a number of chances passed up over the 90 minutes, but at the decisive moments, our class, and that of Torres in particular shone through, first when he poked home from close range after Juan Mata's shot had been saved, and then when he turned exquisitely to release substituteRamires to chip home.
The Brazilian was only involved due to Marco van Ginkel's early injury, which saw the young Dutchman limp off after twisting a knee, and Ramires himself was withdrawn at the break.
In the second half, Swindon had one effort ruled out for offside while Mark Schwarzer saved well on his Chelsea debut before Torres, Willian and Demba Ba all came close to adding to the winning margin. Next up is Tottenham at White Hart Lane on Saturday.
Team newsJose Mourinho made 10 changes from the side which beat Fulham on Saturday, with Gary Cahill the only survivor in the centre of defence. That meant a debut for Schwarzer, our oldest ever debutant at 40, and a first Chelsea appearance in over a year for captain Michael Essien, who was taking the armband for the first time.
As promised by the manager, there were recalls for Cesar Azpilicueta, Ryan Bertrand, David Luiz and Mata, while Van Ginkel and Willian made only their second starts for the Blues.
First halfThere was bad news early on for the Blues, however, as Van Ginkel had to be replaced after just nine minutes following a painful looking fall in which he looked to have twisted his knee. Ramires was the replacement.
Soon afterwards came the game's first attempt at goal, David Luiz testing the reflexes of Swindon goalkeeper Wes Foderingham with a wicked, dipping free-kick that was beaten away into play. Fifteen minutes later Foderingham was called into action again, this time saving bravely from Torres who had been slipped through one-on-one by Mata.
Torres would soon make amends, putting the Blues in front with a simple tap-in after the home keeper had made an excellent stop to deny Mata after Ramires had squared for the playmaker.
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