Never underestimate Chelsea’s capacity for chaos. Only they could go 2-0 up against Championship opposition in an FA Cup quarter-final and end up needing a stoppage-time winner to go through after a second half that will be remembered for Axel Disasi’s preposterous own goal, more venom from the crowd and Cole Palmer lifting Stamford Bridge’s toxic atmosphere with a superb assist for Carney Chukwuemeka.
Still so short of leadership and experience when the pressure rises, Chelsea had flirted with humiliation before Palmer’s calm and ingenuity set up Chukwuemeka for 3-2 in the second of two added minutes. The collapse was astonishing, Disasi sparking it when he gave Leicester hope with one of the all-time bloopers. Chelsea, their composure eradicated by the centre-back’s aberration, were in the midst of a meltdown when Stephy Mavididi hauled Leicester level.
