Chelsea 2-0 N Forest
Alvaro Morata scored twice as FA Cup holders Chelsea advanced with a 2-0 third-round win over Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge.
Cesc Fabregas, captaining Chelsea on potentially his farewell appearance, had a penalty saved after 30 minutes, before another player whose future has been debated, Callum Hudson-Odoi, twice created goals for Morata.
Morata has also been linked with a move and the Spain striker demonstrated his infuriating mix of woeful misses and clinical finishing as the Blues progressed.
Chelsea had not been eliminated in the third round since 1997/98 and reached the final in the last two seasons, winning last May in Antonio Conte's last match as head coach.
Forest had knocked out the holders on five of the six previous occasions they had faced them, including Arsenal in last season's third round. However, they scarcely troubled the Blues, who were defensively firm.
Chelsea should have scored after 13 minutes when Davide Zappacosta's cross bounced kindly for Morata. But the striker's header from five yards out went straight to goalkeeper Luke Steele.
The hosts were making headway down both flanks and were presented a penalty after Zappacosta's cut-back to Ruben Loftus-Cheek. He was caught by a clumsy challenge by Danny Fox.
Fabregas' stuttering run-up was poor, players from both teams entered the area and Steele saved, diving low to his right.
Steele made a number of routine saves before Eden Hazard was introduced before half-time, with Loftus-Cheek's niggling back problem having returned.
Chelsea so often look to Hazard for inspiration, but it was Hudson-Odoi who provided it on this occasion.
He beat Saidy Janko down the right and crossed to the near post, where Morata finished well for his first goal since November 29.
Steele denied Hudson-Odoi with a sharp save and Morata somehow clipped over a Ross Barkley cross from two yards out, his blushes spared by an offside flag.
Chelsea and Morata's second came moments later, with Hudson-Odoi again the provider. He beat Janko and crossed to the back post, where Morata headed down into the corner.
Man U 2-0 Reading
Romelu Lukaku (right) celebrates with Alexis Sanchez
Manchester United cruised past Reading 2-0 in the FA Cup third round to continue Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's winning start in charge of the club.
United made the breakthrough after the intervention of VAR, when it was decided Omar Richards had tripped Juan Mata in the box, with the Spaniard converting the resulting spot-kick midway through the first half.
Romelu Lukaku then doubled the hosts' lead in first-half stoppage time - the striker's 13th goal in his last 14 appearances in the competition - to make it five straight wins for Solskjaer since he became United's interim boss.
Arsenal 3-0 Blackpool
Two goals from Joe Willock and another from Alex Iwobi saw Arsenal cruise into the fourth round of the FA Cup after a 3-0 win against Blackpool.
Willock got Arsenal off to an ideal start with a simple tap-in in the 11th minute before he doubled Arsenal's advantage midway through the half with an easy finish (37).
The Gunners could have been further ahead but Eddie Nketiah spurned three good openings in the first half.
Blackpool responded brightly in the second half, with Michael Nottingham missing the best chance to pull the Sky Bet League One side a goal back, but it ended up a comfortable evening for Arsenal when Iwobi tapped in their third in the 82nd minute.
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