CHELSEA YALIPA KISASI KWA MAN UNITED

After all the controversy of Sunday, Chelsea and Manchester United reconvened at Stamford Bridge and produced a humdinger of a Capital One Cup tie: a treat to savour rather than a trick on a rainy Hallowe'en night.

It had its moments of controversy, of course; plenty of them. We even had some of the terrace banter that is so often missing from clashes between the top clubs. But more than anything it was an enjoyable, exciting cup tie.

There's no beating the Blues: Ramires (left) and Chelsea team-mates react after his extra-time goal

Match facts

Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Luiz, Bertrand, Romeu (Oscar 71), Mikel (Ramires 46), Moses, Mata, Piazon (Hazard 55), Sturridge. 

Subs not used: Hilario, Ferreira, Marin, Saville. 

Goals: Luiz (pen) 31, Cahill 52, Hazard 90(+4), Sturridge 97, Ramires 116

Booked: Romeu, Mikel, Luiz, Oscar, Ramires

Man Utd: Lindegaard, Da Silva, Wootton, Keane, Buttner (Powell 46), Anderson (Tunnicliffe 81), Giggs, Fletcher, Nani, Hernandez, Welbeck (Macheda 99). 

Goals: Giggs 22, 120 (pen), Hernandez 43, Nani 59

Booked: Wooton, M Keane

Subs not used: Johnstone, Lingard, Vermijl, Brady.

Referee: Lee Mason

Attendance: 41,126

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Goals from Ryan Giggs, Javier Hernandez and Nani seemed to have booked United a place in the quarter-finals, only for Chelsea to conjure up three equalisers from David Luiz, Gary Cahill and Eden Hazard to force extra time.

Daniel Sturridge, who had endured a largely dismal evening, put his side ahead in the 97th minute before Ramires sealed victory with the cutest of finishes after 116  minutes of pulsating football.

And yet there was still time for Giggs to score his second of the evening with a penalty in the final minute of the match.

There were only five survivors from Chelsea’s starting XI on Sunday, with John Mikel Obi and Juan Mata, the players at the centre of the initial allegations against referee Mark Clattenburg, both included. Sir Alex Ferguson made 10 changes.

But the repercussions of United’s 3-2 win at the weekend were impossible to ignore. United fans unfurled a banner saying ‘Clattenburg. Referee, Leader, Legend’ and there were more pointed chants referring to the absence of John Terry, who was  serving the third game of his  four-match ban for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand.

Was there an element of revenge in Chelsea’s win? Perhaps. But the real bonus for the champions of Europe was the manner in which they came back three times and then went on to win. That can only breed confidence after a difficult few days.