🔗 Share this article Pedro Forward Scores Hat-Trick as The Blues Provide Liam The Boss with Happy Return to Hull City Against a backdrop of freezing rain, snow, and a biting wind from the waters of the Humber, alongside a determined Hull City side fighting for a top-flight place, this presented all the makings of a challenging evening’s work for the visitors. "We could have added to our tally but the opposition are a good team and it was a difficult tie; I am very pleased with the display," the manager stated. "Hull City is very special to me so it was great to get a positive reception from both sets of supporters. The application of the lads was excellent." The Chelsea manager has this place close to his heart, given part of his family are from Hull and his successful spell in management of the Championship club. His happy association was extended with a commanding display from his squad, who ultimately strolled into the next round of the FA Cup. Clinical Finishing Secures Comfortable Victory Seventy-two hours removed from surrendering a two-goal lead in the Premier League, there was a hint of fragility about them going into this potentially tricky tie. The packed Hull crowd clearly sensed it too, but Rosenior's men navigated the challenge with ease. Rosenior rang the changes, enacting multiple of them to his starting lineup. The match might and perhaps ought to have been settled long before it actually was, with both Estêvão Willian and Liam Delap guilty of missing glorious opportunities to put their side in front in the opening period. However, fortunately for the visitors, Pedro Neto was in a much more clinical mood. He opened the deadlock with a marvellous long-range effort, which proved to be the spark for Chelsea to take command of proceedings. By the final whistle, they had 4 goals, with Neto scoring three of them for a brilliant hat-trick. The Forward's Redemption and Impact The home side displayed great fight all game, but the clearer chances consistently fell Chelsea’s way. The winger should have opened the scoring when he went past keeper the Hull stopper before inexplicably firing over. The striker then had a similar horror moment in front of goal against his former club. He deflected a the goalkeeper's kick which came off the bar, and Delap started to run away believing the ball had gone over the line. It hadn’t, and by the time he understood, Hull's defenders had responded to clear the danger. The player had his head in his hands after that moment, but he was hugely instrumental from there on out, registering 3 assists. The opening was for the opening goal as his through ball set up Neto to finish from outside the box. Shortly after the restart, it was 2-0 as the forward's set-piece went straight in through Phillips's legs. Contest Put Beyond Doubt and Focus Shifts Soon after the second, the match was put beyond doubt as a dazzling run from the forward laid on Estêvão to slide into an unguarded goal. Neto then finished his treble as the provider once again delivered the decisive ball for the striker to coolly convert past a stranded goalkeeper. At that point, the work Hull had done in the opening half-hour had long since erased. Their priority must now return to achieving a return to the Premier League under their manager, who rested several first-choice individuals with that goal in mind. "In my opinion we deserved at least one goal but if we play like this we will be in a very good position in the Championship," he said. "Never surrender, maybe in the upcoming matches this can be a positive example of how we should play." Hull showed great endeavour to the end, and they nearly got a late goal when a substitute hit a the upright in injury time. But this was Chelsea’s evening, and another encouraging step forward for their recently-appointed manager at a stadium he knows very well. FA Cup History Look Promising That resulted in an ultimately straightforward night's work, and the cup competition signs are positive from here for Chelsea. They have faced Hull on three other times in this tournament in the last decade and on each occasion, they have gone on to make the final. There is remains to be done in that respect, but this was another huge positive for Rosenior.