ONE CUP RESULT

Chelsea 6 Wolves 0

John Terry found the perfect sanctuary at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night as Chelsea romped into the fourth round of the Capital One Cup by blitzing Wolves.

Having spent the morning at Wembley - a place he used to call home - defending himself against a Football Association racism charge, Terry enjoyed some respite in a stadium where he will always be welcome.

The Chelsea captain was a virtual spectator as he was treated to his side's biggest win for almost 21 months thanks to goals from Gary Cahill, Ryan Bertrand, Juan Mata, Oriol Romeu, Fernando Torres and Victor Moses.

Blues cruise: Chelsea thumped Wolves at Stamford Bridge

Terry's desire to play on Tuesday night - he trained on Sunday and after day one his hearing on Monday - was typical of the defender, whose career has been one of defiance in the face of adversity.It was just the pick-me-up Terry would have wanted ahead of day three of his personal hearing into allegations he used a racist slur against Anton Ferdinand - something he has been denying ever since their altercation almost a year ago.

It was also possible the 31-year-old recognised Tuesday evening's game might be his last before a four-match ban if found guilty of the charge against him.

That verdict could also have cost him his England career had he not dramatically taken the decision out of the FA's hands on Sunday night.

The FA had already stripped him of the England captaincy, but not as far as the Chelsea fans were concerned as they predictably chanted: 'There's only one England captain.'

Ronald Zubar set the tone, tripping Moses for a right-wing free-kick Mata crossed to the far post, Cahill doing his hopes of succeeding Terry in the England defence no harm by stooping to head home in his best impression of his skipper.

Opener: Cahill (centre) is mobbed after his early strike

Chelsea's fringe men and youngsters, who looked really lively, then combined for the second goal in the seventh minute.

Romeu's shot was saved by Dorus De Vries but Lucas Piazon kept the ball in and turned it back for an unmarked Bertrand to blast home.

The third goal was an exhibition from the established stars in the team, Mata starting and finishing a flowing move, exchanging passes with both Ramires and Torres before finishing expertly.

Double trouble: Bertrand scores the second for Chelsea

It was so easy, it looked like even Torres himself would have no problem getting in on the act but he hesitated badly when clean through.

It was not all plain sailing for Terry either.

His lack of pace was twice exposed, firstly when David Davis' strike was tipped over the bar and secondly when Slawomir Peszko easily surged clear of him and Cahill, rounded Ross Turnbull but shot into the side-netting.

Spot on: Romeu scored a penalty shortly after the break

Peszko fluffed another finish from 12 yards not long after the restart and Torres' travails continued when his latest shot was deflected behind.

But they finally ended when he powered home a 58th-minute header from Mata's resultant corner.

That was the cue for a raft of changes, with new arrival Oscar crossing for Moses to power home on his first Chelsea goal on what was his full debut with 19 minutes remaining.

Six of the best: Moses centre scored his first goal for Chelsea

Crawley 2 Swansea 3

Swansea have made a habit of embarrassing bigger clubs in the past year or so, but on Tuesday night they had a fresh perspective of just how annoying underdogs can be. 

They came dangerously close to becoming the first Barclays Premier League club to fall to the rapidly emerging side from Crawley, a League One outfit that has already accounted for Millwall and Bolton in this year's Capital One Cup.  

Relief: Monk salvaged victory for the away side after his injury-time strike

They nearly had their biggest scalp yet – so much so that it took a Gary Monk header one minute into stoppage time to save Swansea from what 16 minutes earlier had looked like a humiliating defeat. 

Michu had put Swansea ahead after 27 utterly one-sided minutes and at that point there was no alarm. But then Josh Simpson levelled on the stroke of half-time with a deflected shot and the game changed. 

First, Jonathan Forte fired straight at Gerhard Tremmel when clean through and then Simpson came close, before Hope Akpan swivelled and set up what looked like a huge upset. 

Michael Laudrup had highlighted this fixture as an important means of raising morale after back-to-back defeats in the Barclays Premier League, but that didn't stop him making seven changes to the side so badly beaten by Everton on Saturday. 

He then brought Danny Graham off the bench in a salvage mission but the desperate measure worked. 

Dwight Teindalli, making his debut, fired over a cross in the 73rd minute, and Graham headed in at the far post to make it 2-2.

On target: Miguel Michu opened the scoring with 27 minutes gone at Crawley

Southampton 2 Sheff Wed 0: Rodriguez at the double for second-string Saints

Jay Rodriguez showed Rickie Lambert is not the only Southampton striker who can score goals by guiding Nigel Adkins’ men to a last-16 spot. 

Rodriguez has been little more than a spectator since joining from Burnley in July for a then club record £6.5m fee. 

The former England Under 21 international made the most of a rare starting opportunity by finding the net for the first time for his new club. 

On target: Jay Rodriguez fires past Wednesday keeper Stephen Bywater from outside the area

Rodriguez’s opener — which came on the half hour — was a strike the in-form Lambert would have been proud to add to his collection. 

Rodriguez collected Richard Chaplow’s pass before turning past Miguel Llera and planting an unstoppable shot into Stephen Bywater’s bottom right corner. 

Southampton’s slender half-time lead would have been greater but for an great display from Bywater
who made a series of fine saves. 

Job done: Southampton's Jos Hooiveld and Maya Yoshida (right) celebrate the award of Jay Rodriguez's penalty