Chelsea verdict: Blues stars had the weight of the world on their shoulders but showed passion and desire to beat Luton

CHELSEA'S player overcome intense external noise to show their resilience and beat Luton to secure their place in the FA Cup quarter-final.

Blues owner Roman Abramovich announced an hour before kick-off at Kenilworth Road that he plans to sell his beloved side.

Despite the uncertainty around the club, Chelsea's squad had to focus on the match in hand.

It wasn't just any old game - the FA Cup presents Chelsea's most prominent chance of winning another trophy this season, especially a domestic one. 

Thomas Tuchel and Chelsea's players have the weight of the world on their shoulders right now facing a lot of pressure, media noise, uncertainty, and everything else that goes with the Roman Abramovich situation right now.

You wonder when exactly the players would have heard about Abramovich confirming that he is selling the club, and you wonder what effect it has on their minds, they are only human like you and I.

It was bound to have an effect, and to be honest the way they came out for the match and played the first 45 minutes, you'd think that they had a lot more on their minds than usual, they would have most certainly been struggling to focus and concentrate.

The news of Abramovich selling the club is massive, it's massive for the fans, and it's massive for the players.

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I know many fans read the statement with tears in their eyes, so you can only imagine what some players must be thinking right now.

But whether the poor first half performance was because of this or not, their spirit and fight to turn it around from being 2-1 down at half-time to then go on and win the game 3-2 to advance to the quarter-finals, must simply be admired and applauded.

Because trust me, this WILL be playing on all of their minds right now for whatever reason, and they clubbed together as a squad and they got the job done in spite of all the off field noise.

They twice went down to Luton, a team in a league below, and they twice pulled it back with all that pressure on their shoulders and showed their passion for the team and desire to win.

It was great to see and Chelsea fans will be pleased to see that although they stuttered, eventually they stood up for the cause and stood up for Chelsea.

And don't underestimate Tuchel's part in this as well, his half-time team talk clearly made a difference and made sure his players stuck together and fought for the win.

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