article_snippet.sent: After a tense and goalless first-half, midfielder Charlie Colckett's deflected shot gave Chelsea the lead.
article_snippet.sent: Roma had initially defended strongly, but capitulated after the break.
article_snippet.sent: Chelsea made two changes from the side that started the quarter-final victory over Atletico Madrid last month, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Charly Musonda coming into the line-up.
article_snippet.sent: Andreas Christensen, who started in midfield against Atletico, was paired with Jake Clarke-Salter at centre-back, while Ola Aina and Jay DaSilva occupied the full-back positions.
article_snippet.sent: Ruben Loftus-Cheek was partnered in midfield by Colkett and Musonda, with the latter operating in the hole behind the front-three of Solanke, Jeremie Boga and captain Izzy Brown.
article_snippet.sent: Chelsea were rewarded for their persistence in the second-half with two goals inside four minutes of the restart.
article_snippet.sent: The first came at the end of a driving run from Brown, which saw the ball bounce kindly into the path of Colkett for Chelsea to wrong-foot the goalkeeper with an awkward shot.
article_snippet.sent: The rout was completed when Abraham, on from the bench, converted Kasey Palmer's cross.