The reserves continued their pre-season preparations putting out a youthful side against a strong Wycombe Wanderers team on Thursday night.

The Blues started brightly, and after Milan Lalkovic had been denied by a great stop, striker Aliu 'Kaby' Djalo (pictured) netted the first goal after 13 minutes, tapping in following a Scott Sinclair shot that was well saved.

The experience of the League Two side began to show and they levelled 11 minutes later from an attempted clearance then took the lead on 36 after some neat build up. Despite going behind Chelsea were still creating chances and were only denied by several fine saves.

Going into half-time the game was still in the balance and remained that way at the beginning of the second as Chelsea cranked up the pressure with Franco Di Santo and Scott Sinclair both coming close.

However, the introduction of American John-Paul Pittman for Wycombe proved to be the turning point. In the space of four minutes he netted a hat-trick, including an audacious chip, which effectively ended the game as a contest.

Steve Holland's side are next in action on Wednesday, August 4, when they are away to Woking at the Kingfield Stadium. Kick-off is at 7.30pm.

Chelsea: Sam Walker; Billy Clifford, Rohan Ince, Aziz Deen-Conteh, Ryan Bertrand; Scott Sinclair, Jack Cork, Conor Clifford, Milan Lalkovic (Daniel Philliskirk, 59); Franco Di Santo, Aliu 'Kaby' Djalo (Philipp Prosenik, 59).

By Robin Butler