The game was delayed and kicked off at 8.30 due to heavy traffic which affected our arrival at The Breyer Group Stadium.

The delay in kick-off did little to impact the start to the game as both sides looked to show their quality early on.

Omari Hutchinson was presented with a great chance to score early on, but he blasted over with his weaker foot.

It was then the turn of Leyton Orient who tested the sharpness of Eddie Beach as Jayden Sweeney fired goalwards and the Chelsea goalkeeper tipped over.

We began to control most of the first period as Charlie Webster and Ben Elliott both had snapshots which went very close to opening the scoring.

Jayden Wareham on-loan at Leyton Orient from our young Blues had the home team’s best chance of the first half as his effort just went wide.

Sweeney was again involved early in the second as he seemed to have a clear sight of goal but the lack of power in his shot meant that Beach had it covered.

The second half was where the deadlock was broken, and Hutchinson scored a fine solo goal. He ran alone towards goal and finished emphatically past Sam Sargeant.

The goal woke The Os up and they turned the game on its head in the space of six minutes. Paul Smyth’s driven cross was turned into his own net by Dylan Williams and then Aaron Drinan who was fouled in the penalty box by Lewis Hall, converted the resulting penalty to overturn their deficit.

We fought back and showed great determination as two goals from second-half substitute Mothersille, both times provided by Hutchinson, meant that we secured our place in the next round of the competition and knocked out Leyton Orient.

Team news

There was only one change made to the side that drew 3-3 with Manchester United in the PL2 this past weekend and that came in the form of Josh Brooking who replaced Derrick Abu.

Fast start

We were presented with an opportunity almost instantly as the in-form Hutchinson found space to drive into the box. The attacker shifted the ball onto his right foot and with only the keeper to beat he skied his effort.

The home side settled into a rhythm and quickly created their first chance as good individual work from Sweeney provided him the space to take a shot that needed saving from Beach.

The early moments of the game proved to be back and forth as both teams were getting into advanced areas but besides the two early chances for both sides, neither could create anything clear cut.

In control

It was our development squad who created the game’s next big chance as a sweeping team move involving Humphreys and Rankine ended with Webster finding space in the box but with more time than he realised, he dragged his shot wide.

Another chance fell our way as Casadei intercepted well and drove with the ball through the heart of the Orient midfield. He found Elliott in a pocket of space and in a smooth motion the midfielder turned and shot with his left foot with his effort just going wide.

We were getting closer to a deserved lead and Webster went on a mazy run which led to him being fouled on the edge of the box.

Wary of home side’s threat

Against the run of play a long hopeful ball found its way to Charlie Kelman and his cross found the outstretched toe of on-loan Chelsea striker Wareham but his attempt at goal trickled just wide with Beach beaten.

Sweeney had the second period’s first clear chance but despite creating space for a shot he failed to threaten with his eventual effort.

Exchange of goals and leads

Despite their good start to the second it was our young Blues who broke the deadlock as Hutchinson picked up the ball from just inside their half and drove goalwards. We had the man advantage as Rankine was making a run on his right side, but the talented attacker went alone and buried into the top corner. Fantastic solo effort.

The home side made some changes to try to change the game and it was second half substitute Smyth who brought them level as his cross went in off a heavy deflection from Dylan Williams.

The young left-back immediately found himself in the area following the restart and he lashed an effort goalwards that was saved well by the goalkeeper.

It went from bad to worse for our young Blues though as a tussle in the box between Hall and another substitute Drinan led to the former fouling the latter and committing a penalty. Drinan took the penalty and slotted into the bottom corner of the net.

When it looked like we were down and out a late counter-attack after a loose ball in midfield was led by Hutchinson. The attacker found a substitute of our own in Mothersille and in his first appearance for the U-21 team this season he calmly rounded the and slotted into the empty net.

It was that combination again as our young Blues secured passage into the next round of the competition as group winners with Hutchinson finding space and laying the ball for Mothersille to tap into an empty net.

A last-minute header from a corner from Ogie was heading for the bottom corner but Hutchinson cleared off the line as victory was sealed.

This extends our unbeaten run in all competitions to seven games as we look ahead to Blackburn Rovers in the PL2 on Saturday afternoon.

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Eddie Beach; Bashir Humphreys (c), Josh Brooking, Lewis Hall (Zak Sturge 82); Dylan Williams, Cesare Casadei (Leo Castledine 90), Charlie Webster, Dion Rankine; Ben Elliott, Omari Hutchinson; Mason Burstow (Malik Mothersille 82).

Unused subs: Jude Soonsup-Bell, Jimi Tauriainen, Silko Thomas, Teddy Curd.

Scorers: Omari Hutchinson 54; Malik Mothersille 89; 90+3.

Booked: Lewis Hall 67.

Leyton Orient (4-2-3-1): Sam Sargeant; Shad Ogie, Adam Thompson (Tom James 72), Craig Clay, Theo Archibald (Paul Smyth 46), Darren Pratley (c) (Jordan Brown 46), Omar Beckles, Charlie Kelman (Aaron Drinan 67), Jayden Sweeney, Stephen Duke-McKenna, Jayden Wareham.

Unused subs: Lawrence Vigouroux, George Moncur, Zech Obiero.

Scorers: Dylan Williams (OG) 72; Aaron Drinan 77 (p).