Chelsea boss Antonio Conte was delighted with Olivier Giroud's goalscoring performance in their FA Cup semifinal win over Southampton.

Giroud opened the scoring, before Alvaro Morata wrapped up the 2-0 triumph late on.

Conte said: "He has been a good signing for us, for sure. I needed a player with his characteristics: strong physically, able to hold the ball up allow our no.10 to make combinations with him.

"Morata is an important striker. He is younger than Olivier and has less experience. He is less strong physically, but he is very fast to attack the space. I'm pleased for both of them."

Conte explained why he started with the French striker up front.

"I knew we had to play against three central defenders who are very strong physically, so I decided to start with Olivier, but when Morata came on his impact was impressive, in the same way as Pedro and Bakayoko's impact was."