Chelsea fullback Ben Chilwell hailed the home support after their Carabao Cup semifinal rout of Middlesbrough.
Chelsea are into the final after winning 6-1 on the night and 6-2 on aggregate.
Chilwell later said: "Before the game, we knew how important it was. There was no need to motivate anyone. We knew what was up for grabs. A Wembley final, it doesn't get much better than that.
"We brought the energy and knew the crowd would get behind us if we started well and we knew it was important to get an early goal and we did that. Our press was important.
"I think we pressed really well and caught them out a few times. At half-time 4-0, it was nice but it was important that we keep that momentum and didn't give them a chance.
"We knew in the first leg it was difficult. I wasn't there but looking on TV, it looked like a difficult game and we knew what style of football they were going to play today.
"It was important we got the early goal and then the crowd were behind us and we kept pushing. They tried to play out and thankfully for us, we caught them out a few times and got a few goals from that. It was nice to get a cushion and we could enjoy ourselves a bit."
