Chelsea assistant coach Carlo Cudicini was full of praise for Alvaro Morata after their 2-0 FA Cup win over Nottingham Forest.

Morata scored twice as FA Cup holders Chelsea advanced with a 2-0 third-round win over Forest at Stamford Bridge.

"I think Alvaro played an important part in today's performance, he was very good in terms of working for the team, offensively but mainly defensively," said Cudicini. "It was very important for him to score two goals which can only be good for his confidence. We are all pleased with his performance but we were even when he didn't score in previous games so hopefully it will be good for his morale that he scored, and hopefully he will be more free in his mind.

"Gianfranco Zola mentioned in the press conference before the match that for a striker it's difficult when you go through a spell when you don't score many goals, so his body language was a bit down, but in training he's working very hard and we all knew that sooner or later he would be able to turn the corner and start scoring goals. Thankfully he did it today, it was very important because we really care about this competition and we want to do well."