Chelsea ended their winless run with a comfortable 5-0 win against League Two side Morecambe.
Tosin Adarabioyo and Joao Felix both scored two goals while Christopher Nkunku got one of the goals.
The Blues had failed to win their last four games heading into Saturday’s fixture.
After toiling for most parts of the first half, Adarabioyo opened the scoring in the 40th minute while Nkunku doubled the lead five minutes into the second half.
Adarabioyo then made it 3-0 on 70 minutes before Felix added the fourth and fifth goals in the 75th and 77th minutes respectively.
Championship bottom club Plymouth Argyle recorded a shock 1-0 win at Brentford in the Emirates FA Cup third round game on Saturday.
Morgan Whittaker was the hero for his struggling side as his 82nd minute strike was enough to seal the biggest upset in the third round so far.
At the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth came from 1-0 down to thrash Championship club West Bromwich Albion 5-1.
Caleb Taylor gave West Brom the lead in the 14th minute but goals from Justin Kluivert (27 minute) and a brace from Dango Ouattara (34th and 44th minutes) gave Bournemouth a 3-1 lead.
Just three minutes into the second half, Black Stars of Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo made it 4-1 before Daniel Jebbison got the fifth goal in the 92nd minute.
Meanwhile, in other FA Cup ties Leicester, trounced QPR 6-2, Exeter beat Oxford United 3-1, Nottingham Forest beat Luton Town 2-0, Sunderland lost 1-0 to Stoke City after extra-time, Brighton hammered Norwich City 4-0 and Burnley recorded a 3-1 win at Reading.
FA Cup third round results:
Leicester 6 – 2 QPR
Bournemouth 5 – 1 West Brom
Brentford 0 – 1 Plymouth Argyle
Chelsea 5 – 0 Morecambe
Exeter 3 – 1 Oxford United
Norwich 0 – 4 Brighton
Nottingham Forest 2 – 0 Luton Town
Reading 1 – 3 Burnley
Sunderland 1 – 2 Stoke City
By James Agberebi
