26/10/2005  Chelsea 1 Charlton 1 (Charlton win 5-4 on pens)
 
Charlton won 5-4 on penalties after Huth missed his spot-kick to add to his error in the first half of normal time.

The 21-year-old gifted Charlton an equaliser when his attempted back-header never reached Italian goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini and Darren Bent nipped in to score his ninth of the season.

The goal cancelled out skipper John Terry's 41st-minute header from Arjen Robben's corner and Huth compounded his first-half mistake by missing Chelsea's second penalty.

Mourinho made seven changes from the side which drew 1-1 with Everton in the Barclays Premiership on Sunday but it was still a team brimming with quality internationals.

The draw on Merseyside had ended Chelsea's 100% start to the season and they appeared to be determined to make amends for the blip as Charlton goalkeeper Stephan Andersen was pressed into action as early as the 10th minute.

Right-back Paulo Ferreira, who has failed to start the last four games, let fly with a ferocious 20-yard shot that Andersen did well to punch away to safety.

England left-back Wayne Bridge, starting his first competitive game since breaking an ankle against Newcastle in the FA Cup last February, appeared to show no ill-effects from his long lay-off.

The first quarter, predictably enough, was all Chelsea as Shaun Wright-Phillips and Michael Essien probed the Charlton defence in search of an opening.

In the 22nd minute a sweeping move down the left-flank almost brought the home side an opening goal.

Robben, having a quiet game by his own standards, cleverly fed the overlapping Bridge and the full-back delivered a perfect cross for Hernan Crespo to head narrowly wide of the upright with Andersen beaten.

Two minutes later Crespo was put clear down the left by Essien and Charlton's defence did well to clear the ball for a corner as Chelsea increased the pace.

In the 28th minute Essien was booked for a foul on Bent as the England striker strode purposefully towards the edge of the Chelsea penalty area.

Three minutes later Charlton's Bryan Hughes found himself in Alan Wiley's notebook for pushing Eidur Gudjohnsen as the Icelander prepared to unleash a 20-yard drive.

Charlton, nine points behind Chelsea at the top of the Barclays Premiership, finally tested Cudicini when Dennis Rommedahl hit a speculative effort into the Italian's hands from 25 yards but the visitors were rarely troubling Terry and Huth in the home defence.

In the 36th minute, the unmarked Huth should have done better with a header from Robben's corner but the German directed the ball well wide of Andersen's left-hand upright.

Terry showed him how it should be done in the 41st minute when he headed Robben's corner firmly into the net from eight yards to give Chelsea the lead in this third round tie.

But Huth made a dreadful error on the stroke of half-time to gift Charlton an equaliser. The German tried to head the ball back to Cudicini but he did not apply enough power and Bent nipped in to fire past the stranded Italian.

In the 50th minute Terry was only a foot away from scoring his second of the night when his left-foot volley just veered away from Andersen's right-hand post.

Two minutes later, as Chelsea's tempo increased once more, Wright-Phillips sent a low drive wide of the target as Charlton found it difficult to stem the blue tide.

Another delightful three-man move almost brought the success they craved in the 56th minute when Robben and Crespo shared passes before the Dutchman threaded the ball into the path of Gudjohnsen on the edge of the penalty area.

A goal appeared to be the only outcome but Andersen dived low to his left to save the Icelandic striker's shot and keep the scores level.

On the hour Frank Lampard and Joe Cole replaced Bridge and Wright-Phillips and it was the former who had the most impact with two typical long-range shots - one flying just over the crossbar in the 74th minute and the other into the arms of Andersen three minutes later.

Charlton introduced both Jay Bothroyd and Radostin Kishishev into the action as they sensed an opportunity to steal a memorable victory and five minutes from time Bothroyd produced a stinging shot that Cudicini was forced to punch away for a corner.

But the stalemate could not be broken by either side and the game went into extra-time and then penalties. Charlton scored all five through Bent, Bothroyd, Matt Holland, Hermann Hreidarsson and Hughes but Huth's effort was saved by Andersen to send Charlton through to the fourth round.