Coventry into last eight

Coventry clinched an FA Cup quarter-final home meeting with Chelsea after Leon Best's second-half goal earned them a deserved 1-0 replay victory over a radically changed Blackburn.

Best - wearing a face mask to protect his fractured cheekbone - headed home a 69th minute cross from Jordan Henderson to seal the Sky Blues' place in the last eight for the first time in 11 years.

Chris Coleman's side were worthy winners against a Blackburn line-up which showed 11 changes from the starting line-up against Manchester United in the Barclays Premier League at the weekend.

Blackburn were the first to threaten and a mix-up between Freddy Eastwood and Ben Turner almost handed them a goal inside the first two minutes. It needed Sky Blues 'keeper Keiren Westwood to block the eventual shot from a narrow angle by Carlos Villanueva.

Coventry won their first corner after 20 minutes - and it led to Elliott Ward squandering a golden chance to break the deadlock. Danny Fox's deep centre picked out the central defender whose downward header contained plenty of power but flew just wide when he would have been expected to at least hit the target.

Jason Roberts turned sharply when under pressure from Ward and flashed a low drive just wide with Westwood scrambling across his line after Tugay had played the ball into his feet.

Clinton Morrison should have given Coventry a 36th-minute lead. The much travelled striker nipped in ahead of Jason Brown and took the ball away from the keeper but then fired his left-footed shot into the side netting with the goal gaping.

Then after 59 minutes Coventry's pressure paid off when Best put them ahead. Aron Gunnarsson supplied the cross from the right flank and Best headed past Brown.

In injury-time Christopher Samba headed wide from close range for the visitors.