It was, ultimately, the perfect performance - the perfect strategy - for this competition. Begin with an under-strength side, stay in the game and then send out the cavalry to do what they do better than most players in the world.
This game was goalless when Maurizio Sarri introduced Eden Hazard just before the hour. Before the Belgian had even touched the ball Chelsea were a goal down to a Daniel Sturridge scissor kick.
For a while it seemed as though Chelsea would go out. Liverpool were the better side for long periods of the second half. But after Chelsea full back Ederson equalised with 11 minutes to go, Hazard stepped up to score a goal of breathtaking quality that sent his team in to the fourth round.
Super-sub Eden Hazard came off the bench to score a stunning solo winner for Chelsea at Liverpool on Wednesday night
Belgian ace Hazard fired in powerfully on 86 minutes after mesmerising the Liverpool defence with some superb dribbling
Hazard was mobbed by his team-mates as Chelsea celebrated their late winner in front of the travelling supporters at Anfield
Daniel Sturridge had earlier scored against his former club to give Liverpool hope of an eighth-straight win of the season
Sturridge, who made 96 appearances for Chelsea between 2009 and 2013, broke the deadlock after 59 minutes at Anfield
Left back Emerson Palmieri levelled for Chelsea on 79 minutes and his first goal for the club sparked a second-half turnaround
Sturridge's goal was memorable but the winner was something else. Playing a one-two on the far touchline - the first pass being a nutmeg through the legs of Liverpool's Roberto Firmino - Hazard received the return pass to turn, beat both Naby Keita and Alberto Moreno twice and drive a raking shot across Simon Mignolet and into the far corner with his right foot.
It all happened so fast that many Chelsea fans in the ground will not have appreciated its quality until they saw it again on their phones. It was a goal worthy of a more important game than this but will serve as a marker before these teams meet in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Both managers fielded potent, if not full-strength, sides but only Chelsea looked anything like the real thing in the opening period. With a little more edge in front of goal, they would have been ahead early in the game.
Depth is everything in the modern English game and while both clubs get better in that regard year on year, it was the players in blue who looked more comfortable for long spells. Many of them had points to prove to their manager and players such as Cesc Fabregas were to the fore early on.
It was no siege of the Liverpool goal, far from it. Chelsea merely enjoyed more possession and passed the ball better until Liverpool finally found a little of their true selves in the late stages of the half. In the first 15 minutes the Chelsea attempts on goal were relatively harmless as Andreas Christensen headed tamely at Mignolet from a corner, Ross Barkley drove wide from 22 yards and then Willian exchanged passes with Alvaro Morata to draw another comfortable save from Liverpool's No 2 goalkeeper.
A super chipped pass from Fabregas in the 18th minute played Morata into space behind the defence and when Mignolet could only parry the Spaniard's first attempt, he was relieved to see the follow-up driven across the face of goal from a tight angle.
MATCH FACTS, PLAYER RATINGS AND MATCH ZONE
LIVERPOOL (4-3-2-1): Mignolet 6; Clyne 6, Matip 6, Lovren 6, Moreno 5.5; Fabinho 5.5 (Salah 87), Milner 7.5 (Henderson 59min, 6), Keita 8; Mane 7 (Firmino 70, 6), Sturridge 6.5; Shaqiri 6.5.
Subs not used: Grabara, Gomez, Solanke, Jones.
Scorer: Sturridge 58.
Booked: Matip, Milner, Fabinho.
Manager: Jurgen Klopp 7.
CHELSEA (4-1-4-1): Caballero 7.5; Azpilicueta 6, Cahill 6, Christensen 6 (Luiz 73, 6), Emerson 6; Fabregas 7; Moses 6, Barkley 6.5, Kovacic 6.5 (Kante 63, 6), Willian 7 (Hazard 56, 7.5); Morata 5.5.
Subs not used: Bulka, Jorginho, Hudson-Odoi, Zappacosta.
Scorers: Emerson 79, Hazard 85
Booked: Kovacic, Morata. Manager: Maurizio Sarri 7.
Referee: Kevin Friend 7.
Willian touched the ball 39 times in his 59-minute outing, operating mostly from Chelsea's left flank — as his heat map illustrates
For more stats and maps check out Sportsmail's brilliant Match Zone by clicking here.
Managers Jurgen Klopp (left) and Maurizio Sarri were seen sharing a joke ahead of kick-off in the Carabao Cup third round
Sadio Mane (right), seen holding off Cesar Azpilicueta, started in Liverpool's attack with Roberto Firmino and Mo Salah rested
Summer signing Fabinho (right), contesting an aerial duel with Chelsea's Ross Barkley, made his first Liverpool start
Chelsea wing back Victor Moses returned to Anfield on Wednesday having spent the 2013-14 season on loan at Liverpool
Alvaro Morata (left) had an early chance to give Chelsea the lead but his header was blocked by goalkeeper Simon Mignolet
Mignolet stayed on his feet and made a good stop to deny Morata as Joel Matip and Dejan Lovren watched on
Morata then turned Joel Matip far too easily to work Mignolet at his near post after another neat pass from Willian and at this stage the Liverpool defence - in which left back Moreno was struggling desperately - looked very uncomfortable. Perhaps relieved that Chelsea's early dominance had not yielded a goal, Liverpool managed to increase the tempo of their play and with that came a little threat of their own.
The front three of Sadio Mane, Sturridge and Xherdan Shaqiri had been anonymous for the best part of half an hour while midfielder Keita's first real contribution was to dive over Gary Cahill's outstretched leg in the 31st minute. It was never a penalty but it was an act of simulation for which Keita should have been booked.
With the crowd engaged at last, Liverpool started to impose themselves. Keita cut infield from the left flank and drove hard towards the far corner with his right foot in the 35th minute and the save from Caballero diving to his left was the moment of the half.
Then Shaqiri cut inside from the other touchline and drifted a cross accurately to the far post where it was met by the unmarked Mane. The Liverpool forward made decent contact but Caballero dropped to his left to parry.
Part of what made this Liverpool team different from the one we are used to seeing was the lack of pressure on the ball applied by players such as Shaqiri and Sturridge when Chelsea were in possession.
At the other end, Naby Keita (far left) forced a diving stop out of Chelsea goalkeeper Willy Caballero in front of the away fans
Ex-Chelsea striker Sturridge missed a golden chance to put Liverpool ahead inside the opening 30 seconds of the second half
Sturridge pounced on a defensive mistake and dribbled around Caballero only to lose balance and shoot wide of an open goal
Xherdan Shaqiri (No 23) looked stunned as he raised his hands to his head after witnessing Sturridge's spectacular miss
But Sturridge was soon celebrating after scoring the opening goal of the game - his third of the season in all competitions
Sturridge missed a great chance in the first minute of the second period. A loose pass back from Christensen set him clear and though Caballero tackled him, the loose ball was begging to be rolled into the empty net only for the Liverpool striker to miss by fully two yards.
That shocking miss was followed by a flurry of activity. First Morata headed a good chance over after Willian's cross found him unmarked, then Barkley's mistake in his own half let Mane in. This time Caballero made a very good save with his right foot.
So finally the night was alive. The home crowed found their voice and the cut and the thrust of what had previously been a tame affair noticeably increased. Sarri's response was to send on Hazard for Willian. It was a bold move and a surprising one, given that the Brazilian had played well, but before Hazard could touch the ball Liverpool were ahead.
Milner harassed the hell out of Fabregas and Cesar Azpilicueta on the far side and when the latter eventually surrendered the ball, Keita brought another flying stop from Caballero only for Sturridge to fizz the ball back into the net with a scissor kick just made for the photographers behind the goal. It was a marvellous finish from a gifted player but the basic fundamental of Klopp football that brought Liverpool possession was at the heart of what went before.
Liverpool were by far the better team in the second half and had dominated almost all of it. But when Chelsea won a free-kick on the right with 12 minutes left, Barkley reacted quickest to head down at the near post. Mignolet saved well but could only parry and Emerson poked in the rebound.
Liverpool responded and Sturridge curled a shot from 20 yards on to the top of the bar and over. But there was nothing Liverpool could do to stop Hazard's moment of magic sending Chelsea through.
After missing a simple chance, Sturridge converted a much tougher one, displaying his impressive agility in the process
Goalkeeper Caballero made a strong attempt to thwart Sturridge but was unable to get to the ball despite diving at full stretch
Emerson poked home an equaliser for Chelsea after the Liverpool keeper had failed to hold a header by Ross Barkley (No 8)
A fan ran onto the pitch and jumped on Emerson as Azpilicueta grinned in the background during Chelsea's goal celebrations
And the Chelsea supporters were sent into raptures after Hazard's fine goal gave them victory and a place in the fourth round
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