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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23460883" data-attributes="member: 158020">Chelsea 1 Inter 1 (5-4 on penalties): Morata on form as Sarri maintains winning start<img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/28/19/1532804020939_lc_galleryImage_NICE_FRANCE_JULY_28_Pedro.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Alvaro Morata pressed his claims to remain Chelsea's first-choice  striker with an encouraging display in a penalty shoot-out win over  Inter in the International Champions Cup on Saturday. Questioned for an unconvincing debut season at Stamford Bridge, the  reported AC Milan target turned in a promising 65 minutes as the Blues  prevailed from the spot following a 1-1 draw in normal time. Willy  Caballero also enjoyed a measure of redemption in Nice as the  goalkeeper put a forgettable World Cup behind him by denying Milan  Skriniar and giving Chelsea a 5-4 shoot-out success for their second  straight win under Maurizio Sarri.Morata  was particularly influential early on, going it alone in the eighth  minute with a superb turn and shot that fell kindly for Pedro to tuck  away the opener, just as he did in the 1-0 defeat of Perth Glory that  kicked-started the Sarri era.The early strike would not be enough  on this occasion, though, as Inter stemmed the tide and equalised soon  after half-time through Roberto Gagliardini.Both sides failed to  put away late opportunities to snatch victory in normal time and Chelsea  ultimately held their nerve, keeping their winning run intact ahead of a  meeting with Arsenal in Dublin on Wednesday.Sarri retained the  starting XI that won in Australia on Monday and the early signs were of a  team comfortable with its fluid new approach.Morata spearheaded  the fast start by first laying off a chance that Ross Barkley drove into  the feet of Samir Handanovic, before an offside flag ruled out the  Spaniard's smart header.The 25-year-old instead took it upon  himself to single-handedly create the opener, robbing Antonio Candreva  of possession, twisting back to the byline and then unleashing a shot  that Handanovic could only parry into Pedro's path for a simple finish.Pedro's unselfishness in attempting to return the favour to his  countryman cost Chelsea a potential second inside a promising opening 20  minutes.Candreva, the subject of persistent transfer talk in recent  weeks, began to make up for his earlier error by threatening regularly  on the right and creating Inter's best chance of the first half.Matteo  Politano was the recipient of the winger's smart cut-back to the edge  of the area, but a poorly sliced finish meant the margin remained intact  at the break.That changed within four minutes of the restart and  Chelsea only had themselves to blame, substitute Tiemoue Bakayoko's  turnover allowing Mauro Icardi to put Gagliardini through on goal for  the equaliser.Midfielder Gagliardini next tried his luck with a tame strike that  drew a brief fumble from the unconvincing Caballero, who had replaced  Marcin Bulka at the interval and might have done better with the goal.Both coaches began to ring the changes with around 25 minutes  remaining and one of those, Tammy Abraham, quickly drew a sharp low save  from Handanovic, who next turned a goal-bound Jorginho curler around  the post.An Abraham miss at one end was followed by an  instinctive Caballero block to deny Lautaro Martinez and force  penalties, where the Argentina goalkeeper capped a rollercoaster 45  minutes by proving the hero with the shoot-out's lone save, Cesar  Azpilicueta netting the decisive kick for Chelsea.</blockquote>

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