Fernando Torres rescued Chelsea and Rafael Benitez from FA Cup humiliation as the holders denied Brentford arguably the biggest scalp of all in this season of shocks in a 2-2 draw.
Torres broke his latest miserable run in front of goal with his first of 2013, and one of the most important of his Blues career, to prevent the European champions crashing out of their second competition in five days and sixth in just six months.
It also stopped Brentford becoming the latest lower-league team to upset Premier League opponents this season, something they were seven minutes away from doing after a magnificent performance at Griffin Park, but they have forced a replay at Stamford Bridge.
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