Chelsea 2-0 Borussia Dortmund (agg 2-1): Blues fight back to reach last eight

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Kai Havertz scores a punishment for his broadside against Borussia Dortmund

Graham Potter enjoyed his finest nighttime arsenic Chelsea manager arsenic they overcame a first-leg shortage against Borussia Dortmund to scope the Champions League quarter-finals.

Potter was nether immense unit aft a dismal tally of results pursuing Chelsea's immense outlay successful the transportation market, but helium volition anticipation the mode of this show and the beforehand into the second stages of Europe's elite contention volition present a measurement of calm and stableness to Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea afloat deserved their win, though they squandered respective large opportunities earlier Raheem Sterling made the breakthrough aft 43 minutes, firing past Dortmund keeper Alexander Meyer aft initially fluffing his shot.

The extremity which settled the necktie and overturned Dortmund's 1-0 vantage from the archetypal limb came successful contentious manner from the punishment spot 8 minutes aft the break.

Dortmund were furious erstwhile a VAR reappraisal penalised Marius Wolf for handball from Ben Chilwell's transverse and their consciousness of injustice heightened aft Kai Havertz struck the station with his spot-kick lone for a re-take to beryllium ordered.

This clip Havertz made nary mistake and Chelsea were connected their mode into the past eight.

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Chelsea

Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
Squad number33Player nameFofana
Squad number26Player nameKoulibaly
Squad number32Player nameCucurella
Squad number24Player nameJames
Squad number5Player nameFernández
Squad number8Player nameKovacic
Squad number21Player nameChilwell
Squad number17Player nameSterling
Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Squad number11Player nameJoão Félix

Squad number10Player namePulisic
Squad number12Player nameLoftus-Cheek
Squad number20Player nameZakaria
Squad number23Player nameGallagher

Borussia Dortmund

Squad number33Player nameMeyer
Squad number17Player nameWolf
Squad number25Player nameSüle
Squad number4Player nameSchlotterbeck
Squad number13Player nameRaphaël Guerreiro
Squad number23Player nameCan
Squad number19Player nameBrandt
Squad number22Player nameBellingham
Squad number6Player nameÖzcan
Squad number11Player nameReus
Squad number9Player nameHaller

Squad number7Player nameReyna
Squad number21Player nameMalen
Squad number43Player nameBynoe-Gittens

Line-ups

Chelsea

Formation 3-4-3

1ArrizabalagaBooked astatine 65mins
33Fofana
26Koulibaly
32CucurellaBooked astatine 90mins
24James
5FernándezBooked astatine 77minsSubstituted forZakariaat 87'minutes
8KovacicSubstituted forPulisicat 83'minutes
21ChilwellBooked astatine 90mins
17SterlingSubstituted forLoftus-Cheekat 83'minutes
29Havertz
11João FélixSubstituted forGallagherat 67'minutes

Substitutes

10Pulisic
12Loftus-Cheek
13Bettinelli
14Chalobah
15Mudryk
20Zakaria
22Ziyech
23Gallagher
30Chukwuemeka
47Bergström
67Hall

B Dortmund

Formation 4-1-4-1

33Meyer
17WolfBooked astatine 90mins
25SüleBooked astatine 41mins
4Schlotterbeck
13Guerreiro
23Can
19BrandtSubstituted forReynaat 5'minutes
22BellinghamBooked astatine 90mins
6ÖzcanSubstituted forBynoe-Gittensat 64'minutes
11Reus
9HallerSubstituted forMalenat 77'minutes

Substitutes

1Kobel
7Reyna
8Dahoud
15Hummels
20Modeste
21Malen
24Meunier
30Passlack
36Rothe
38Unbehaun
43Bynoe-Gittens
44Coulibaly

Live Text

Match ends, Chelsea 2, Borussia Dortmund 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 2, Borussia Dortmund 0.
Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Christian Pulisic (Chelsea).
Marc Cucurella (Chelsea) is shown the yellowish card.
Foul by Marius Wolf (Borussia Dortmund).
Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Attempt saved. Marius Wolf (Borussia Dortmund) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Donyell Malen.
Attempt missed. Marius Wolf (Borussia Dortmund) header from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Giovanni Reyna with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Attempt blocked. Raphaël Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked.
Attempt missed. Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund) header from the centre of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Giovanni Reyna.
Marius Wolf (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellowish card.
Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) is shown the yellowish card.
Marius Wolf (Borussia Dortmund) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Ben Chilwell (Chelsea).
Offside, Chelsea. Kalidou Koulibaly tries a done ball, but Christian Pulisic is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) header from the centre of the container is excessively high. Assisted by Marius Wolf with a cross.
Substitution, Chelsea. Denis Zakaria replaces Enzo Fernández.