Chelsea vs Juventus LIVE: Champions League result, final score and reaction
Relive all the action from Stamford Bridge as the Blues ran riot against Juventus
Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Timo Werner struck to sink Juventus 4-0 and march an imperious Chelsea into the Champions League’s last 16.
The defending champions battered the outclassed Italians, Chelsea booking their place in the knockout stages but also overhauling their Serie A rivals at the top of Group H.
Match or better Juve’s result in the final set of round-robin fixtures in early December and the Blues will top the group.
Chelsea’s sole concerns on a raucous west London night proved injury scares for N’Golo Kante and Ben Chilwell, who both hobbled out of action well ahead of time.
England wing-back James became Chelsea’s outright top scorer for the season so far. The unassuming 21-year-old now boasts five goals and five assists for the term and continued his revelatory form with a sublime finish against The Old Lady. Relive all the action below:
Half-time: Chelsea 1 - 0 Juventus
45+2 mins: Trevoh Chalobah scores on his Champions League debut to give Chelsea a one-goal lead at half-time against Juventus. As it stand both these sides have 12 points in Group H with a goal difference of +6.
Can Chelsea improve on that with more goals in the second half?
Chelsea 1 - 0 Juventus
45 mins: Two minutes of added time to play at the end of this first half. It’s been fairly comfortably for Chelsea so far tonight. They’ll want at least one more goal though.
Chelsea 1 - 0 Juventus
42 mins: There are cries of ‘shoot’ when the ball comes to Reece James but instead he sends a pass into the six-yard box that De Ligt has to put behind for another corner. This one comes to Thiago Silva but the ball glances off his head and bounces out of the box.
Chelsea 1 - 0 Juventus
39 mins: Worrying signs if you’re a Chelsea fan as N’Golo Kante has been taken off by Thomas Tuchel with Ruben Loftus-Cheek replacing him. On the face of it the move seems to be a precationary measure as Kante doesn’t look overly hurt. He may have tweaked something though.
Chelsea 1 - 0 Juventus
37 mins: Save! Lovely stuff from Chelsea who look devastating when they win the ball high up the pitch. Hudson-Odoi chips the ball out to James arriving in the right side of the penalty area. Juventus are scrmabling to get back in shape so there’s loads of space for James to chest the ball down and blast a shot across goal and force Szczesny into a sharp one-handed save to his right!
Chelsea 1 - 0 Juventus
34 mins: Jorginho breaks up play in the middle of the pitch and passes the ball up to Pulisic. Chelsea sweep forward and Pulisic gives it to Kante in the inside right channel. He carries the ball into the box with options all around but seems caught between decisions and gets tackled.
Chelsea 1 - 0 Juventus
31 mins: So far so good for Chelsea. Kante nicks the ball high up the pitch and prods the ball to Pulisic who carries the ball into the box. He’s just got one defender to beat but attempts to feed Kante into the right side of the area and gives away possession with a poor pass.
Off the line! Silva rescues Chelsea
Chelsea 1 - 0 Juventus
28 mins: Locatelli collects the ball in midfield and waits for Morata’s run into the box before chipping it over to him. Edouard Mendy comes off his line to close down the ball but Morata dinks it over the goalkeeper only to be denied by a back-tracking Thiago Silva who slides towards his own goal and clears the ball off the line!
GOAL! Chelsea 1 - 0 Juventus (Chalobah, 25’)⚽️
25 mins: Chelsea have the lead! It’s Trevoh Chalobah who scores, on his first Champions League start for the Blues! Hakim Ziyech swings the corner into the box and Rabiot fails to deal with it. Rudiger jumps to win the header and the ball strikes his arm before dropping for Chalobah. He shots on the turn and right-foots the ball into the back of the net!
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