The Blues
struck in each half to secure two away goals in Seville ahead of the second leg
in six days’ time back in southern Spain. Mount’s opener came just after the
half-hour mark as he turned brilliantly away from pressure and finished
confidently into the bottom corner for his eighth goal of the campaign.
While
surrendered opportunities to the Portuguese champions, mostly from set-pieces,
it looked like 1-0 would be a good result for chelsea evening’s work before
Chilwell added a shine to the scoreline with five minutes remaining, rounding
the goalkeeper in Fernando Torres-esque fashion before steering the ball into
an empty net.
Two goals
and a clean sheet mean it is unquestionably advantage Chelsea at the midway
stage of this tie, with a place in the semi-finals the reward for the victors.
Chelsea
slow start was soon punctuated with a moment of quality as Tuchel’s men grabbed
an all-important away goal. While previous attacking endeavours had come from
exploiting space out wide, particularly through James down the right, the
breakthrough was fashioned with precise passing, clever movement, and clinical
finishing through the middle.
Jorginho
has his first Chelsea assist
Jorginho
claimed an assist with a punchy ball into the feet of Mount, whose intelligent
body positioning and receiving skills often tend to turn a decent pass into a
more dangerous opening.
Mason
mount score first champions league goal
The
England midfielder turned brilliantly away from the flailing Sanusi and then
drilled the ball across goal from 20 yards and neatly into the bottom far
corner.
If
2019/20 had been his breakthrough, this season feels like a coming-of-age
campaign for the 22-year-old and this was his fifth goal in the past 11
appearances for the Blues, underlining his improved output under Tuchel. It was
also his first in the Champions League and a perfect time to get it.
Thomas
Tuchel make Chelsea history
Thomas
Tuchel is only the second Chelsea manager to win his first three UCL knockout
games
The
previous manager to do this was Roberto Di Matteo in 2011-12, the last time
Chelsea won the competition.
Thomas
Tuchel’s UCL results at Chelsea so far:
Atlètico
Madrid 0-1 Chelsea
Chelsea 2-0 Atlético Madrid
Porto 0-2 Chelsea
3 wins, 3
clean sheets. 5 goals. Perfect
Mendy
maintain Clean sheet
Edouard
Mendy is yet to concede a single goal from open play in the UCL for
Chelsea. 700 minutes and counting.
Edouard
Mendy vs Porto (A):
5 saves
5 saves from inside the box
2 high claims
28 completed passes (84.8%)
4/9 completed long balls
1 clearance
A very
good all-round display.
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