Chelsea

Chelsea completed the double over AC Milan to top Champions League Group E with a 2-0 victory at San Siro on Tuesday, a match the hosts had to play the ...

It's nice for the penalty and nice for Jorginho to score. "Chelsea didn't need to play with a numerical superiority. I don't want to comment. It was a nice move to lead to it. "Credit to the players. "To come here and win is not easy," Chelsea coach Graham Potter told BT Sport.

Southampton's head of recruitment, Joe Shields, is considering an approach from Chelsea after three months in his role. Shields, who only took up his ...

[Fulham](https://theathletic.com/football/team/fulham/) and [Crystal Palace](https://theathletic.com/football/team/crystal-palace/), was influential in bringing Lavia to St Mary’s from Manchester City this summer. [Romeo Lavia](https://theathletic.com/football/player/romeo-lavia-hla7NqaQuX98fAvK/) in the run-up to deadline day. [Southampton](https://theathletic.com/football/team/southampton/)’s head of recruitment, Joe Shields, is considering an approach from [Chelsea](https://theathletic.com/football/team/chelsea/) after three months in his role.

What was a highly anticipated game between Milan and Chelsea turned into a disaster for AC Milan after multiple controversial calls by the referee Daniel ...

Due to the red card however, he replaced Diaz after the second goal and he provided a much better performance this time around. There was no excuse for the poor defending there and Tomori might have also stayed closer to Mount and not allowing him to start accelerating like he did. These small details are what Milan are missing to compete with the best teams in Europe. The Rossoneri were all fired up to prove their worth in the reverse fixture after a rather disappointing 3-0 loss in London. The Algerian looked better on the ball and he had a couple of really good moments, one of which at 1-0 when he beat the press in lovely fashion to find Theo on the left with the attack eventually leading to a header that Giroud had to score. He’s also had some struggles with involving himself in the build-up in recent games which is his speciality, and it should be evident that whilst he bring a lot to the table Milan will need to look at the market and make a large Vlahovic-type investment if they want to bring it to the next level in the next couple of years.

Chelsea are closing in on an agreement with Southampton for Joe Shields, while Norwich's Stuart Webber is a candidate to be sporting director.

A lengthy injury would also have caused problems for England, who are certain to include the defender in their World Cup squad. The club have identified Norwich’s Stuart Webber as a candidate for that role. The club are poised to [appoint Christopher Vivell](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/07/chelsea-wesley-fofana-knee-injury-miss-about-a-month) as their technical director after the German was sacked by [RB Leipzig](https://www.theguardian.com/football/red-bull-leipzig) and also want a sporting director. He is the head of senior recruitment at St Mary’s and is highly regarded by Chelsea for his work there and at Manchester City. Lavia was recruited from City along with two other teenage talents, Juan Larios and Sam Edozie, and the 20-year-old goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu.

Graham Potter has revived Chelsea's Champions League campaign with two wins over Milan - so which tactical tweaks allowed him to do this?

A loss away to Dinamo Zagreb and draw at home with RB Salzburg in their opening two group games left them knowing that realistically no fewer than four points would be required to keep qualification from group E to the competition’s last 16 firmly on the horizon. Let’s take a closer look at how Chelsea did it, and how things changed in those few days between games one and two… They did more than that, and now remarkably are in top spot following Salzburg’s 1-1 draw in Zagreb on Tuesday.

An early and controversial red card put AC Milan in a bind against Chelsea, but the Blues so far are riding high under Graham Potter.

[Hellas Verona](/football/team?id=119) in Serie A action on Saturday and then hosting [Monza](/football/team?id=4007) on Oct. [Aston Villa](/football/team?id=362) on Sunday then at [Brentford](/football/team?id=337) on Wednesday, before hosting [Manchester United](/football/team?id=360) on Oct. His goal on Tuesday was his seventh career penalty goal in Champions League (6 with Chelsea), which puts him at eighth all-time. James, who has impressed in these two matches against Milan, trudged off on Tuesday with a problem just after the hour mark. Once Siebert decided it was a foul, the red card was a logical step. Yet after a chastening return to west London last week, his involvement lasted just 18 minutes on Tuesday, sent off by German referee Daniel Siebert for pulling back Mason Mount in the box. Fikayo Tomori's early red card made this a much easier test than it could have been, but Chelsea showed composure and maturity to forge into a 2-0 lead and then stand their ground when Milan's supporters wanted referee Daniel Siebert to even up the sides with every foul Chelsea committed (10 players ended up being carded). [Highlights and notable moments](#highlights) AC Milan and [Dinamo Zagreb](/football/team?id=597) each have four points. Soon after, [Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/122260/Pierre-Emerick-Aubameyang) continued his good form by doubling Chelsea's lead to earn his side's fourth consecutive victory and continue their unbeaten start under Potter's stewardship. [Best/worst performers](#bestworst) Graham Potter admitted at his unveiling as Chelsea boss that he had never even been to a Champions League match.