Chelsea

2023 - 2 - 16

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Chelsea's 'comical' issue despite $947m spree as Blues cop ... (Fox Sports)

Chelsea's 'comical' issue despite $947m spree as Blues cop massive CL blow in fiery war.

Meanwhile, Benfica closed in on booking their place in the quarterfinals with a 2-0 win over Club Brugge in Belgium. Sule appeared to miss the ball in his lunging tackle. Chelsea must be wondering if some sort of voodoo forces are against them right now.” A Joao Mario penalty handed the Portuguese league leaders the lead six minutes into the second stanza, before David Neres doubled their lead in the dying minutes. The Blues bombarded the hosts in the second stanza, but simply couldn’t find the back of the net as their scoring woes continued. Dortmund speedster Karim Adeyemi struck in the 63rd minute on a brilliant counter-attack, racing the length of the pitch before rounding the keeper and rolling the ball into the net just 16 seconds after a Chelsea corner was taken at the other end.

Youngster turns $187m hero 'into a traffic cone' (Wide World of Sports)

Dortmund youngster turns $187m World Cup hero 'into a traffic cone' with stunning UCL goal.

Borussia Dortmund vs Chelsea score, result, highlights and analysis ... (Sporting News AU)

Chelsea head coach Graham Potter questioned his side's defending after Karim Adeyemi's second-half strike gave Borussia Dortmund victory in the first leg of ...

Thomas Meunier is still returning from a muscle injury, while Mateu Morey has been out for most of the season with a knee injury. They'll hope that transfers to this competition, in which they won two of their group games and drew their final three to qualify for this stage behind Manchester City. They look suitably confident after such a good run here since almost the start of the season. Chelsea will find plenty of encouragement from these opening stages as they look to improve on four goals in their last eight games. This has been a breathless start to the game. It's a valid point as Dortmund close in on an eighth win since the World Cup. This isn't a great game for any manager's nerves, but he'll surely be aware in the back of his mind that a draw would be a commendable result here. A royal rumble is taking place on the touchline near the technical areas. Thanks for following our live blog — we'll have a report and analysis at the top of this page shortly. "The win tonight was crucial and it was unbelievable to play in front of these fans. It is half-time in the tie and we have to regroup." "We created a lot of chances and efforts on goal, but I am disappointed with the goal we conceded.

Superb solo Karim Adeyemi goal helps Borussia Dortmund beat ... (CNN)

A superb solo goal from Karim Adeyemi proved decisive as Borussia Dortmund beat Chelsea 1-0 in the first leg of their round-of-16 clash in the Champions ...

It was very important as it was the winning goal.” It was really positive,” Potter told BT Sport. Sébastien Haller and Julian Brandt also went close for the home side. Conversely, Chelsea has just one win in nine. “This is the quality of Karim. And it was a great goal.

Chelsea cannot buy a goal at the moment – is it bad finishing or ... (The Athletic)

Chelsea's goal drought continued in the Champions League last-16 first leg away to Dortmund. Is it wastefulness, or just being unlucky?

Meanwhile, 11 shots from inside the six-yard box — with a combined xG value of 3.65 — have seen just four of them go on target, and only two goals. Winning the Champions League again is arguably Chelsea’s best route back into the competition for next season, and both 2012 and 2021 have shown that they can win it when nobody is expecting them to. [Premier League](https://theathletic.com/football/premier-league/) games — including a trip to [Tottenham Hotspur](https://theathletic.com/football/team/tottenham-hotspur/) — to play before they face [Dortmund](https://theathletic.com/football/team/dortmund/) again. For the 10th time in Graham Potter’s 24-game reign as head coach, his side couldn’t budge the dreaded zero from beside their name. [expected goals on target (xGOT) metric](https://theathletic.com/2730755/2021/07/28/the-athletics-football-analytics-glossary-explaining-xg-ppda-field-tilt-and-how-to-use-them/) — a value that considers the quality of on-target attempts that a goalkeeper faces, considering factors such as shot-placement and the angle from which it travels towards the goal. But in becoming the first English side to lose to Borussia Dortmund in 11 matches, the goalscoring problem is quickly becoming as confidence-sapping for Chelsea as it is concerning.

Where's Aubameyang?! Chelsea winners, losers and ratings as ... (Goal.com)

Chelsea paid a heavy price for Joao Felix's poor finishing as they slumped to a 1-0 defeat in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie at ...

Then, just moments before he was subbed midway through the second half, his pace got him in behind the Dortmund backline once more but he failed dismally to control a lofted pass from Kalidou Koulibaly. There is a worrying lack of control right now; at times, it's almost as if he is too quick for his good, as underlined by the way in which he never quite got the ball out of his feet after being released into acres of space by Felix early on. However, one is perfectly entitled to expect a player of his undoubted quality to convert the second chance he had in Dortmund.