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Chelsea 2-0 Dortmund (2-1 agg): Huge result for Potter as the Blues reach Champions League QFs
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Chelsea 2-0 Dortmund (2-1 agg): Huge result for Potter as the Blues reach Champions League QFs

Raheem Sterling and Kai Havertz scored in either half as Chelsea battled back to beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 on aggregate to advance in the Champions League. The Blues trailed 1-0 on aggregate after the first leg but they were determined to turn the tie around at Stamford Bridge. A goal from Sterling and a re-taken penalty from Havertz earned the hosts a 2-0 win and breathing space for Potter. The Premier League side have now won back-to-back games for the first time since October. The board’s faith in Potter has now been vindicated. Chelsea were energetic, playing on the front foot with bags of initiative, a team transformed from the one defeated here by Southampton 17 days ago. Dortmund, second in the Bundesliga and on a run of 10 straight wins, could not live with their early high pr...
Dortmund 1 Chelsea 0: Toothless Blues on brink of Champions League KO after Adeyemi wondergoal
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Dortmund 1 Chelsea 0: Toothless Blues on brink of Champions League KO after Adeyemi wondergoal

The goal was against the run of play and will be a shattering blow to boss Graham Potter after his team produced an impressive performance apart from one momentary lapse. It is not a disastrous result against one of Europe’s most in-form sides but it could have been so much better. Chelsea hit the bar through Joao Felix and Reece James twice went close from a free kick and a powerful shot in the second half. Kalidou Koulibaly also had a shot cleared off the line by ex-Liverpool midfielder Emre Can. But failing to score again underlines how much Potter needs a man in his team with a killer instinct in front of goal - a basic requirement he just doesn’t have at the moment. The way in which Dortmund burst clear from defending a corner to score less than 15 seconds later through winger Ka...