15 de Febrero de 2019

Blues do the job with away win to Malmö (1-2)

Goals in either half from Ross Barkley -from a superb cross by Pedro- and Olivier Giroud put Chelsea in control of our Europa League tie with Malmo as Blues recorded their first away win of 2019. Pedro former on Sarri’s line-up and played an outstading performance on the right including the assist to Barkley for the first goal.

We bossed the game for long periods but it took half an hour to edge in front as Barkley poked home from close range before Giroud doubled the lead with a smart flick at the end of a clinical counter-attack initiated by the England midfield man. It was the Frenchman’s fifth goal of this European campaign.

Malmo provided a determined and physical opposition, but were unable to maintain their pressing for the duration, and the Blues were able to create more opportunities in an assertive second-half display. Giroud, Barkley and Pedro all went close to further extending our lead before the hosts pulled one back 10 minutes from time through Anders Christiansen.

The victory puts us in control of the round of 32 tie with the Swedes due to visit Stamford Bridge in a week’s time for the second leg, but we will need to guard against complacency. The late goal may mean Maurizio Sarri will not be able to rotate his players as he had hoped next week, with other important fixtures to play during this busy period.

 

- Match stats:

Malmo (4-4-2): Dahlin, Vindheim, Nielsen, Bengtsson, Safari; Traustason (Lewicki 70), Christiansen (Gall 81), Bachirou, Rieks; Antonsson (Strandberg 70), Rosenberg (c).
Unused subs Melicharek, Larsson, Binaku, Ahmedhodzic.
Scorer Christiansen 80

Chelsea (4-3-3): Kepa; Azpilicueta (c), Christensen, David Luiz, Emerson; Barkley, Jorginho (Kante 74), Kovacic; Pedro (Hudson-Odoi 85), Giroud, Willian (Hazard 71).
Unused subs Caballero, Rudiger, Zappacosta, Higuain.
Scorers Barkley 30, Giroud 58

Referee Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Crowd 20,312

- Match report by chelseafc.com


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