Salzburg – Chelsea 1: 2: Kovacic and Havertz send it to the round of 16 of the Champions League

Chelsea needed a win in Austria and got it 2-1 in his top derby 5th group the Champions League against Salzburg for the 5th matchday a result that sends the English into the round of 16 and mathematics.

The “Blues” competed with several offensive weapons in the lineup, but the lights attracted a particular duo. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on the one hand and Philipp Kehn on the other fought a tough duel, with the Swiss goalkeeper winning four good moments from the Gabonese striker.

Where he failed to react was a sudden shot from Mateo Kovacic in the 23rd minute, opening the shot on target for Chelsea, who dominated the 1st half and deserved more goals.

At the beginning of the second half, the Austrians managed to equalize through Tsukumbuike Adamou, who shortly afterwards saved a safe goal on the line. The momentum shifted, a big mistake from Kepa almost turned it around, but a beautiful shot from Kai Havertz sent the Londoners 2-1 into the last 16.

Salzburg were beaten for the first time in 40 games at the “Red Bull Arena” and are now in danger of even finishing fourth in the group.

SALZBURG: Ken, Dedic, Weber (78′ Ulmer), Pavlovic, Bernardo, Seewald, Gurna Duat, Kjaergaard, Sucic (61′ Sesko), Adamou (82′ Cameri), Okafor (78′ Simic)

CHELSEA: Kepa, Chaloba, Silva, Koukoreja, Sterling, Kovacic (68′ Loftus-Cheek), Jorginho, Pulisic (75′ Athpilicueta), Gallagher (88′ Ziguez), Havertz, Aubameyang (75′ Broya).

The results of the 5th game

• Salzburg – Chelsea 1-2 (49′ Adamou / 23′ Kovacic, 64′ Havertz)
• 25/10 22:00 Dynamo Zagreb – Milan

The ranking of the 5th group

The program of the 6th game

• 02/11 22:00 Chelsea – Dynamo Zagreb
• 02/11 22:00 Milan – Salzburg