Chelsea v Malmo Report: Chelsea Match report
Chelsea breeze into the next round of the Europa League with a comfortable 3-0 win over Malmo in the second leg of the last-32 tie at Stamford Bridge. Olivier Giroud, Ross Barkley and Callum Hudson-Odoi scored the goals to send the Blues into the draw for the last-16 on a 5-1 aggregate score. After a first half that lacked spark from the home side, they improved after the break and scored all the three goals. Giroud opened the scoring in the 55th minute with a close-range finish after some good work by Willian. 17 minutes from time, Rasmus Bengtsson was given the second yellow card by the referee after he mistimed a challenge on Emerson at the edge of the box. Barkley stepped up to take the resultant free-kick and placed it at the top left corner to put Chelsea into cruise on the night. Hudson-Odoi added the icing on the cake with a driving run from the right and firing a shot into the back of the net six minutes from time. Malmo never had a chance to really test Chelsea’s back-up keeper Willy Caballero. They seldom seemed confident about overhauling the 1-2 deficit. All in all, a comfortable night’s work for Maurizio Sarri’s men, who now will be turning their attention towards a big game on Sunday against Manchester City – the Carabao Cup final. Here’s how their fans reacted after this game though: