Chelsea's place in the Champions League last-16 was secured with two games to spare as goals from Callum Hudson-Odoi and Olivier Giroud in France proved the difference between the Blues and Rennes, extending our winning run to six matches.
There was late drama on the other side of the Channel but first it was a goal crafted on the junior pitches at Cobham that opened the scoring. In the week in which a Mason Mount mural was unveiled off the Fulham Road outside Stamford Bridge, the young midfielder produced some artistry of his own to tee up Hudson-Odoi with a glorious pass from inside his own half and the forward did the rest, slotting in the only goal of the first half.
This was not an evening where Chelsea had things all their own way though and Edouard Mendy was the busier of the two goalkeepers as he worked hard to preserve our advantage for the majority of the game, producing some impressive stops and interventions.
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