Red Bull Salzburg 1-2 Chelsea: Blues reach Champions League last 16

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Mateo Kovacic of Chelsea scores against Red Bull Salzburg in the Champions League
Mateo Kovacic scored only his fifth goal for Chelsea in all competitions, in his 197th competitive appearance for the club

Two wonderful finishes by Mateo Kovacic and Kai Havertz earned Chelsea victory away to Red Bull Salzburg in a breathless Champions League game and sent Graham Potter’s side through to the last 16.

Midfielder Kovacic rifled in an unstoppable left-foot finish from 18 yards before Junior Adamu equalised after a wonderful pass by Maximilian Wober.

Salzburg keeper Philipp Kohn denied Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang four times while Jorginho had a header brilliantly cleared off the line by Adamu.

However, Havertz ensured Chelsea joined Premier League rivals Manchester City in the knockout stage with a sublime curling finish, before Thiago Silva was forced to clear off the line from Strahinja Pavlovic.

Chelsea have 10 points from five games in Group E, four ahead of second-placed Red Bull Salzburg with one match to go.

Potter’s side will be confirmed as group winners – and therefore seeded for the last 16 draw on 7 November – if Dinamo Zagreb fail to beat AC Milan in Croatia later on Tuesday (20:00 BST).

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FC Red Bull Salzburg

  1. Squad number18Player nameKöhn

  2. Squad number70Player nameDedic

  3. Squad number95Player nameBernardo

  4. Squad number31Player namePavlovic

  5. Squad number39Player nameWöber

  6. Squad number27Player nameGourna-Douath

  7. Squad number13Player nameSeiwald

  8. Squad number14Player nameKjærgaard

  9. Squad number21Player nameSucic

  10. Squad number77Player nameOkafor

  11. Squad number9Player nameAdamu

  1. Squad number8Player nameKameri

  2. Squad number17Player nameUlmer

  3. Squad number23Player nameSimic

  4. Squad number30Player nameSesko

Chelsea

  1. Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga

  2. Squad number14Player nameChalobah

  3. Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva

  4. Squad number32Player nameCucurella

  5. Squad number10Player namePulisic

  6. Squad number5Player nameJorginho

  7. Squad number8Player nameKovacic

  8. Squad number17Player nameSterling

  9. Squad number23Player nameGallagher

  10. Squad number29Player nameHavertz

  11. Squad number9Player nameAubameyang

  1. Squad number12Player nameLoftus-Cheek

  2. Squad number18Player nameBroja

  3. Squad number19Player nameMount

  4. Squad number22Player nameZiyech

  5. Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta

Line-ups

RB Salzburg

Formation 4-1-2-1-2

  • 18Köhn
  • 70Dedic
  • 95Bernardo
  • 31Pavlovic
  • 39WöberSubstituted forUlmerat 78′minutes
  • 27Gourna-Douath
  • 13Seiwald
  • 14Kjærgaard
  • 21SucicBooked at 47minsSubstituted forSeskoat 61′minutes
  • 77OkaforSubstituted forSimicat 78′minutes
  • 9AdamuSubstituted forKameriat 82′minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Mantl
  • 2Van der Brempt
  • 4Piatkowski
  • 6Baidoo
  • 8Kameri
  • 17Ulmer
  • 23Simic
  • 24Diarra
  • 30Sesko
  • 33Walke

Chelsea

Formation 3-4-1-2

  • 1ArrizabalagaBooked at 90mins
  • 14Chalobah
  • 6Thiago Silva
  • 32Cucurella
  • 10PulisicSubstituted forAzpilicuetaat 75′minutes
  • 5Jorginho
  • 8KovacicSubstituted forLoftus-Cheekat 68′minutes
  • 17SterlingSubstituted forMountat 88′minutes
  • 23GallagherBooked at 86minsSubstituted forZiyechat 88′minutes
  • 29Havertz
  • 9AubameyangSubstituted forBrojaat 75′minutes

Substitutes

  • 12Loftus-Cheek
  • 13Bettinelli
  • 16Mendy
  • 18Broja
  • 19Mount
  • 20Zakaria
  • 21Chilwell
  • 22Ziyech
  • 28Azpilicueta
  • 30Chukwuemeka

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