Chelsea Football Club has had a pretty poor run of form and results on English soil. The blues have fallen to English football giants like Arsenal, Tottenham, Man United and Man City. However, in Europe, the blues seem to have a different touch of the ball and have been producing some great results with the latest one being a beating of Swedish Side Malmo at the Stamford Bridge.
Callum Hudson-Odoi scored as Chelsea eased into the Europa League last 16 with a 3-0 victory over Malmo in their second-leg tie at Stamford Bridge, winning 5-1 on aggregate.
Olivier Giroud netted in his fifth successive Europa League game as he put Chelsea ahead in the 55th minute. Ross Barkley (74) doubled the lead with a superb, curling free-kick after Rasmus Bengtsson was sent off for a second yellow card.
Hudson-Odoi rounded off a fine starting performance with the third goal in the 85th minute to seal Chelsea’s spot in Friday’s last-16 draw.
It will be a boost for Maurizio Sarri and his side ahead of their Carabao Cup final showdown with Manchester City on Sunday.
The latest win means that Chelsea have now won each of their last seven Europa League home games, scoring at least three goals in six of those matches (20 in total – 2.86 per game on average).
Maurizio Sarri has won 28 of his opening 43 games in charge of Chelsea in all competitions (D6 L9), one more than Pep Guardiola managed in his first 43 matches with Manchester City (W27 D9 L7).
Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud is the first player to score in five consecutive Europa League appearances for an English club (6 goals in total) since Romelu Lukaku for Everton in March 2015.