Kai Havertz’s retaken penalty helps send Chelsea into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 2-1 aggregate win over Borussia Dortmund
When the decisive moments arrived on a night of rare fortune for Graham Potter, Raheem Sterling fooling
It was never going to be a quiet evening. In fact it was an occasion when the fans had to stay with Potter and the early signs were positive: Chelsea alert and intense, the pace blistering, the best thing about Dortmund seemingly the yellow smoke billowing from the away end.Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
But there are no guarantees with Chelsea. João Félix was unfortunate when Alexander Meyer, starting in goal because Gregor Kobel was only fit enough for a place on the bench, denied him after a weaving run. Yet Havertz was a problem for Chelsea, who needed the German to be more clinical with two decent chances.
But Sébastien Haller was isolated against Chelsea’s back three. Potter had picked the right team. Reece James was back at right wing-back and, with Thiago Silva injured and Benoît Badiashile ineligible, the gamble on Marc Cucurella at left centre-back was looking inspired.
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