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$200M trio combines to send Chelsea into Champions League quarterfinals

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Updated: March 18th, 2021, 10:20 IST
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London: A goal combination featuring more than $200 million of summer signings symbolized the Chelsea revival under Thomas Tuchel.

Kai Havertz and Timo Werner launched a counterattack. Hakim Ziyech applied the finishing touch.

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If only Frank Lampard had managed to get the best out of his lavishly-funded attacking recruits it might be him and not Tuchel leading Chelsea into its first Champions League quarterfinal in seven years.

Ziyech’s goal after 34 minutes against Atletico Madrid built on Chelsea’s 1-0 first-leg lead and Emerson Palmieri netted in stoppage time to seal a 3-0 aggregate win Wednesday.

While a goal from the defender is an more expected rarity — this was only Emerson’s second in three years at Chelsea — a goal drought since October was a startling anomaly for Ziyech.

And yet Tuchel still entrusted the Morocco winger with being part of the front three against the Spanish leaders because of his experience of reaching the Champions League semifinals in 2019 with Ajax, a year before before his 40 million euro transfer.

“He knows how it feels to arrive in the knockout round and go through to the last eight,” Tuchel said.

“We missed Mason Mount and we wanted to replace his work-rate and intensity with Hakim because we knew we faced a midfield of three with a lot of quality.

“Maybe he suffers a bit to adapt to our style because he loves to play creative and he needs to adapt to the structure but he gives a very reliable work-rate for the team.”

Havertz launched the breakaway after Kieran Trippier’s cross was intercepted before releasing Werner to run down the left. Werner sent the ball into the penalty area for Ziyech, who placed the shot under goalkeeper Jan Oblak.

“There were some difficult moments in the game but for most of the time we had it under control,” Ziyech said.

“It was an important goal and I had to wait a long time for it.”

The goal meant the Spanish leaders needed to score twice but their slim chances ended when Stefan Savic was sent off in the 81st minute for elbowing Chelsea defender Antonio Rüdiger.

Two of Chelsea’s substitutes then combined for the second goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

Emerson had only been on the pitch a minute when he was set up by Christian Pulisic on the break.

The win further builds on the momentum the London club has built up in the two months since Lampard was fired, with Tuchel unbeaten in 13 matches with 11 clean sheets.

“The guys protect themselves,” Tuchel said. “Defensive work is about courage and reliability that they can feel safe around each other.”

Luis Suarez symbolized the visitors’ struggles as the striker remained without an away goal in 25 Champions League appearances. He hasn’t netted in any European games in this campaign and was taken off before the hour mark in London.

It was the lack of dynamism that Diego Simeone was left to rue as his decade as Atletico coach won’t be marked by lifting the European Cup for the first time.

“We tried to play with four up top in the first period and press them when they were playing out at the back,” he said.

“We couldn’t rob the ball high up like we wanted to. We looked to change our system, tried to press them, but they were able to get through it, they were just better than us. You can’t say more than that. We need to improve.”

This was just the latest setback for Atletico, whose Spanish league lead has dwindled from 10 to four points in recent weeks.

“Of course the fans are going to be hurt, disappointed and annoyed,” Simeone said.

“We need to show humility, work hard and move forward.”

However, Chelsea may have been a bit fortunate that Atletico was not awarded a penalty when Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta put an arm around Yannick Carrasco in his area in the 25th.

“I was a bit frightened,” Tuchel said.

With Bayern Munich beating Lazio 2-1 to seal a 6-2 aggregate win in the night’s other game, the quarterfinal lineup is now complete. England is the best represented country with Liverpool and Manchester City also through.

Borussia Dortmund is with Bayern in Friday’s draw, along with Paris Saint-Germain, Porto and record 13-time champion Real Madrid.

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