Porto 0-2 Chelsea: Mount & Chilwell keep Blues firmly grip on tie

Chelsea ran out 2-0 winners over Porto in their Champions League quarter-final first leg, played at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán stadium in Spain.

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Match Report

Superb individual goals from English pair Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell gave Chelsea a 2-0 win away to Porto in their Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday in Seville as the Londoners made the most of their few chances.

Midfielder Mount ran on to an incisive pass from Jorginho then swivelled to get past a defender before firing the ball low and hard into the far corner to prise Porto open in the 32nd minute and score his first Champions League goal.

Porto on the offensive

Porto, who knocked Juventus out in the last round, were more adventurous than the Premier League side and had triple the amount of shots, going closest with a header from veteran defender Pepe that was beaten away by Chelsea keeper Edouard Mendy, who also repelled an effort from striker Moussa Marega.

But Chelsea grabbed a crucial second away goal when Chilwell pounced on a slip by Porto's Jesus Corona and dashed across the box to dribble his way into the net in the 85th minute, moments after team mate Christian Pulisic had rattled the crossbar.

The second leg on April 13 will also be played at Sevilla's Sanchez Pizjuan stadium due to coronavirus restrictions on travel between Portugal and England.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

1' KICK-OFF! Who can win this match?

12' Uribe's shot just over the bar

23' Pepe's shot blocked

31' GOAL! Porto 0-1 Chelsea (Mount)

42' Pepe's header denied

46' Werner's header over the bar

56' Luis Diaz's shot inches wide

62' Yellow Card! Mbemba booked

73' Marega  goes down in the box but ref says no penalty!

78' Yellow Card! Grujic booked

84' GOAL! Porto 0-2 Chelsea (Chilwell)

Line-ups

Porto XI: Pepe, Marchesin, Jesús Corona, Mbemba, M. Marega, M. Uribe, Wilson Manafá, Otávio, Grujic, Z. Sanusi, L. Díaz

Subs: Cláudio Ramos, Anderson, Nanu, A.Martínez, M. Loum, Sarr, Diogo Leite, Evanilson, Romário Baró, João Mário, Fábio Vieira, Francisco Conceição

Chelsea XI: Azpilicueta, Kovacic, Jorginho, Rudiger, Christensen, E. Mendy, Werner, Mount, Chilwell, Havertz, Reece James

Subs: Thiago Silva, Caballero, Giroud, Alonso, Zouma, Emerson, Kepa, Kante, Ziyech, Abraham, Pulisic, Hudson-Odoi