Olivier Giroud, Ross Barkley and Callum Hudson-Odoi all scored second-half goals as Chelsea swept aside Malmo in the Europa League.
2018/2019 UEFA Europa League
3-0
Match Events
4' CHANCE! Bengtsson's header over the bar
OVER! Reiks is fouled by Rudiger, who put his arm across his opponent over on the left-hand side, and Malmo have the chance to get the ball into the box. Safari's delivery is pretty weak and Chelsea are able to half-clear, but Vindheim plays it back in from the opposite flank and Bengtsson heads over.
33' CLOSE! Azpilicueta's shot saved
CLOSE TO AN OPENER! Much better from Chelsea over the last five minutes. The corner is worked short and Willian, possibly offside, picks out Azpilicueta a few yards from goal, but he does not make the contact he is after - hitting the ball with his thigh - and Dahlin stops it on the line.
40' Dahlin denies Barkley!
DAHLIN DENIES BARKLEY! Chelsea threaten again as Giroud and Barkley exchange passes. Rather than sliding another pass through for his team-mate, Barkley decides to take on the shot from 20 yards and tests Dahlin down the middle.
55'GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Malmo (Giroud)
GOOOAAAALLLL!!! CHELSEA 1-0 MALMO! Giroud scores his sixth Europa League goal of the season, including his second of this last-32 tie, to all but send the home side through to the next round. Kante creates the goal by picking up a loose ball and carrying it forward to the edge of the box, before laying it off to Willan, who squres for Giroud to tap home a few yards out.
65' DISALLOWED GOAL! Barkley's shot offside
73'Second Yellow Card! Bengtsson sent off
Bengtsson lunges in on Emerson on the edge of the Chelsea box to receive a second yellow card. He initially looked to have got away with it but the referee waited for the Malmo defender to get to his feet before showing him the card.
74'GOAL! Chelsea 2-0 Malmo (Barkley)
GOOOOAAALLL!!! CHELSEA 2-0 MALMO! Barkley adds insult to injury following that red card for Bengtsson as he sends the resulting free-kick up and over the wall. Dahlin can only watch as it flies past him, out of his reach. Great technique from the Chelsea midfielder to seal the victory for good.
84'GOAL! Chelsea 3-0 Malmo (Hudson-Odoi)
GOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! CHELSEA 3-0 MALMO! Hudson-Odoi joins the scoring and it is greeted by the biggest cheer of the day. Willian's crossfield pass is controlled by the youngster and he drives into the box before catching Dahlin out with his early shot into the far corner.
Match Report
Chelsea warmed up for the EFL Cup final with a comfortable 3-0 home victory over Malmo to secure a place in the Europa League's last 16, winning 5-1 on aggregate.
Olivier Giroud and Ross Barkley, who were both on target in establishing a a 2-1 first-leg advantage in Sweden seven days ago, grabbed second-half goals before Callum Hudson-Odoi marked his recall with the third.
Maurizio Sarri will still head into this weekend's daunting match against Manchester City with doubts hanging over his long-term future, a situation that was helped little by a sluggish first half.
But a sharper showing after the restart - and Rasmus Bengtsson's sending off for two yellow cards - led to three goals in 29 minutes and averted further pressure from building on the under-fire Italian.
Player Ratings
Line-ups
Chelsea XI: Willian, Azpilicueta, W. Caballero, O. Giroud, Barkley, M. Kovačić, Emerson, A. Rüdiger, A. Christensen, N. Kanté, C. Hudson-Odoi
Subs: G. Higuaín, D.Luiz, E. Hazard, Jorginho, R. Loftus-Cheek, J. Cumming, Ampadu
Malmö FF XI: M. Rosenberg, Behrang Safari, Rasmus Bengtsson, Johan Dahlin, Søren Rieks, Anders Christiansen, Lasse Nielsen, Fouad Bachirou, A. Traustason, Marcus Antonsson, Andreas Vindheim
Subs: Dusan Melichárek, Eric Larsson, Oscar Lewicki, R. Gall, Carlos Strandberg, E. Binaku, Anel Ahmedhodzic