AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
FT: Two goals, three points and a clean sheet for Graham Potter's Chelsea to send them top of Group E, and a performance of class at the San Siro only three games on from that humiliation in Zagreb.
Four wins from five for the Chelsea boss since taking over from Thomas Tuchel. It's too early to say whether this shows he can adapt to the big personalities of the Stamford Bridge dressing room, but these are good signs
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21:33
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
69: OVER! A Chelsea corner is cleared to Chilwell who smacks it into orbit first-time.
Amid the pushing and pulling in the middle, Silva appears to have two of Krunic's arms around him and goes down. He's already been booked, too.
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3m ago
21:30
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
66: YELLOW! Pobega becomes, believe it or not, the first player since half-time to be booked.
And he actually deserves it, for a late challenge on Loftus-Cheek nowhere near the ball.
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8m ago
21:25
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
62: SUB! Just remember England fans - Kyle Walker is currently recovering from surgery, and now Reece James is off injured.
England's first game at the World Cup is in 41 days' time.
Elsewhere, Bennacer is replaced by Pobega and Giroud departs for Rebic.
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9m ago
21:24
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
62: SUB! This isn't good for James - after chasing Leao down for that chance a moment ago he sinks to the floor and needs replacing.
Azpilicueta comes on for him, Loftus-Cheek replaces Sterling.
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21:24
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
60: MISS! Leao does excellently to get away from James with a little burst of pace down the left, and lifts it across for Dest on the far side of the area.
The American right-back puts his foot through it without much time to consider his options and Koulibaly flying across to close him down. It's into Row Z.
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13m ago
21:20
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
56: OUCH! James is looking in pain here.
For a moment we're not shown a close-up as James and Hernandez compete for a ball in the Milan half, and the Englishman appears to jar his knee.
Eventually he does get back to his feet and for now is carrying on.
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15m ago
21:18
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
54: CLOSE! Nearly three for Chelsea. Chilwell's inviting low ball across the six-yard box is inches ahead of Aubameyang at the near post, before it's recycled on the far side.
Jorginho lines up an effort from just outside the box which takes a big deflection to reach Aubameyang, just onside, but without the time to adjust for a shit. It hits him, and Tatarusanu palms clear.
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16m ago
21:17
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
Sky Sports’ Adam Bate:
“Sensible to take off Mount given that he had been booked and the way this game has been going but it is a bit of a pity because he lit up the first half. What a chance for Gallagher though and he seems to be enjoying himself already."
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18m ago
21:15
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
50: CLOSE! Nearly a perfect start for Gallagher.
Chalobah drives forward into the final third - he scored from around here against Crystal Palace last season, you know - but plays a disguised ball through to Gallagher instead tonight.
The substitute gets around Tatarusanu but that severely narrows his angle, and he fires into the side netting.
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20m ago
21:13
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
48: CLOSE! Milan test Kepa for the first time.
Dest cuts inside and plays it through with the outside of his boot for Tonali, whose low ball from the byline is kept out by the Chelsea goalkeeper.
Then it's anyone's ball inside the six-yard box - and Silva makes sure he gets to it first to clear the danger.
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22m ago
21:11
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
48: A high ball into the box for Chilwell is a little overcooked and runs through for Tatarusanu.
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25m ago
21:08
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
46: SUB! It's man of the half Mount, who might not be getting man of the match now, who makes way for Gallagher. We're back under way.
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21:07
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
The more you see Tomori's foul, the harsher it looks. Mount doesn't appeal. Aubemayang and Sterling are both in the box - they don't appeal.
It looks like there's a change coming at the break for Chelsea...
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
45+4: Mount delivers from the right, level with the edge of the box. Leao gets it clear but Mount is onto it again, quick as a flash.
Milan are in no hurry to get out though, and Chelsea end up back in their own half.
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20:49
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
45+3: Gabbia slides in on James and gets the man, rather than the ball.
If the referee was feeling as harsh as he had been earlier in the game, that could've been a second yellow.
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20:48
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
“That dark circle on the shot map is Giroud’s header with Milan one down but obviously it is Tomori’s red card that has been the real turning point in this game.”
AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea
36: YELLOW! Another minute, another booking. This time Krunic has his name taken for an angry reaction when Chilwell is clipped by Diaz.
6 cards, 6 shots, 2 goals. Just saying.
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20:34
GOAL! AC Milan 0-2 Chelsea (Aubameyang, 34)
Full steam ahead for the visitors in Milan! The first sniff of a chance they've had since taking the lead and they double their lead.
Mount, Chelsea's best player by a mile so far, makes it with a perfect first-time pass on the edge of the box across to Sterling, who leaves it for Aubameyang to take a touch and bury it inside the near post.
AC Milan have a mountain to climb.
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20:34
AC Milan 0-1 Chelsea
33: YELLOW! We're onto more cards than shots at this point. Now Gabbia goes into the book for a shove on Mount in the chest as they run alongside each other.
It's not a nailed on yellow but any hint of a booking is getting punished. The ref obviously likes doing paperwork.
First Half: AC Milan 0-0 Chelsea
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20:18
AC Milan 0-0 Chelsea
18: PENALTY TO CHELSEA! RED CARD TO TOMORI!
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20:18
AC Milan 0-0 Chelsea
17: LATEST SCORE! RBSalzburg are now 1-0 up at Dinamo Zagreb, a scoreline which would deny Chelsea top spot whatever happened tonight.
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20:17
AC Milan 0-0 Chelsea
15: Sterling is a whisker away from finding Aubameyang on the shoulder of Gabbia with a first-time ball.
The Gabon striker's barely had a sniff so far, but he's looking for that ball in behind every time Chelsea get it.
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3m ago
20:15
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Sky Sports’ Adam Bate:
“Chelsea are already annoyed with the referee as quite a few minor decisions have gone against them. Not much rhythm to the game as a result.”
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20:14
AC Milan 0-0 Chelsea
13: Kovacic can't believe he's penalised when he robs Bennacer well inside the Milan half.
He's a few yards away with the ball by the time he responds to the whistle, and that's a legitimate Chelsea attack denied.
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6m ago
20:12
AC Milan 0-0 Chelsea
11: Hernandez is in the Milan equivalent of the Jorginho role when the hosts have the ball, it's no one-off.
That extra man in midfield is playing its part in letting the others get a little further forward, and help keep the ball in the Chelsea half.
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7m ago
20:10
AC Milan 0-0 Chelsea
9: When they do get it right on the break, Chelsea look a threat for the first time in the match. A through ball for Aubameyang is knocked behind by Gabbia before he can get to it.
James' delivery is cleared to the edge of the box where Leao looks to counter, but Chelsea get numbers back quickly to cover.
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9m ago
20:09
AC Milan 0-0 Chelsea
8: Chelsea are being hurried into balls forward, there's been a few aimless long passes swept up by Tatarusanu already.
It's most unlike Potterball and though they will look to hit Aubameyang on the break, it shows the strength of Milan's early pressing.
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10m ago
20:08
AC Milan 0-0 Chelsea
6: Hernandez wasn't across from left-back after all - looking at how he's started, he's sitting deep in midfield for the hosts when Milan have the ball. When they don't, it's a more conventional 4-2-3-1.
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20:08
AC Milan 0-0 Chelsea
Sky Sports’ Adam Bate:
“Bright start for Milan, seeing plenty of the ball. The crowd seem up for it too. This will be a really interesting test for Potter’s Chelsea.”
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12m ago
20:06
AC Milan 0-0 Chelsea
5: Tonali curls it in from deep on the right to the back post, where one of the throng of home and away shirts gets a head on it before Chelsea frantically hurry the second ball away from danger.
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13m ago
20:05
AC Milan 0-0 Chelsea
4: Well played by captain Hernandez, across from left-back, robbing Kovacic on the half-way line before Koulibaly halts his path. Free-kick to the hosts in a decent position.
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14m ago
20:04
AC Milan 0-0 Chelsea
3: A good zip about this game already, with Milan enjoying some early possession until Tonali is rather too keen to win the ball back from Koulibaly, and lets th
e pressure go.
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17m ago
20:01
AC Milan 0-0 Chelsea
1: We're under way at the San Siro.
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