A few days ago, 90min reported that Leverkusen's Moussa Diaby remained Newcastle preferred wide target. The outlet also added two Premier League names as
Group E winners: W4 D2 L0 F14 A2
Top scorer: Olivier Giroud (5)
28/10: Krasnodar 0-4 Chelsea (Hudson-Odoi 37, Werner 76pen, Ziyech 79, Pulišić 90)
04/11: Chelsea 3-0 Rennes (Werner 10pen 41pen, Abraham 50)
24/11: Rennes 1-2 Chelsea (Hudson-Odoi 22, Giroud 90+1)
02/12: Sevilla 0-4 Chelsea (Giroud 8 54 74 83pen)
Their campaign in ten words: Impressive progress and growing maturity thanks to solid defensive platform.
UEFA.com reporter’s view
Chelsea’s group success was founded on a solid back line – no one went longer than their 355 minutes from the start of the tournament without conceding – and, by and large, they took their chances. This should be a more balanced side than last season, with quality and depth in every position; and with Timo Werner, Kai Havertz and Hakim Ziyech still settling, there is surely more to come.