The Blues train crosses Dortmund to the quarter-finals of the European Champions

And just as he did in Germany three weeks ago when Dortmund won 1-0, Chelsea, European champions 2021, wasted opportunity after opportunity in the first half, as the post hit an attempt by German Havertz..

But in the 43rd minute, Ben Chilwell sent a cross pass into the penalty area, and found his English colleague, Raheem Sterling, who fired a direct shot, which he failed before passing by Marco Royce and sending the second into the goal to equalize the two matches..

And at the beginning of the second half, a cross from Chilwell hit the outstretched hand of defender Marius Wolf, to give Dutch referee Danny Makelli the hosts the penalty kick after he was called to the video assistant referee screen..

Havertz’s shot hit the left post of the goal, and play resumed for a few seconds, until the video assistant referee Makelli alerted that Dortmund players had entered the area..

Havertz returned the kick and sent the ball in the same way, but this time into the goal in the 53rd minute.

It was Dortmund’s first defeat after winning their previous 10 matches and a boost for Chelsea, who have struggled to find form under coach Graham Potter since the turn of the year..