It was a night to forget for Chelsea on Tuesday as they began their UEFA Champions League campaign on a losing note losing 1-0 to Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia.
Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel started new signing Pierre Emerick Aubameyang however, the Gabonese and his teammates could not do enough to see the Blues avert defeat at the Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb.
Against the run of play, Dinamo Zagreb struck in the 13th minute through Mislav Orsic lobbying the ball past Kepa Arizaballaga.
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Chelsea had more possession and chances in the game with Sterling, Havertz, James coming close to scoring on different occasions.
Aubameyang also had his goal in the 49th minute ruled out for offside after Chilwell who gave the assist was flagged to be offside.
This will be Chelsea’s third consecutive away defeat for the first time under Thomas Tuchel, having last done so in December 2020 under Frank Lampard.
Dinamo Zagreb now lead the standings in Group E with three points with AC Milan to square up against RB Salzburg in a later fixture on Tuesday night.
In the other early kick-off, Borrusia Dortmund trashed Copenhagen by 3-0 courtesy of goals from Marcos Reus, Raphael Guerreiro and Jude Bellingham.
Meanwhile, the coach of Tottenham Hotspurs, Antonio Conte has finally opened up about his fears of Chelsea and Manchester United’s massive spending sprees which he had reiterated had finally given them a ‘big and better advantage’ over Tottenham in the fight for top four places in the Premier League.
Conte who had already gotten his wish for backing from chairman Daniel Levy had managed to direct Tottenham to sign a total of seven players during the transfer window, including £50 million ($57 million) striker Richarlison from Everton and with this bolstered squad, Tottenham is off to an unbeaten start after five games.
