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Nizaar Kinsella and George Flood

RB Salzburg 1-2 Chelsea FC LIVE! Havertz goal - Champions League result, match stream and latest updates today

RB Salzburg vs Chelsea LIVE!

Chelsea are into the last 16 of the Champions League but it was far from smooth sailing in Austria on Tuesday night. The Blues dominated the first half at Red Bull Arena, going ahead after Mateo Kovacic’s superb first-time instinctive strike to break Salzburg’s early resistance in the 23rd minute, with only a succession of quality saves from home goalkeeper Philipp Kohn preventing Graham Potter’s men from being out of sight at the interval.

But Salzburg were much improved after half-time, more than playing their part in a barnstorming second period that saw chances galore at both ends and Chelsea have to work incredibly hard for victory as Kai Havertz’s fantastic strike sealed three points after Junior Adamu had earlier finished off an incisive counter-attack.

Now Chelsea must await the result from Zagreb, where they will be confirmed as Group E winners with a game to spare if Dinamo do not beat AC Milan. Follow all the reaction from Salzburg live below, with Nizaar Kinsella in Austria providing expert analysis.

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