Overview
- Chelsea beat Barcelona 3-0 at Stamford Bridge, with a Jules Kounde own goal, an 18-year-old Estevao strike and a Liam Delap finish after Ronald Araujo’s second yellow left the visitors a man down.
- Estevao called it “the perfect night” after his solo goal capped a dominant display in which Chelsea also had three efforts disallowed.
- Bayer Leverkusen won 2-0 at Manchester City through Alejandro Grimaldo and Patrik Schick, punishing a heavily rotated home XI with Erling Haaland starting on the bench.
- Pep Guardiola, coaching his 100th Champions League match with City, said he takes full responsibility for the selection and admitted the changes may have been too many.
- Chelsea rose to fifth on 10 points in the league phase, Barcelona slipped into a precarious position outside the automatic spots, and City continue to monitor loanee Claudio Echeverri’s sparse minutes at Leverkusen with a January change under consideration.