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Jonathan Wilson

Chelsea Finally Catches a Break With Champions League Turnaround

Was this the night when the corner was turned for Graham Potter at Chelsea? This was the first time Chelsea had scored more than once in a game in 2023 and a 2–0 win was enough to overturn a first-leg deficit against Borussia Dortmund and reach the quarterfinal of the Champions League.

The club’s leadership has been supportive of Potter throughout Chelsea’s lean spell and there has been little sense, even from this leakiest of dressing rooms, that the players have turned on him. Yet after a run of form such as Chelsea had been on, there are inevitable questions about the future of the manager. For now, at least, those questions will be asked less vociferously. Quite apart from anything, this was a night when, at last, fortune began to go Potter’s way.

Chelsea waited until its biggest match of the year for its first two-goal outing in 2023.

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