Chelsea have been handed a boost heading into their Champions League last-16 tie against Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday. Having won just two of their last 13 games in all competitions there is hope within the fanbase that fortunes in Europe will be different.
It is the form on the continent that gave Graham Potter a kickstart to life at Chelsea but since then things have been much harder. Of his nine wins at Stamford Bride four of them came in the group stage of the competition.
He took over after the Blues were embarrassed 1-0 in their opening game by minnows Dinamo Zagreb. The pressure was ramped up after his first game, a 1-1 draw at home to RB Salzburg, but back-to-back wins against AC Milan assured Chelsea qualified for the knockout stages with one game to spare.
