Chelsea have saved themselves for the Champions League in the past few seasons. It has come as something of a U-turn from their massive struggles in the competition from 2012 onwards.
In fact, between winning the competition for the first time and their 2021 last-16 knockout tie with Atletico Madrid, they only progressed past the first knockout round once in that period despite winning the league twice. European football was the club's kryptonite.
Recent seasons have seen a swing in the tide though. The unlikely 2021 winners conceded just one goal between last-16 and lifting the trophy, winning all but one of their games in that period - only falling foul to a late Mehdi Taremi bicycle kick consolation in the quarter-finals.
