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Chelsea beat Atletico Madrid to reach Champions League quarters

Football - Champions League - Round of 16 Second Leg - Chelsea v Atletico Madrid - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - March 17, 2021 Atletico Madrid's Stefan Savic is shown a red card by referee Daniele Orsato. [REUTERS/David Klein]

Chelsea beat Atletico Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2014 as Hakim Ziyech and Emerson Palmieri were on target to give coach Thomas Tuchel's rejuvenated team a 3-0 aggregate win.

Ziyech squeezed the ball under Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak in the 34th minute of the last-16 second leg as he connected with a cross from Timo Werner who had raced down the left after being fed by fellow German Kai Havertz.

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