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Champions League: Mount, Chilwell give Chelsea advantage over Porto

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Football - Champions League - Quarter Final First Leg - FC Porto v Chelsea - Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Seville, Spain - April 7, 2021. FC Porto's Marko Grujic in action with Chelsea's Jorginho. [REUTERS/Marcelo Del Pozo]

Superb individual goals from English pair Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell gave Chelsea a 2-0 win away to Porto in their Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday in Seville as the Londoners made the most of their few chances.

Midfielder Mount ran on to an incisive pass from Jorginho then swivelled to get past a defender before firing the ball low and hard into the far corner to prise Porto open in the 32nd minute and score his first Champions League goal.

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