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Football: Havertz and Pulisic earn Chelsea 2-0 win over Lille

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Clare Lovell, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Chelsea" s="" Christian="" Pulisic="" celebrates="" scoring="" their="" second="" goal="" with="" Kai="" Kante="" and="" Saul="" Niguez.="" David="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/02/23/football.jpg"/><figcaption>Chelsea&#x27;s Christian Pulisic celebrates scoring their second goal with Kai Havertz, N&#x27;Golo Kante and Saul Niguez. David Klein, Reuters.</figcaption></figure></div>LONDON - Goals in each half from Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic earned defending champions Chelsea a solid 2-0 first-leg victory over Lille in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday, but the London side will be concerned about injuries to key players.Germany forward Havertz, who had already had two attempts on goal early in the game, headed down a Hakim Ziyech corner in the eighth minute and the ball bounced high off the turf into the net.Chelsea left struggling striker Romelu Lukaku on the bench and it was American Pulisic who hit the second in the 63rd minute with a curling finish after N&#x27;Golo Kante&#x27;s surging run and pinpoint pass.The action was at times frenetic as Ligue 1 champions Lille sought to take something from the game into the second leg at home on March 16.&quot;They played good football and the first half was very difficult for us. Now it is halftime and the next game we have to win as well,&quot; Havertz told BT Sport.The French side, who topped their qualifying group ahead of Salzburg, VfL Wolfsburg and Sevilla, kept Chelsea busy going forward with buzzing runs from Renato Sanches, Benjamin Andre and Jonathan Bamba.But efforts from all three and from Canadian striker Jonathan David were either blocked, usually by defensive rock Thiago Silva, or collected easily by Edouard Mendy in the Chelsea goal.Chelsea, who face Liverpool in the League Cup final on Sunday, may be satisfied with their two-goal lead in the tie but they will be concerned for the fitness of pivotal midfielder Mateo Kovacic and of in-form Ziyech who both limped off early in the second half.Thomas Tuchel&#x27;s side are on an exhausting run of games with matches this month played or scheduled in five competitions.They won the Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi 10 days ago and injured trio Ben Chilwell, Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi paraded the trophy round Stamford Bridge before kickoff.They also won games in the FA Cup and Premier League before Tuesday&#x27;s game and Sunday&#x27;s final at Wembley.&quot;We did not play our best football,&quot; Havertz said. &quot;We could not get the aggressiveness of the last few weeks but we won 2-0 and that is the most important thing. Sunday is another competition and we have to focus on that now.&quot;<div>(Reporting by Clare LovellEditing by Christian Radnedge)</div>

Goals in each half from Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic earned Chelsea a 2-0 first-leg victory over Lille in the Champions League last 16. 

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Football: Havertz and Pulisic earn Chelsea 2-0 win over Lille

Clare Lovell,

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Published Feb 23, 2022 11:26 AM PHT

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