Chelsea 1-4 Celtic: Ruthless Bhoys brush Maresca´s males apart

A ruthless Celtic brushed apart Chelsea in a 4-1 thrashing at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday.

The Scottish champions scored twice in both half earlier than Christopher Nkunku’s comfort, with Enzo Maresca nonetheless with no win after his first two pleasant video games accountable for the Blues.

Matt O’Riley, who’s being closely linked with a transfer away from Celtic, put the Bhoys in entrance after 19 minutes earlier than organising Kyogo Furuhashi for a close-range tap-in simply after the half-hour mark.

Kasper Schmeichel proved the distinction for Celtic, making a string of fantastic saves within the first half to guard his clear sheet, although he obtained fortunate as Raheem Sterling and Marc Guiu each struck the woodwork after the break.

Regardless of indicators of life from Chelsea, they had been masters of their very own downfall for the third objective – Benoit Badiashile’s unfastened move out from the again went straight to Luis Palma, who pounced on the prospect.

The Honduran then set fellow substitute Mikey Johnston up for a deft end simply three minutes later, although Chelsea salvaged some satisfaction late on as Nkunku beat Vijami Sinisalo with an emphatic penalty, however it was too little, too late.