Olivier Giroud’s perfect hat-trick gives the Blues first place in Group E

Chelsea secured first place in Group E after beating Sevilla 4-0 in the Champions League, thanks to Olivier Giroud’s “ perfect ” hat-trick.

Giroud put Chelsea in the lead after eight minutes with a cool finish with his left foot.

Nine minutes after the start of the second half and Giroud was once again up to double the lead with a cool dink in front of Alfonso Pastor to carry it 2-0.

In the 74th minute, Giroud got his hat-trick, and the perfect one, heading for N’Golo Kante’s cross.

In the 82nd minute, Giroud got a penalty and scored another to mark the Blues’ fourth and fourth of the evening.

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Chelsea took the lead from the start in Sevilla as Kai Havertz led a Blues scorecard in the eighth minute and passed through Olivier Giroud; the Frenchman took a touch and passed Alfonso Pastor to carry him 1-0.

Sevilla reacted well to the passage behind and caused some panic in the area of ​​the Blues, which forced Edouard Mendy to be called to action but the Blues blocked everything that presented itself.

Christian Pulisic dribbled finely over Sevilla’s goal in the 27th minute, and after choosing not to play against Callum Hudson-Odoi on the right side, his weak effort was saved by Pastor for a corner kick. The resulting corner saw Antonio Rudiger climb the highest, but his tied header was cleared from the line.

Sevilla started the second half brightest as Gudelj had the first half, but he could only pull his mighty effort off Mendy’s bar.

But Giroud killed the game in the 54th minute as the Blues were complicated in their construction as Kovacic played in the Frenchman, and he chilled the pastor to carry him 2-0.

Frank Lampard made a triple change in the 67th minute as Mason Mount, N’Golo Kante and Hakim Ziyech all arrived in the middle of the second half.

Mount had a chance to instantly add another but he couldn’t get enough of his shot on goal and Pastor put him to safety.

But Giroud completed his treble in the 74th minute as he headed towards Kante’s cross to seal the points, first place and his perfect treble.

Giroud was the star of the show and in the 82nd minute he obtained and converted a penalty to secure his fourth of the night.

Chelsea take first place in Group E with one game to lose. A perfect evening for the men of Lampard.

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