Giroud scores hat-trick as Chelsea breeze into Europa League quarter-finals

Giroud scores hat-trick as Chelsea breeze into Europa League quarter-finals

by Joseph Anthony
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Olivier Giroud plundered a hat-trick as Chelsea marched into the Europa League quarter-finals with a 5-0 victory over Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine.


The 2013 winners were relentless as they extended their aggregate lead to 8-0 with the Frenchman taking his tally in this seasonโ€™s competition to nine goals in as many games.

Giroud needed less than five minutes to extend his sideโ€™s 3-0 first-leg advantage with a tap-in after Willianโ€™s corner had been flicked on, and he doubled his tally 12 minutes before the break when he converted Marcos Alonsoโ€™s inviting cross.

Alonso himself put the visitors in total control with a third on the stroke of half-time and Giroud completed his treble as he headed Willianโ€™s 59th-minute free-kick past goalkeeper Denys Boyko before Callum Hudson-Odoi rounded off the win late on.

Goncalo Guedes emerged from the bench in Russia to rescue Valencia with an injury-time goal as Krasnodar came within seconds of a famous victory.

Fellow substitute Shapi Suleymanov looked to have blasted the Champions League drop-outs out of the competition with an 85th-minute strike, but Guedesโ€™ equaliser three minutes into added time made it 3-2 on aggregate.


Italian outfit Napoli survived a concerted fightback as they went through despite losing 3-1 at Red Bull Salzburg.

Arkadiusz Milik extended the visitorsโ€™ aggregate lead to 4-0 with a close-range 14th-minute finish, although Salzburg were level on the night within 11 minutes when Munas Dabour fired home.

The Austrian champions, who went into the game undefeated in 17 European fixtures on their own ground, gave themselves hope when substitute Fredrik Gulbrandsen struck with 25 minutes remaining but although Christoph Leitgeb reduced the deficit further in stoppage time, Napoli held on for a 4-3 aggregate win.

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