Zenit St Petersburg vs Chelsea, 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage
· UEFA Champions League3 - 3
Chelsea blow top spot in UCL with last-gasp draw vs. Zenit St Petersburg
Champions League holders Chelsea blew the chance to top their group as they were held to a 3-3 draw against Zenit St Petersburg.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt saved. Saúl Ñíguez (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mason Mount.
- 1': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Mikhail Kerzhakov.
- 2': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 0, Chelsea 1. Timo Werner (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andreas Christensen following a corner.
- 7': Foul by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
- 7': Wendel (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Wilmar Barrios.
- 9': Attempt missed. Saúl Ñíguez (Chelsea) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ross Barkley with a cross following a corner.
- 9': Offside, Chelsea. Mason Mount tries a through ball, but Romelu Lukaku is caught offside.
- 11': Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 11': Foul by Reece James (Chelsea).
- 13': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by César Azpilicueta.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Wilmar Barrios (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Claudinho.
- 14': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Malang Sarr.
- 19': Attempt missed. Claudinho (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Douglas Santos.
- 21': Foul by Andreas Christensen (Chelsea).
- 21': Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Attempt blocked. Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Daler Kuzyaev.
- 24': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Saúl Ñíguez.
- 26': Attempt saved. Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Claudinho with a through ball.
- 27': Attempt missed. Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Claudinho.
- 29': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Wilmar Barrios.
- 30': Attempt missed. Saúl Ñíguez (Chelsea) header from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Ross Barkley with a cross following a corner.
- 30': Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 30': Foul by Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea).
- 32': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Wendel tries a through ball, but Douglas Santos is caught offside.
- 34': Attempt blocked. Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vyacheslav Karavaev.
- 34': Attempt saved. Mason Mount (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
- 35': Claudinho (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
- 36': Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Foul by Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea).
- 37': Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 38': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 1, Chelsea 1. Claudinho (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Douglas Santos with a cross.
- 40': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Wilmar Barrios.
- 41': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Chelsea 1. Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Malcom with a through ball.
- 44': Attempt saved. Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Malcom with a through ball.
- 44': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Claudinho.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 2, Chelsea 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Zenit St Petersburg 2, Chelsea 1.
- 46': Foul by Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit St Petersburg).
- 46': Saúl Ñíguez (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Yaroslav Rakitskiy.
- 51': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Andrey Mostovoy replaces Wendel because of an injury.
- 52': Attempt saved. Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daler Kuzyaev.
- 53': Attempt saved. Ross Barkley (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Mason Mount.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Reece James (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mason Mount.
- 55': Attempt saved. Saúl Ñíguez (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
- 57': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Douglas Santos tries a through ball, but Sardar Azmoun is caught offside.
- 59': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Douglas Santos.
- 60': Foul by Dejan Lovren (Zenit St Petersburg).
- 60': Timo Werner (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 60': Dejan Lovren (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 62': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Chelsea 2. Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Timo Werner.
- 64': Attempt missed. Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Wilmar Barrios.
- 65': Substitution, Chelsea. Hakim Ziyech replaces Ross Barkley.
- 65': Substitution, Chelsea. Christian Pulisic replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
- 65': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Daniil Krugovoy replaces Yaroslav Rakitskiy.
- 66': Foul by Andrey Mostovoy (Zenit St Petersburg).
- 66': Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Daniil Krugovoy (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Malcom.
- 67': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by César Azpilicueta.
- 67': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Reece James.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Timo Werner (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 69': Foul by Saúl Ñíguez (Chelsea).
- 69': Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 70': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Saúl Ñíguez.
- 71': Attempt saved. Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 71': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Kepa Arrizabalaga.
- 71': Attempt missed. Vyacheslav Karavaev (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Claudinho with a cross following a corner.
- 72': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Reece James.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg) header from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Claudinho with a cross.
- 73': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Andreas Christensen.
- 75': Substitution, Chelsea. Kai Havertz replaces Romelu Lukaku.
- 76': Substitution, Chelsea. Marcos Alonso replaces Saúl Ñíguez.
- 79': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Artem Dzyuba replaces Sardar Azmoun because of an injury.
- 80': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Aleksandr Erokhin replaces Malcom.
- 80': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Magomed Ozdoev replaces Daler Kuzyaev.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Timo Werner (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
- 80': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Vyacheslav Karavaev.
- 81': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by César Azpilicueta.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniil Krugovoy with a cross.
- 81': Attempt missed. Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 84': Attempt saved. Timo Werner (Chelsea) header from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a cross.
- 85': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Chelsea 3. Timo Werner (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
- 88': Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg).
- 88': Malang Sarr (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+2': Foul by Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg).
- 90'+2': Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 3, Chelsea 3. Magomed Ozdoev (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
- 90'+6': Hand ball by Marcos Alonso (Chelsea).
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 3, Chelsea 3.
- 0': Match ends, Zenit St Petersburg 3, Chelsea 3.
Statistics
CHE |
ZEN![]() |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 5 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 4 | Saves | 5 |
| 53.9 | Possession | 46.1 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 18 |
| 8 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 458 | Accurate Passes | 367 |
| 524 | Passes | 444 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 24 | Crosses | 23 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 41 | Long Balls | 46 |
| 20 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 5 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
| 13 | Tackles | 12 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 20 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 20 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Venue: Gazprom Arena
Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Attendance: 29,349
Line-Ups
Zenit St Petersburg (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 41 | Mikhail Kerzhakov (GK) |
| 44 | Yaroslav Rakitskiy |
| 6 | Dejan Lovren |
| 5 | Wilmar Barrios |
| 3 | Douglas Santos |
| 15 | Vyacheslav Karavaev |
| 8 | Wendel |
| 14 | Daler Kuzyaev |
| 11 | Claudinho |
| 10 | Malcom |
| 7 | Sardar Azmoun |
Chelsea (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kepa Arrizabalaga (GK) |
| 4 | Andreas Christensen |
| 31 | Malang Sarr |
| 28 | César Azpilicueta |
| 18 | Ross Barkley |
| 24 | Reece James |
| 19 | Mason Mount |
| 17 | Saúl Ñíguez |
| 20 | Callum Hudson-Odoi |
| 11 | Timo Werner |
| 9 | Romelu Lukaku |
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