Advantage Chelsea in Champions League tie

Title-holders Chelsea have cruised to a 2-0 victory over Lille in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie while Dusan Vlahovic had a dream start to his debut in the elite competition as Juventus drew 1-1 at Villarreal.

Chelsea's Kai Havertz headed home eight minutes into the game at Stamford Bridge before Christian Pulisic got the second to leave the Blues in control against French champions Lille.

In Villarreal, Juventus recruit Vlahovic scored 31 seconds into his Champions League debut but Dani Parejo levelled in the 66th for the Europa League champions from Spain.

The return legs in Lille and Turin are on March 16.

Havertz, who scored the winner in last year's Champions League final against Manchester City and in the Club World Cup final against Palmeiras 10 days ago, was a threat from the outset in London.

He missed two good opportunities but then came third-time lucky in the eighth minute when he headed home Hakim Ziyech's corner kick.

Havertz almost got a second in the 59th but Pulisic then did better four minutes later when he chipped over Lille goalkeeper Leo Jardim off N'Golo Kante.

Romelu Lukaku, who had a modest showing in the weekend league win at Crystal Palace, did not play, with manager Thomas Tuchel stating fatigue.

"We have a lot of good strikers so it's good to have a change and not make it easy for our opponent," Havertz said.

"We didn't play our best and it was hard. We could not get our usual aggressiveness but we won 2-0. We have a lot of chances to win another trophy."

Juve, meanwhile, got off to a flying start into their first-ever meeting with Villarreal when Vlahovic controlled a long ball from defender Danilo and between two defenders found the bottom left corner of the goal.

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