Caicedo header boosts Chelsea’s top-eight hopes

Chelsea will go into the final Champions League matchday in an automatic qualification spot after Moises Caicedo’s late header earned a nervy 1-0 win against Pafos at Stamford Bridge.

For a long time, head coach Liam Rosenior’s first European game in charge looked like heading towards a bleak conclusion, the rookie visitors from Cyprus holding out admirably as Chelsea pressure grew and with it a tetchiness inside the ground.

A desperately poor first half of ponderous sideways passing prompted the urgency and alarm for a more direct approach after the break.