Chelsea steps up Champions League title defense with 2-0 victory against Lille

By George Ramsay, CNN

Updated 2227 GMT (0627 HKT) February 22, 2022

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(CNN)Chelsea continued its Champions League title defense with a 2-0 victory against Lille in the sides' last 16 game at Stamford Bridge.

Kai Havertz's header inside the first eight minutes opened the scoring for Chelsea on Tuesday, before Christian Pulisic wrapped up the win when he finished off a break by N'Golo Kante midway through the second half. The victory gives Chelsea a healthy advantage ahead of the second leg at Lille on March 16. «I think we didn't play our best football, it was hard,» Havertz told BT Sport. «We could not get, I think, the aggression on the pitch that we used to have in the last few weeks.»Before his goal, Havertz