Chelsea's chances of reaching the last 16 of the Champions League are on a knife edge following their 3-0 defeat in Juventus this evening.
Goals from Fabio Quagliarella, Arturo Vidal and Sebastian Giovinco did the damage for hosting Juve, who are now favourites to qualify at the expense of the Blues.
Sports Mole has looked back over the encounter to determine whether or not the scoreline flattered the Italian champions.
Match statistics:
Juventus:
Shots 24
On target 15
Possession 56%
Corners 10
Fouls 19
Chelsea:
Shots 11
On target 6
Possession 44%
Corners 5
Fouls 6
Was the result fair?
The only way that the outcome could have been fairer is if Juventus had scored more goals. They dominated the match from start to finish and by and large dealt with anything Chelsea threw their way.
Juventus's performance
Juve are very well organised side. Granted they keep the ball well and play some good passing football when they have possession, however it's without the ball where they also impressed tonight. Everybody knew their respective jobs and carried them out responsibly.
Chelsea's performance
Dropping Fernando Torres because of his current form is fair enough, but only do that if you are replacing him with a natural centre-forward. Juan Mata, Oscar and Eden Hazard all tried to fill the void, but the striking role is not natural to any of them. As well as that, Roberto Di Matteo will be disappointed with the way that his side surrendered possession in the midfield on numerous occasions.
Sports Mole's man of the match
Arturo Vidal: The Chilean is an old-fashioned midfielder who hustles his way from one penalty area to another. Not only did he break up several Chelsea attacks, but he also scored the crucial second goal.
Biggest gaffe
It did not have an impact on the overall result, but quite what Petr Cech was doing in stoppage time for the third Juventus goal is baffling. Full-back Ashley Cole looked to have the situation covered but Cech raced off his line, giving Giovinco an easy finish.
Referee performance
It was a relatively easy night for Turkey's Cuneyt Cakır. There were no malicious tackles, which meant Cakir did not have too many major decisions to make. The one he did have he may have got wrong though, as he waved away Mirko Vucinic's appeal for a penalty after he appeared to have been hauled back by Chelsea's Gary Cahill.
What next?
Juventus: Domestically Juve travel to AC Milan at the weekend, while next month their final Champions League group game is away to Shakhtar Donetsk. Victory in Ukraine will seal their spot in the next round.
Chelsea: On Sunday Chelsea will play champions Manchester City. Meanwhile, their final group game is against Danish side Nordsjaelland.
Liam Apicella
