Chelsea moved to the brink of sealing their place in the Champions League Last 16, but the defending champions were made to work hard for a 1-0 win over Malmo in Sweden on Tuesday. Hakim Ziyech broke the home side’s resistance 11 minutes into the second-half as the Moroccan tapped home from Callum Hudson-Odoi’s inch-perfect cross. 

Thomas Tuchel’s men moved onto nine points from four games, level with Juventus at the top of the Group H and six clear of third-placed Zenit St Petersburg. The Italian giants welcome Zenit in Turin later on Tuesday. “We got the job done,” said Tuchel. “We wanted a result, we needed the result, we expected the result, and we delivered.”