Chelsea v Malmö: Europa League last 32, second leg – live!

• Minute-by-minute updates from the second leg at Stamford Bridge
• Sarri says Chelsea struggles are not down to his tactics
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9.05pm GMT

48 min: We can see now. And we’ve just seen Hudson-Odoi cause a few more gasps with an extravagant spin on the ball, but it doesn’t quite come off and Malmo’s defence block.

9.03pm GMT

47 min: Some sort of smoke bomb has gone off from the away end and we can’t see a lot, which is no loss etcetera and so forth. No doubt that will incur the fury of UEFA. Until the fog clears, an email from Ciaran Crowther that I pretty much entirely agree with:

“I believe Sarri could mould Chelsea in his image and compete for trophies if given time. But on the evidence of recent games as well as the dross his team is serving up tonight, a couple of batterings at the hands of Man City and Spurs will probably be the last straw for Granovskaia and co. And the vicious cycle of managerial hirings and firings at Chelsea continues.”

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Source: theguardian