Jamie Carragher predicts Chelsea will beat Borussia Dortmund tonight in the Champions League.
Graham Potter’s side host Dortmund on Tuesday evening in second leg of a Champions League last-16 tie.
The Blues suffered a 1-0 defeat in the first leg last month, but there is a lot of encouragement in the way they played against the German opposition.
Carragher thinks Chelsea have enough quality to overturn the aggregate deficit and reach the quarter-finals.
“They (Chelsea) dominated Borussia Dortmund in the first leg. They find themselves behind, but they were a far better team. I’d expect them to go through,” Carragher told Sky Sports.
It feels like Chelsea’s season hangs in the balance tonight.
Yes, there is still over a third of the season left in the Premier League. However, the best they can hope for is to climb from mid-table into the European positions.
The only realistic chance of winning silverware this campaign lies in the Champions League.
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The entire Chelsea squad should definitely get a lift from beating Leeds 1-0 at the weekend in the Premier League.
But they’ll need to do something against Dortmund that has been very rare of late, which is score a couple of times to qualify.
The last time Chelsea scored at least two goals in a match was 27 December against Bournemouth, so they really need their attack to kick into gear this evening.
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