Chelsea cruised through to the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday evening, as they smashed Dynamo Kiev 5-0 at the Olympic Stadium.
The Blues won 8-0 on aggregate, and triumphed in the Ukrainian capital thanks to goals from Marcos Alonso, Callum Hudson-Odoi and a wonderful hat-trick from Olivier Giroud.
It was a trademark performance from Giroud, as he took his Europa League tally for the season up to an impressive nine goals. It now means the French striker is the competition’s top scorer this season, one goal clear of RB Salzburg’s Munas Dabbur, who is second.
Giroud’s nine goals in a season is also the most by any Chelsea player in Europe since the 2012/13 season, when Spanish striker Fernando Torres reached the same figure across the Champions League and Europa League.