Chelsea held 3-3 at Zenit, finish 2nd in group

Chelsea’s Romelu Lukaku after scoring v Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday. Pic/AFP

Chelsea conceded a goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time to draw 3-3 at Zenit St Petersburg and drop into a second-place finish behind Juventus in their Champions League group.

Juventus started the final round of group games level on points with Chelsea and beat Malmo 1-0 in a game played at the same time. Finishing second means Chelsea will play a group winner in the Last 16, most likely giving the defending champion a tougher task to advance.

Magomed Ozdoev earned Zenit a point with a fierce, rising shot from just inside the area, just when it looked like Timo Werner's second goal of the night - in the 85th minute - would be guiding Chelsea to victory.

Zenit had already secured a third-place finish and a spot in the Europa League knockout playoffs for the right to get into the Last 16 of the second-tier competition. "We were forgetting why we were the better team," Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said, citing "the investment, the level of concentration, the level of physical investment was high enough to be the better team."

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