Stephan El Shaarawy's brace ensures AS Roma humiliate Chelsea 3-0
Rome: Chelsea crumbled as Roma moved to the top of Champions League Group C with a 3-0 victory at Stadio Olimpico here last night.
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Stephan El Shaarawy scored after 38 seconds and pounced on an Antonio Rudiger error to make it 2-0 after 36 minutes.
Stephan El Shaarawy's brace ensures AS Roma humiliate Chelsea 3-0
Diego Perotti struck a fine third after 63 minutes and there would be no Chelsea comeback this time as Roma moved on to eight points, one more than the Blues.
A win in Antonio Conte's first match in Italy as Blues boss would have seen Chelsea advance to the knockout stages.
Now Conte's men need points at Azerbaijan's Qarabag before the final group clash with Atletico Madrid.
Roma's Stephan El Shaarawy (right) celebrates his goal against Chelsea with teammates in Rome last night
Of more immediate priority is Sunday's Premier League clash with Jose Mourinho's Manchester United.
N'Golo Kante was not risked here and how Chelsea missed him. He cannot be expected to solve all their problems, though.
Chelsea surrendered a 2-0 lead to trail 3-2 two weeks ago, only for Eden Hazard to equalise at home to Roma.
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