Last night’s 2-1 victory over the Croatian side was our 100th in the Champions League, making us only the sixth club to reach a century of wins in the competition.

We did need to come from behind in west London to overcome the Croatian champions though, after we conceded to a Bruno Petkovic header after seven minutes - the third-earliest that we have conceded at Stamford Bridge in the Champions League, only letting a goal in earlier versus Ajax in 2019/20 (two minutes) and APOEL Nicosia in 2009/10 (six minutes).

Zakaria confident and calm

Graham Potter handed a first Chelsea start to Swiss international Denis Zakaria in the middle of the park and he impressed on his debut.

Not only was he the eventual match-winner with a coolly taken finish inside the first half, the midfielder showed glimpses of what he can bring to the Blues side with his confident passing and ability to break up play, as Dinamo attempted to counter-attack at Stamford Bridge.

Denis had one shot on target - which resulted in his maiden Blues goal - and had 49 touches in his 70-minute cameo, as well as making two interceptions – the joint-most in the Chelsea camp.

Who else impressed?

It was a sight that no Chelsea or England fan wanted to see as Ben Chilwell hobbled off with a hamstring injury in stoppage time in west London but the performance of the left-back was exceptional before the unfortunate injury, dominating the left flank both defensively and offensively.

Chilwell made one tackle, one interception and one clearance. His total of 61 attempted passes was his third-most of the season so far, in what was his 13th appearance of the campaign.

Mason Mount won UEFA’s Man of the Match award, just like he did in San Siro nearly a month ago, and he picked up many key positions in between the forward line and the deeper midfielders.

He has been used in a number of roles over the last few seasons but perhaps his most effective is when he is told to be free, operating in the pockets so he can get on the ball and create chances.

Mount had three attempts at goal, one of which troubled the goalkeeper, and had 59 touches.

The formation

Graham Potter became the first Chelsea manager to go unbeaten in his first five Champions League matches since Roberto Di Matteo in April 2012, and he did so by selecting a flat back four.

The returning skipper Cesar Azpilicueta slotted in at right-back, with Kalidou Koulibaly and Ben Chilwell also returning to our defence.

The fourth and final defender was Trevoh Chalobah, who continues his undefeated run of starts at Stamford Bridge. Jorginho and Zakaria then sat in the centre of the pitch, giving Mason Mount licence to roam ahead of a fluid attacking trio.

Kai Havertz, Raheem Sterling and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang have been used from the off by Potter in five of his 11 matches in the dugout, with their positions changing regularly.

The average positions map above perhaps suggests Potter is leaning more towards Kai Havertz in the most central position, with Aubameyang to the left and Sterling wide right.

Group E winners

Chelsea have now progressed to the knockout stage in 18 of our 19 Champions League campaigns and in 13 of them been group winners.

We previously won Group E in 2020/21 when we last won Europe’s most coveted football prize, just as we did in 2011/12 when we beat Bayern Munich to get our hands on the trophy for the first time.

We now await Monday’s Round of 16 draw, which is at 11am (UK time) when we will find out our first opponents in this season’s knockout phases.