Lucy Bronze opened the scoring in west London inside just two minutes as her fantastic volley found the net, and it was 2-0 midway through the first half after Wieke Kaptein headed home a Guro Reiten cross.

Sonia Bompastor's side was in full control throughout the 90 minutes and an Eve Perisset penalty in second-half stoppage time ensured the final scoreline reflected our dominance.

With maximum points claimed from our opening four Group B fixtures, progression to the knockout stage has been sealed by the Blues with two matches to spare. Our winning run across all competitions also now stands at 11 games.

A fast start

Having defeated Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday to move atop the Women's Super League, the Blues returned to SW6 and focused on maintaining our fine start to the campaign.

Six changes were made to the starting XI by Bompastor, with Zecira Musovic, making her 50th Chelsea appearance, Maelys Mpome, Ashley Lawrence, Wieke Kaptein, Oriane Jean-Francois and Catarina Macario introduced to the side.

The Blues made the ideal start to the contest, with the deadlock broken inside two minutes. Following a Chelsea corner, Macario delivered a cross into the box and found Bronze unmarked. She connected perfectly with the ball to fire a stunning volley beyond goalkeeper Kelsey Daugherty for her second Chelsea goal.

Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, who has enjoyed a fine start to the campaign, attempted to double our advantage soon after with a strike from the edge of the area but was denied by the Celtic goalkeeper. Macario was then unable to hit the target with her curling effort inside the box.

The visitors' first genuine opportunity of the match arrived after almost 20 minutes when Murphy Agnew, who scored for Celtic in Chelsea's 2-1 win in the reverse fixture last week, was played through and goal. However, she hit her strike well wide of the post.

It proved an important moment in the contest as the Blues soon made it 2-0 via Kaptein's second Chelsea goal and first in the Champions League. The move again started from a corner and after the ball was worked back to Reiten, she whipped an inviting cross into the box for Kaptein to head home from 12 yards.

Soon after the restart, Sjoeke Nusken looked to make it three with an effort from the edge of the penalty area, but her powerful strike cleared the crossbar. Rytting Kaneryd then fashioned a headed chance for Macario, who could only guide the ball wide of the target.

Celtic tried to hit back as the opening period drew to a close and Bronze was called into defensive duty to snuff out a pass aimed at Agnew following a sharp counter-attack. Our Lioness had no trouble in guiding the ball back to Musovic to ensure we had a two-goal lead at the interval.

Searching for a third

The dangerous Rytting Kaneryd had our first opportunity of the second half when she burst down the right wing and fired a shot toward goal, but her effort was blocked and eventually cleared by Celtic captain Kelly Clark.

An opportunity for Kaptein to bag a brace arrived in the 50th minute as she was picked out on the edge of the box but her effort fizzed over the crossbar – as did that of Rytting Kaneryd moments later after we had reclaimed possession high up the pitch from Celtic's goal kick.

Having been introduced from the substitutes' bench at half time, Mayra Ramirez looked to get herself on the scoresheet. However, her strike from a tight angle deflected behind for a corner. The Blues then won back-to-back set-pieces but couldn't create any more meaningful chances.

Our two goalscorers then linked up to try to fashion our third of the game, as Bronze sent in a pin-point delivery to find Kaptein. On this occasion, the midfielder could only find the gloves of Celtic goalkeeper Kelsey Daugherty.

The chances kept coming and a superb long ball forward from defender Mpome enabled Ramirez to burst into the box with the ball and seemingly beat her marker. Unfortunately, she was adjudged to have fouled the Celtic player and a free-kick awarded before our forward could release a shot.

Ramirez was at the centre of the action again soon after as she found Reiten with a superb pass to switch the play. The Norwegian international released a strike from the edge of the box but saw it blocked by defender Emma Lawton.

In the dying stages, Ramirez had another sight of goal but this time saw her effort from inside the area blocked by Caitlin Hayes.

There was cause for celebration late on as 17-year-old Academy graduate Lola Brown - who signed her first professional contract earlier this week - came on for her Chelsea debut in the 85th minute.

And that reason for celebration became two-fold in stoppage time when the Blues were awarded a penalty after a cross from Bronze was deemed to hit a Celtic hand. Eve Perisset stepped up to score her first Chelsea goal and round off another excellent night's work from Bompastor's side.

What it means

The win means the Blues have secured a place in the quarter-finals with two games to spare. We are guaranteed at least second place ahead of our home match against FC Twente and our final group match away to Real Madrid.

What next

We play our final game before the international break when we return to league duty on Sunday afternoon. The Blues host Manchester United at Kingsmeadow with a chance to increase our advantage at the top of the table to five points.

The teams

Chelsea: Musovic; Bronze, Bright, Mpome, Lawrence (Brown 85), Nusken (Bartel 85), Kaptein, Jean-Francois, Reiten (Perisset 70), Rytting Kaneryd (Cuthbert 58), Macario (Ramirez 46)
Unused substitutes: Hampton, Cox, Bjorn, Baltimore, Hamano
Scorers: Bronze 2, Kaptein 25, Perisset 90+5

Celtic: Daugherty; Lawton, Clark, Hayes, Barclais, McGregor, Cavanagh (S Carstens 62), Smith (Noonan 71), Agnew (Cross 61), Ashworth-Clifford (M Carstens 83), Gallacher (Kerner 83)
Unused substitutes: Logan, Rodgers, Costa, Munoz, McAneny