UEFA CL: Chelsea Split points at the Mestalla and must win final game to qualify into the last 16; Valencia 2 -2 Chelsea

Chelsea need to win their last group stage game against Lille to advance into the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League.

Frank Lampard’s side shared the spoils with Valencia at the Mestalla Stadium after a 2-2 draw between the two sides.

Chelsea was presented with a golden first chance in the 2-minute to go top.

Reece James whipped a wonderful cross into the penalty area from the right and found Willian unmarked at the far post. The winger sent his header high and wide.

The visitors dominated the first couple of minutes and they really should have gone ahead there.

It was a rough opening couple of minutes for Jaume Costa, with Chelsea making no secret of the fact they were going to look to exploit the fact he's playing out of position.

Tammy Abraham launched his presence in the game after missing his second shot on target. The striker met a James cross from the right at the near post but couldn’t make clean contact and diverted his attempt over the bar with his outstretched right foot.

The game was a balanced affair between the two sides. Whenever Chelsea missed a chance, the Spanish captalized on till the ball was won or wasted. The brightest opportunity of the game fell for Rodrigo in the 19-minute Valencia built an attack from inside their own half, Parejo measured a sumptuous long pass onto the run of Rodrigo behind the Chelsea defence down the right. The Spain wideman surged into the penalty area and cued a low cross onto the run of the unmarked Maxi Gómez at the far post, who somehow swiped into thin air rather than tapping the chance into the open net.

Soler opened the scores for Valencia in the 40-minute after Kepa was unable to keep the ball out of the net. Rodrigo was set away down the right-hand side and whipped a cross towards the middle. Soler was unmarked and able to dart through the area and swept the ball home past Kepa. 

The goalkeeper got a big hand to it but could not keep it out.

Chelsea quickly responded with an equalizer a minute later. Two Valencia players header saw the ball into the path of Kovacic at the top of the area.

He took a superb touch before hammering the ball goalwards, sending it through the legs of Torres and into the bottom corner, squeezing the ball under Cillessen.

Chelsea scored the second in the early minutes of the second half after James whipped the ball in and Zouma nods it on for Pulisic to poke home. VAR was called to examine the goal after a protest from the Valencia players. After few minutes of checks, the goal was awarded and Garay is then booked for dissent.

The home side intensified play pressed the Blues. Jorginho clattered into a challenge on Gaya, although there was a bit of confusion over who tackled who first, and eventually, it was given as a penalty. captain Parejo stepped up, but Kepa guessed the right way and pushed the ball wide,

Wass levelled the scores in the 82-minute for Valencia from the left. As to whther It was a shot or not, the player would be in the best position to tell. Wass was fed down the right-hand side and pinged the ball into the area, which smacked the far post and went into the back of the net. Kepa did not judge it well and it would have been hard to predict, but he should have done better there.

After seven minutes of additional time, the game ended 2-2 for both sides.