Olivier Giroud cannot top-scoring in Europe for Chelsea since his transfer from Arsenal in 2018.

The Frenchman scored 10 goals that season in a single European campaign for the Blues and now have 17 remarkable goals in UEFA competitions including Wednesday’s four goals against Sevilla.

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The 34-year old was the centre of attraction at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez-Pijjuan in Spain netting three second-half goals, having earlier opened the scores in the 8-minute for the Blues.

"When I'm on the pitch I'm the happiest man, you know. I just try to do my job. I try to be patient and keep the faith, keep believing. I just try to bring something else to the team and sometimes, you know, you feel anything can happen and this night was one of them," Giroud told UEFA TV after grabbing the match ball.

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Chelsea and Sevilla had already booked their tickets to the knockout rounds of the competition with two games to spare and made nine changes to the team that drew 0-0 with Tottenham in the Premier League last Sunday.

The win was also Chelsea’s first time of winning four games in a row in the Champions League since their 2012 campaign.

"I wasn't aware of that, but I don't like tempting fate,” Lampard said

“The levels go up in the next stage. The competition goes up, but we are in a different place now. I knew with time to bed in the players would react to competition. It is important that we keep the spirit, but I will leave that superstition," he added.

Callum Hudson-Odoi is second behind Giroud on six goals, with Pedro and Willian – two forwards who no longer play for Chelsea – ranking behind with five European goals since January 2018, talkSPORTS revealed.