Chelsea suffer embarrassing defeat but hang on for 3-2 aggregate victory to reach UECL group stages

Chelsea scraped through to Conference League group stages after a 3-2 aggregate victory despite a 2-1 defeat in Servette.

won 2-0 at Stamford Bridge last week and things looked to be going further to plan when Christopher Nkunku buried a penalty to hand them a three-goal lead in the tie on Thursday night. This appeared to open up an unassailable advantage as the Premier League giants bid to reach the competition’s league phase for the first time.

But they were given an almighty scare by the team currently seventh in the Swiss League by two goals that gave the game a wholly different complexion. First Jeremy Guillemenot struck low beyond Filip Jorgensen to level the match on the night before Enzo Crivelli came off the bench to head Servette into the lead and leave Che…