Chelsea v Borussia Dortmund LIVE result: Champions League score as Sterling and Havertz send Chelsea through

12 mins: Dortmund have weathered the early excitement from Chelsea and now seem content to keep hold of the ball. Chelsea aren’t really pressing preferring instead to keep a tight shape and not allow the German side to get in behind.

It’s been a good period of possession for the visitors which should settle them down.

9 mins: Chance! Raheem Sterling dinks the ball over the top of the Dortmund back line to play Kai Havertz into the box. He carries the ball over to the right and gets a nudge from Emer Can just as he strikes the ball sending his shot over the top of the goal.

8 mins: Close! Chelsea slip the ball into the left side of the penalty area where Joao Felix flicks it around Niklas Sule. He’s got a tight angle to goal but shoots and forces Alexander Meyer into a sharp save.

He palms the ball out for a corner that gets whipped onto the head of Kalidou Koulibaly but he nods his effort wide of goal.

This has been a good start for Chelsea.

5 mins: Julian Brandt has gone down off the ball clutching the back of his left leg. He’s helped off the pitch by the Borussia Dortmund medical team and needs to be replaced.

Giovanni Reyna comes on in his place.

3 mins: The first corner of the game comes to Borussia Dortmund. Julian Brandt whips a decent cross into the box but Kai Havertz is on hand to nod the ball away.

Chelsea boot it up to Raheem Sterling who drives into the box only for the offside flag to get raised.

The Dortmund fans have let off a number of flares which has caused a yellow haze of smoke to settle over the pitch. It all adds to the atmosphere inside Stamford Bridge.

Borussia Dortmund get the ball rolling at Stamford Bridge. The work it over to the right side of the pitch where Marius Wolf attempts to play Emre Can down the line only for Marc Cucurella to get across and clear the danger.

Here come the teams.

Chelsea need to overturn their one-goal deficit if they hope to reach the last eight. Graham Potter’s men won at the weekend and can make in consecutive victories for the first time since October.

Can they defeat their German opponents tonight?

Chelsea won six of their first seven Champions League home games against German sides but are winless in their past two such fixtures.

Can they defeat Dortmund tonight and advance to the next round?

“It is a fantastic opportunity for us and a great game to be involved in. It’s half-time, we’re 1-0 down, so we need to respond and I think these players can do that,” he said.

“In terms of what we learned from the previous game, we’re meeting a top opponent.

“You can see their results in the Bundesliga. They’re in a fantastic vein of form. Winning games constantly, 10 in a row. It’s a good challenge for us, but we’re excited for it and we’re looking forward to it.

“The position we’re in, we should always welcome the pressure. Because it means you’re in a fantastic situation, which is to compete for the last eight of the Champions League.

“It’ll be a special night. It was a special occasion in Dortmund and I’m sure it will be the same at Stamford Bridge.”

Borussia Dortmund have progressed from five of their six previous Champions League knockout stage ties when winning the first leg, with the exception being against Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 three years ago.

This is the eighth time Chelsea enter a second leg of a Champions League knockout stage tie having lost the first leg.

Of those previous seven instances, the club have advanced four times, more often than the three times they have been eliminated.