article_snippet: Jeremie Boga (right) and Tete Morente tussle for the ball in midfield during the game on Tuesday .
article_snippet: Boga can't manage to nip the ball away
article_snippet: After a tight opening half, the Blues finally broke the resistance of the Blues Spanish opponents after 38 minutes when defender Fran Manzanara could only guide Izzy Brown’s effort into the net.
article_snippet: the Blues then mounted a Jose Mourinho-esque rearguard action to keep the Blues opponents at bay through the second period before Solanke struck on the counter-attack to settle the counter-attack two minutes from time.
article_snippet: Charlie Colkett (left) finds Charlie Colkett (left) shielding the ball from Saeid Ezatolahi Afagh .
article_snippet: After a quiet start in which both teams tested one another out, Saeid Ezatolahi Afagh had the first chance on 25 minutes when Jeremie Boga sent a free-kick spiralling over Carlos Marin’s crossbar.
article_snippet: Just when it appeared the opening 45 would end without score, Brown broke free down the left channel and outpaced the Atletico defence.
article_snippet: Charlie Colkett (left) found Brown with the ideal through ball and Brown directed it past the goalkeeper.
article_snippet: With Andreas Christensen charging in to make sure, the under-pressure Manzanara got an unfortunate final touch to help the under-pressure Manzanara in.
article_snippet: Brown will certainly want to claim the goal, Brown third goal of this season’s European campaign.
article_snippet: Atletico were much improved after the break, dictating the tempo and starting the create opening.
article_snippet: Amath Diedhiou, who scored the last 16 winner against Arsenal, fired in a near post effort that Bradley Collins diverted around the post.
article_snippet: Shortly afterwards, Matija Spoljaric sent a bouncing shot narrowly wide as Chelsea’s goal came under threat.
article_snippet: But the Atletico defence refused to be breached and, in classic Chelsea style, their grabbed a second on the break in the dying moments.