Caicedo header boosts Chelsea’s top-eight hopesBy Robert O'Connor, Press AssociationChelsea will go into the final Champions League matchday in an automatic qualification spot after Moises Caicedo’s late header earned a nervy 1-0 win against Pafos at Stamford Bridge. A desperately poor first half of ponderous sideways passing prompted the urgency and alarm for a more direct approach after the break. This was a different Chelsea to that from the first half, now finding space and picking away at the threads of the Pafos defence. Neto and Caicedo each tried their luck from outside the box, Gorter down low to deny both. They were 14 minutes away from an uncomfortable final matchday in Naples when Wesley Fofana flicked the ball on at a corner and Caicedo pounced with a header to send relief around west London.

Source: Irish Independent January 22, 2026 11:21 UTC