On a cold night in London, Chelsea humbled Catalan giants Barcelona with a 3-0 thumping at Stamford Bridge.

Absolutely ruthless, the only words to describe Chelsea today. They made sure that Barcelona knew who had the home advantage as they picked the Spanish giants apart in a 3-0 win.

In a game that started with chances for both sides, especially Ferran Torres’ near miss in the opening exchanges, Chelsea were heads and shoulders above by 90 minutes.

The Blues came alive in the cold London weather and without Cole Palmer on the pitch, they froze whatever tactics Hansi Flick and Barca came up with.

After seeing two goals disallowed, Chelsea finally broke the deadlock thanks to an own goal from Kounde. From then, things became bad for Barcelona.

Araujo was red-carded just before half-time and before Barcelona could regroup in the second half, Estevao waved his magic wand to put Chelsea two goals ahead.

After receiving a sublime pass from Reece James, Estevao charged at Barca’s defence, dribbled Cubarsi and withstood the pressure from Balde before rifling his shot into the roof of the net.

When Chelsea needed a star, he shone..

Andrey Santos also scored but his goal was ruled out for offside. However, Chelsea put the final nail on the coffin when Delap made it 3-0. A brief VAR check ensured that Chelsea had all three points, three goals and a clean sheet against last season’s UCL semifinalist.

It was a statement from Chelsea and Maresca and this form sends a message that this Chelsea side are world beaters on a good day.