Chelsea defeated Heidenheim with to goals from Christopher Nkunku and Mykhailo Mudryk in the second half, maintaining their perfect winning record in the Europa Conference League this season.

Shortly after the restart, the Frenchman broke the tie by catching a cross from Jadon Sancho and finishing skillfully to score his fifth goal of the season and his eleventh overall.

Then, with time running out and the home team seeking an equalizer, Sancho picked out Mudryk, who made the game safe with a spectacular finish, picking out the top corner.

More significantly, this outcome keeps the Blues on track to automatically advance to the round of 16, which ensures they will play European football in the upcoming year.

Chelsea controlled possession and managed 10 shots on goal in the first half, despite the fact that it was a far more difficult test than FC Noah’s on matchday three. Kevin Muller stopped attempts from Marc Guiu and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in particular.

After Mudryk went down in the area, Serdar Gozubuku seemed to award Chelsea a penalty in the half’s most memorable moment, which resulted in an odd refereeing call.However, there was considerable misunderstanding as to whether he believed the winger had dived and was therefore preparing to issue a yellow card for simulation because he hardly signaled.

After a VAR review, the ruling was ultimately reversed, and Mudryk received no warning.

Maximilian Breunig had a goal disallowed because he was in an offside position before his header found the net, and the Bundesliga team did have chances in the second half. The visitors were partially due to goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen, who made a spectacular double save to deny Paul Wanner and Leo Scienza.

The lone setback for Enzo Maresca’s team that evening was when Cesare Casadei was sent off for Chelsea in injury time due to two bookable offences.