UCL reaction: Malmö FF 0 - 1 Chelsea

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Let's have a look at the best reaction from around the continent as Chelsea moved a step closer to the last 16 of the Champions League with a hard-fought win over Malmo.

The reigning European champions ahead when Hakim Ziyech converted at the back post following a superb pass from Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Post match reaction

Click play on the video below to hear what Ziyech had to say about his and the team's performance in Sweden. 

One Chelsea fan who commented on the above YouTube video was very positive about the win: "I absolutely love this man. True Chelsea fans will support our wizard until the very end."

Another spoke to us offline and said: "It was a good win even if it wasn't the best performance. We are almost through to the next stage of the competition which is obviously the main at this stage of the season. Picking up three points in the next game would mean we can rest players for the final group game. That could be crucial."

This is how the Chelsea Twitter account responded after the win. 

500 goals in Europe for Chelsea

Chelsea's winner on the night was their 500th in Europe. As a result, Chelsea fans across social media have been thinking about some of the best. Very few would argue against that Torres goal v Barcelona in 2012 that made Sky commentator Gary Neville go a bit crazy. A few fans have gone back to the European Cup Winners Cup campaign  The likes of Gianfranco Zola were key during this campaign

Malmö FF reaction

Another game and another defeat for the Swedish side. They would have been pleased with some aspects of their performance but they never really did enough to worry the Premier League. This is how the English language version of their Twitter account responded.

They remain bottom of the group without a win and the chances of them getting the consolation prize of a place in the Europa League are starting to look slim.  

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