SOC Extra: Qarabağ 2-2 Chelsea reaction
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
The Athletic
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🗓️ 5 November 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Qarabag had lost all seven of their previous matches against English opposition, but that's fine...
Producer Lucy's got reaction from the 2-2 draw with the Azerbaijani champions out in Baku - with Cerys Jones across the game for The Athletic on a night where the Blues avoided the embarrassment of a shock defeat, but still suffered a major blow to their hopes of finishing in the top eight of the league phase table.
Are Chelsea suffering due to the ongoing lack of stability in the starting XI? Why was there such little urgency from the heavily-rotated side? And what does this mean going into the visit of Wolves on Saturday?!
Matt Davies-Adams will be back with a full show on Monday looking back on that game under the lights at Stamford Bridge, as well as the huge WSL clash between Arsenal and Chelsea.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic F.C. |
| 0:03.3 | Hello, welcome to straight out of Cobham, straight after the Champions League. |
| 0:19.6 | Every European match week, we're bringing you a quick fire roundup of the UCL nights under the lights. |
| 0:24.9 | A match day four saw Chelsea make the 2,500 mile trip to Azerbaijan to face Carabag. |
| 0:30.4 | It's fair to say things didn't quite go to plan in Baku. |
| 0:34.5 | It's Marie-George ahead, but Santos uses Esteval. |
| 0:39.5 | And Chelsea do now have the breakthrough. |
| 0:42.4 | Through one of their bright young, talented forwards. |
| 0:47.4 | Four goals in his last seven games for Chelsea. |
| 0:52.8 | Duran makes himself a nuisance. |
| 0:54.2 | In fact, he's come out with the ball. |
| 0:55.6 | This is Duran for Carabag and he hits the post. |
| 0:59.5 | But the follow-up is in. |
| 1:03.1 | It is that man again for the home site. |
| 1:06.0 | Leandro and Drowda. |
| 1:09.9 | Four and six in Europe for him this calendar year. |
| 1:12.6 | They've won it back deep in the Chelsea half and D'rada. |
| 1:16.6 | And a penalty's been given. |
| 1:19.6 | The arm is out of the silhouette, I would say, of his body, |
| 1:24.6 | but it's what, two yards away. Yankevich set to take it and he scores |
| 1:32.3 | Karabag putting Azerbaijan football on the map they have turned this around against Chelsea |
| 1:43.3 | great ball from Dilap, Garnetcho. |
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