Olivier Giroud scored all four goals in a comprehensive Chelsea victory over Sevilla that ensures the Blues take top spot in Champions League Group E.

Olivier Giroud achieves his second target Olivier Giroud made just his second start of the season at Chelsea In a convincing Chelsea victory...

Olivier Giroud achieves his second target

Olivier Giroud made just his second start of the season at Chelsea

In a convincing Chelsea victory over Sevilla, Olivier Giroud scored all four goals, ensuring the Blues take top spot in Champions League Group E.

After being fed by clever passes from Kai Havertz and Matteo Kovacic respectively, the Frenchman scored early in every half with two delightful finishes.

With a flicked near-post header, he completed the treble, then scored a penalty after he was bundled down in the net.

Chelsea, already assured of qualifying for the last 16, made nine changes to the squad that drew 0-0 with Tottenham on Sunday in the Premier League.

After illness and injury, both Havertz and Christian Pulisic made their first Blues starts since October, while 19-year-old midfielder Billy Gilmour came off the bench for his first appearance of the season.

After Tomas Vaclik was injured in the warm-up, Sevilla, also sure of their place in the knockout stages, were without a number of first-choice players and were obliged to give a debut to goalkeeper Alfonso Pastor.

The 20-year-old could do nothing about the goals and his saves ensured that the victory margin for Chelsea was not greater.

Again, Giroud makes his case -

This season, in the EFL Cup defeat by Tottenham, Giroud had made just one previous start for Chelsea this season, but this haul came after he scored a stop-time winner last week as a replacement against Rennes.

Timo Werner and Tammy Abraham blocked his route to daily Premier League football, but he could not do more to take advantage of the chance given to him in southern Spain.

Not only showing clinical completion, but also a physical appearance that tortured the home defence, the former Arsenal man put in a full performance.

With runs from midfield, Chelsea found frequent pleasure and it was Havertz's early sprint that ended in a lay-off to Giroud, who cut inside and tucked with his left foot inside the far post.

A joy, a dinked right-footed finish over Pastor was the second goal, while a 'perfect' hat-trick was completed by the header from N'Golo Kante's cross from the right.

Giroud's final act before he was withdrawn was the spot-kick, drilled in with his left-foot.