Former Chelsea star Joe Cole and former Manchester United star Owen Hargreaves both agreed Kai Havertz was outstanding in the 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday night.

“Chelsea deserved it – by far the better team,” Hargreaves told BT Sport after the final whistle. “I thought Kai Havertz was absolutely outstanding, and so many great performances from Chelsea, keeping a clean sheet and scoring two goals. Nothing but positives for this Chelsea team.”

“That shows real courage, to be fair,” continued Hargreaves. “He stepped up, the composure to step up and put it in the same place, I thought he was brilliant today. A lot of people say as a false nine, a player in different positions, I just thought he delivers. He was fantastic today, showed real composure in big moments. They need somebody to step up – Raheem [Sterling] did it in the first half and Kai Havertz in the second.”

Cole then added: “He’s got a great habit, Kai, of big moments. We’ve seen him score the winning goal in the Champions League, we’ve seen him up in the studio there and there was a little melee about who was going to take it – I think Raheem was there, Reece [James] was there and he grabbed it with real meaning. I thought yeah, he’s going to put this away – but to do the exact same technique was fantastic.”