Eden Hazard addled in the additional minute of abeyance time to forward Chelsea through adjoin Sparta Prague in the Europa League.
The acting bankrupt into the box and accomplished an unstoppable attempt accomplished Tomas Vaclik to equalise on the night and bottle the Blues' one-goal advantage from the aboriginal leg.
The visitors had levelled the tie if David Lafata addled in the 17th minute.
Fernando Torres absent a host of affairs afore Hazard's backward winner.
Having apparent the Blues defended a 1-0 advantage in the abroad leg, Chelsea admirers ability accept hoped their ancillary had done the harder allotment of accepting their abode in the endure 16, breadth they will now face Steaua Bucharest afterwards the Romanian ancillary exhausted Ajax on penalties.
But a section of quick cerebration at a free-kick on 17 account levelled the tie and afflicted the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge. With Chelsea back-pedalling, the brawl was confused rapidly to Vaclav Kadlec who eluded Cahill to cull the brawl aback to Lafata, who attempt top into the net from eight yards out.
The ambition stung Chelsea into greater urgency, but for all their control they could not abuse the Sparta goal. Mata controlled a Ramires canyon with abundant skill, flicking the brawl over his arch afore sending in a bouncing attempt that Vaclik did able-bodied to tip over.
Torres afresh completed a leash of first-half misses with a aerial attack over the bar afterwards he had slipped in amid two Sparta defenders.
Ramires addled the column with a deflected attempt beneath than a minute into the additional half, but Chelsea took afflatus for a while and stepped up the pressure. John Terry came abutting to an equaliser in absurd fashion, banishment Vaclik into a save with a flick while adverse abroad from ambition at a free-kick.
But as the bold wore on the visitors took affection from Chelsea's disability to about-face burden into chances. The Czech ancillary were abrupt on the break, and Matejovsky went abutting afterwards Terry was bent in control in the Sparta half. Kadlec accustomed a abutting home army to breathe afresh if he attempt advanced with Lafata in amplitude central the Chelsea area.
The fans' astriction seemed to alteration to the home side, and Sparta went abutting to demography the tie in the closing stages. Gary Cahill fabricated a acute block to stop a Kadlec shot, and as added time loomed the Czech striker abject addition attempt wide.
The absent affairs accepted to be crucial, though.
With beneath than a minute of abrasion time remaining, Hazard begin abundant amplitude to move into the breadth and assignment the brawl accomplished Vaclik.
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