France, Nov. 25 -- Chelsea and Sevilla progressed to the knockout stages of the Champions League from Group E on Tuesday night after last-gasp victories over Rennes and FC Krasnodar respectively.

Olivier Giroud struck in the first minute of stoppage time to give Chelsea the victory at the Roazhon Parkin north-western France

The 34-year-old France international - a 69th minute replacement for Tammy Abraham- rose high to powera header into the net after Rennes goalkeeper Alfred Gomis had parried Timo Werner's shot.

"He does things like he did tonight," said Chelsea boss Frank Lampard of Giroud's winner. "That was great from him."

The former Chelsea midfielder added: "I'm very happy to qualify with two games to spare.It was a really toug...