Match ends, Zenit St Petersburg 3, Chelsea 3.
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel said his players "changed their behaviours" after taking an early lead against Zenit St Petersburg as they drew their final Champions League group match.
A dramatic equaliser from substitute Magomed Ozdoev four minutes into added time meant holders Chelsea failed to top their group.
Ozdoev scored a stunning half-volley from the edge of the box after Chelsea had come from behind to lead 3-2 with minutes left.
Timo Werner scored in both halves and also set up Romelu Lukaku after Zenit had come from 1-0 down to lead 2-1.
But Ozdoev's strike meant Chelsea finish behind Juventus, who beat Malmo.
"We had a very good first 15 minutes and then we stopped doing the things we did in the first 15 minutes," said Tuchel.
"We were forgetting why we were the better team. Our behaviour changed when we had the lead and this is something we never did and we should never do.
"We do the things that we want to do on the highest level and we push ourselves and it hurts and it has to hurt.
"You have to play through pain - physical pain - and you have to raise your level of concentration and you have to overcome adversity.
"If you change your behaviour because of the score, you allow the possibility to get punished. It's as easy as the basics. The basics need to be pushed onto a higher level while we are in the lead."
Tuchel's side - whose only defeat during the group stages came in Turin when they lost 1-0 to Juventus - made the perfect start, Werner reacting to poke in the opener within three minutes.
Two goals in quick succession from Claudinho and Sardar Azmoun saw Zenit go in front at the break, before Werner's one-two with Ross Barkley helped tee up Lukaku for Chelsea's second.
Werner, who was a threat for Chelsea throughout, showed composure to make it 3-2 when substitute Christian Pulisic played him in with five minutes remaining.
But Ozdoev's stunning stoppage-time strike ensured Juventus topped Group H, while Zenit finished in third and will go into the Europa League play-offs in February.
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Chelsea troubled by Zenit
Tuchel made eight changes for the game in Russia, saying fresh legs were needed to manage a heavy fixture schedule in December.
Lukaku, returning to the side for the first time since October after injury, lacked sharpness but was in the right place to tap in Werner's cut-back in the second half.
Werner thought he had given Chelsea victory when he slotted in his second late on - anxiously awaiting a check from the video assistant referee for a potential offside.
But Zenit, who had threatened Chelsea on numerous occasions in the first half, remained a threat deep into stoppage time.
Earlier misses from Mason Mount, Werner and Saul will add to Chelsea's disappointment but Zenit also had chances of their own - Azmoun was denied in a one-on-one with Kepa Arrizabalaga in the first half and again from a header in the second.
Chelsea end the group stage with four wins from six games, two points off Juventus.
Player of the match
DzyubaArtem Dzyuba
Zenit St Petersburg
Avg
- Squad number22Player nameDzyubaAverage rating
7.73
- Squad number27Player nameOzdoevAverage rating
7.63
- Squad number21Player nameErokhinAverage rating
7.56
- Squad number4Player nameKrugovoyAverage rating
7.37
- Squad number7Player nameAzmounAverage rating
7.28
- Squad number17Player nameMostovoyAverage rating
7.28
- Squad number6Player nameLovrenAverage rating
7.27
- Squad number11Player nameClaudinhoAverage rating
7.14
- Squad number10Player nameMalcomAverage rating
7.02
- Squad number8Player nameWendelAverage rating
6.94
- Squad number14Player nameKuzyaevAverage rating
6.81
- Squad number5Player nameBarriosAverage rating
6.79
- Squad number3Player nameDouglas SantosAverage rating
6.62
- Squad number41Player nameKerzhakovAverage rating
6.53
- Squad number44Player nameRakitskiyAverage rating
6.48
- Squad number15Player nameKaravaevAverage rating
6.38
Chelsea
Avg
- Squad number11Player nameWernerAverage rating
7.24
- Squad number19Player nameMountAverage rating
5.85
- Squad number9Player nameLukakuAverage rating
5.70
- Squad number24Player nameJamesAverage rating
5.58
- Squad number1Player nameArrizabalagaAverage rating
5.42
- Squad number28Player nameAzpilicuetaAverage rating
5.15
- Squad number10Player namePulisicAverage rating
5.14
- Squad number29Player nameHavertzAverage rating
5.06
- Squad number4Player nameChristensenAverage rating
4.95
- Squad number18Player nameBarkleyAverage rating
4.83
- Squad number22Player nameZiyechAverage rating
4.77
- Squad number20Player nameHudson-OdoiAverage rating
4.74
- Squad number3Player nameAlonsoAverage rating
4.68
- Squad number17Player nameSaúlAverage rating
4.32
- Squad number31Player nameSarrAverage rating
4.16
Line-ups
Zenit St Petersburg
Formation 4-1-4-1
- 41Kerzhakov
- 15Karavaev
- 6LovrenBooked at 60mins
- 44RakitskiySubstituted forKrugovoyat 65'minutes
- 3dos Santos Justino de Melo
- 5Barrios
- 10MalcomSubstituted forErokhinat 80'minutes
- 14KuzyaevSubstituted forOzdoevat 80'minutes
- 8Valle da SilvaSubstituted forMostovoyat 51'minutes
- 11Rodrigues Parisi Leonel
- 7AzmounSubstituted forDzyubaat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Krugovoy
- 17Mostovoy
- 19Sutormin
- 21Erokhin
- 22Dzyuba
- 27Ozdoev
- 64Kravtsov
- 71Odoevskiy
- 85Kuznetsov
- 91Byazrov
- 94Khotulev
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 28Azpilicueta
- 4Christensen
- 31Sarr
- 20Hudson-OdoiBooked at 37minsSubstituted forPulisicat 65'minutes
- 24James
- 18BarkleySubstituted forZiyechat 65'minutes
- 17SaúlSubstituted forAlonsoat 76'minutes
- 19Mount
- 9LukakuSubstituted forHavertzat 75'minutes
- 11Werner
Substitutes
- 2Rüdiger
- 3Alonso
- 6Thiago Silva
- 10Pulisic
- 12Loftus-Cheek
- 13Bettinelli
- 16Mendy
- 22Ziyech
- 29Havertz
- Referee:
- Serdar Gözübüyük
- Attendance:
- 29,349
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home46%
- Away54%
- Shots
- Home18
- Away13
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away8
- Corners
- Home10
- Away8
- Fouls
- Home5
- Away8
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 3, Chelsea 3.
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Hand ball by Marcos Alonso (Chelsea).
Goal!
Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 3, Chelsea 3. Magomed Ozdoev (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
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Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg).
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Malang Sarr (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg).
Goal!
Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Chelsea 3. Timo Werner (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
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Attempt saved. Timo Werner (Chelsea) header from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a cross.
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Attempt missed. Douglas Santos (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
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Attempt blocked. Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniil Krugovoy with a cross.
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Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by César Azpilicueta.
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Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Vyacheslav Karavaev.
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Attempt blocked. Timo Werner (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
Substitution
Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Magomed Ozdoev replaces Daler Kuzyaev.
Substitution
Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Aleksandr Erokhin replaces Malcom.
Substitution
Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Artem Dzyuba replaces Sardar Azmoun because of an injury.
Substitution
Substitution, Chelsea. Marcos Alonso replaces Saúl Ñíguez.
Substitution
Substitution, Chelsea. Kai Havertz replaces Romelu Lukaku.
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Lukaku: 'They're flippin' nectar, man' (yumph).
Too may issues in tonights game alone to address in 400 words but the one thing I really can't understand is why Tuchel didn't bring on Silva or Rudiger when it was 3-2?
Not that we deserved to win with a performance like that.