Graham Potter's team won 2-1 against Dinamo Zagreb at Stamford Bridge to finish first in Group E of the Champions League. Denis Zakaria scored the game-winning goal on his Chelsea debut.

Following losing to his previous team Brighton at the weekend, former Blues manager Thomas Tuchel was fired on September 6 after a 1-0 loss in Zagreb, but Potter led his team back to winning ways.

Raheem Sterling equalized after falling behind to a goal from Bruno Petkovic early on, and then Zakaria, a midfielder on loan from Juventus who had to wait for an opportunity to shine, scored.

And Zakaria, who joined Chelsea on loan from Juventus, made his debut last night. Prior to that, he had not played a single second in a game for the team.

The midfielder, who has already been connected to a January return to Turin, appeared emotional as he and his teammates celebrated after providing Chelsea the advantage after 30 minutes.

Although Saul's difficult season on loan at Chelsea last season had been compared to Zakaria's lack of action, the player known as "the Octopus" can now say that he has made more contributions than the Spaniard.

Potter needed to regain confidence after his first loss to Brighton in order to prepare for a challenging stretch of games leading up to the World Cup vacation, which begins on Sunday with Arsenal.

Sterling's first goal since Potter's first game in charge versus Salzburg was a result of a combination with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, something Potter would have loved to see.

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Aubameyang outsmarted the Dinamo defenders by backheeling the ball into the direction of Sterling after Jorginho produced a superb low pass to him. The international for England moved inside and made a good strike with his left foot.

However, Chelsea had unexpectedly fallen down in just the seventh minute before scoring an equalizer in the 18th minute.

Under Potter, goalkeeper Edouard Mendy made his debut, but his first move was to grab the ball out of the net. Bruno Petkovic headed the ball into the net from close range after Cesar Azpilicueta miscalculated his header after Sadegh Moharrami crossed from the right.

The host team appeared to be in for a disastrous evening when Kalidou Koulibaly collapsed a minute later holding his knee with Chelsea players requesting the physios onto the field.

However, after receiving medical attention, Koulibaly was able to continue, and Chelsea calmed down and restored their composure. Sterling then scored his equalizer, but before that, he missed a fantastic opportunity that Kai Havertz had set up.

In the 30th minute, Havertz took the initiative once more, and this time it led to a goal. The German, who was positioned in close proximity to Sterling and Aubameyang, wriggled past the Dinamo defense to cut the ball back. The ball fell perfectly for Zakaria, who retained his composure and fired a low shot with just enough force to keep Moharrami from stopping it on the line.

Zakaria was encircled by almost the whole Chelsea team as they rejoiced, and the Swiss international's expression suggested that the goal and his debut had come as a pleasure.

By intercepting a cross and handing the ball to Ben Chilwell, Mendy might have calmed his worries, and Chelsea could have taken the lead going into halfway by stopping a few Dinamo corners.

Chelsea experienced a worrying moment in stoppage time as England international Ben Chilwell was substituted after falling to the ground holding his left hamstring.

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