PLAYER RATINGS: N'Golo Kante and Kai Havertz shine as Chelsea cruise to a comfortable win over Lille

Chelsea sealed a comfortable 2-0 victory over French side Lille in the first leg of their last-16 tie in the Champions League.

Goals from Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic guided the Blues to victory at Stamford Bridge to give them a good chance of progressing into the quarter-finals as they look to retain the European crown. 

Sportsmail’s Jacob Ranson has rated how the players performed during Tuesday evening’s Champions League tie.

Chelsea sealed a 2-0 victory over Lille in the first-leg of their last-16 Champions League tie

Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic (pictured) scored the Blues goals at Stamford Bridge

CHELSEA

Edouard Mendy: Mendy had very little to do in the match, but dealt with everything that was thrown his way. 6

Andreas Christensen: The Danish international was solid and helped the Blues keep a clean sheet albeit he didn’t have a great deal to do. 7

Andreas Christensen put in a solid performance to help Chelsea keep a clean sheet against Lille

Thiago Silva: The experienced defender made vital blocks, clearances and interceptions to help keep Lille at bay. 7

Antonio Rudiger: Nearly scored an own goal in the first-half, but remained solid other than that, and put in a superb second-half display. 7

Cezar Azpilicueta: The captain offered a threat down the right flank, although his passes and crosses amounted to nothing. 6.5

N’Golo Kante: A superb energetic performance from the French midfielder. He made key tackles and interceptions. Also made a cracking run to set up Pulisic. 8

Mateo Kovacic was forced off in the 50th minute of Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Lille

Mateo Kovacic: Kovacic had to come off injured in the 50th minute. Solid until then although he had his work cut out as he came up against Renato Sanches. 7

Marcos Alonso: The left wing-back made plenty of promising runs down the left and caused a lot of problems for the French side. 7

Hakim Ziyech: The Moroccan international provided a good corner for Havertz goal early on in the match, but hobbled off injured. 7

Kai Havertz: The German scored in the eighth minute of the contest and could have notched a few goals if he had taken his chances. 7.5

Christian Pulisic: One of his stronger performances for the Blues, made key passes, good runs and was rewarded with a goal in the 63rd minute. 7

Subs: Ruben Loftus-Cheek (replaced Kovacic 51) 6.5

Saul (replaced Ziyech 60) 6.5

Malang Sarr (replaced Alonso 80) N/A

Timo Werner (replaced Pulisic 80) N/A

LILLE   

Leo Jardim: The Brazilian goalkeeper put in a sturdy display and couldn’t do too much to prevent the two goals. 6 

Zeki Celik: 6

Sven Botman:  6.5

Tiago Djalo:  6

Amdou Onana: 6

Xeka: 6

Benjamin Andre: 6

Renato Sanches: 7

Jonathan David: 6.5

Jonathan Bamba: 6.5

Subs: Burak Yilmaz (replaced Onana 65)

Gudmundsson (replaced Djalo 76)