Chelsea suffered a heavy defeat at Dinamo Zagreb in their opening UEFA Youth League group clash.

Some excellent finishing from the home team gave them a healthy 3-1 lead by half-time, which they added to soon after the interval.

Chelsea conceded from Dinamo's first spell of possession and first real attack, when full-back Lovro Gubijan exchanged passes with centre-forward Fran Culjak and finished low with a shot across Teddy Curd. There were just five minutes on the clock.

Then on 20 minutes, with tricky play, winger Gabrijel Rukavina worked his way past Brodi Hughes and completed the job with a near-post shot.

Chelsea pulled a goal back as Lewis Hall made an overlapping run and crossed perfectly for Leo Castledine to dive and head home.

However that foothold back into the game loosened before the break when Anes Krdzalic curled a quality shot in off the far post to make the score 3-1 to the hosts.

Dinamo would score after the break as Dinamo dispossessed the Blues in midfield and Fran Topic rolled the ball past Curd for a 4-1 lead.

Jude Soonsup-Bell had a penalty saved for Chelsea before Castledine rounded off the scoring with his second.