Second-half goals from Christopher Nkunku and Noni Madueke means it is advantage Chelsea in this UEFA Conference League play-off.

The contest burst into life after the interval when Nkunku won a penalty he confidently converted for his first goal at Stamford Bridge.

Marc Guiu should have doubled their lead, but sub Madueke did just that with a quarter-of-an-hour remaining, latching on to Enzo Fernandez’s fine pass and finishing with a flourish.

Servette carried a threat throughout. Debutant Filip Jorgensen made a couple of decent saves, and the visitors also hit the crossbar late on. Enzo Maresca will know this tie is far from over.

The head coach made nine changes to his Chelsea team, handing debuts to Tosin Adarabioyo and Jorgensen.Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Pedro Neto, Guiu and Renato Veiga started for us for the first time, having come off the bench in the Premier League opener against Man City.

Axel Disasi, Benoit Badiashile and Mykhailo Mudryk were the other fresh faces, Disasi earning his first minutes of the summer.

Nkunku and Moises Caicedo, who captained, retained their places from Sunday. Chelsea didn’t have to wait long after the restart to do just that! Dewsbury-Hall pounced on a loose ball, forced by pressure from Guiu, and played in Nkunku, who took it around Frick and was felled.

The Frenchman picked himself up and slammed his spot-kick into the left-hand corner. Out came the blue balloon for the first time in SW6!