In the 13th minute, Orsic caught Thomas Tuchel’s team off guard as he outran £70 million newcomer Wesley Fofana and dinked the ball over Kepa Arrizabalaga while running from his own half after receiving a pass from striking partner Bruno Petkovic.
The hosts held off a late onslaught impressively, fending off chances for Kai Havertz and Hakim Ziyech to score while under immense pressure from Chelsea before taking the lead.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, a recent addition for Chelsea, came the closest when he attempted to score on his team’s opening day but the goal was disallowed.
To make Aubameyang’s tap-in ineffective, Ben Chilwell had just just veered offside after Mateo Kovacic had passed diagonally to him.
Chelsea started their champion’s league campaign suffering a 1-0 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb
