Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud took his tally in Europe this season to 10 goals in Thursday's 4-3 victory over Slavia Prague at Stamford Bridge.

Pedro opened the scoring following a flowing move involving Cesar Azpilicueta and Giroud, with the Spaniard applying the finish.

Pedro should have claimed the second but he somehow side-footed Eden Hazard's inviting ball across goal on to the post.

Fortunately for the Blues the ball ricocheted into luckless defender Simon Deli and bounced into the net.

N'Golo Kante then set Pedro through to tee up Giroud for his 10th goal in the competition this season. The 32-year-old bagged a goal in each tie against Malmo earlier in the knockout rounds before grabbing a hat-trick away in Kiev in the round of 16.

It followed an impressive group stage in which Giroud scored four in six.

It means the Frenchman joins Lionel Messi as the joint-leading scorer in European competition this season.

The Argentina international took his tally into double figures with a brace in the first period against Manchester United on Tuesday.

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It was his second double in the knockout stages after hitting two in the 5-1 triumph over Lyon in March. Messi also scored twice in the group stages against Tottenham at Wembley, after a hat-trick against PSV at the Camp Nou.

But Messi's double against Manchester United took his haul against English sides in the Champions League to 24, with two ties against Liverpool in the semi-finals on the horizon.

Here's how his statistics match up against the rest of Europe this season...

European competition top scorers 2018-19