Atletico Madrid and Chelsea locked horns at the National Arena in Bucharest in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 tie. In what was a tightly-fought contest from start to finish, Thomas Tuchel's side were rewarded for their gritty performance, as they recorded a 1-0 victory in Romania.Olivier Giroud was once again Chelsea's savior in the UEFA Champions League, as the Frenchman scored one of the goals of the season in the second half to win the game for his side. Chelsea started the game on the backfoot and nearly fell behind in the opening exchanges of the game after Edouard Mendy's gaffe in front of goal. However, the Blues breathed a huge sigh of relief as the ball went out of play. Neither goalkeeper was made to work too much in the first 45 minutes, as Atletico Madrid sat deep and absorbed all the pressure from the Premier League side. The second half was more of the same, but Chelsea broke the deadlock through a moment of magic from Giroud.Giroud takes center stage for Chelsea in Europe yet again The former Arsenal striker's magnificent overhead kick found its way into the back of the net past the despairing dive of Jan Oblak, as the Blues took a surprise lead in Romania. However, after being flagged offside by the on-field referee, play was paused for a lengthy period as VAR reviewed the footage for a considerable period.Giroud's wonder-goal was eventually allowed to stand after it was adjudged that Mario Hermoso attempted to play the ball back to his goalkeeper moments before the goal.Atletico Madrid piled on the pressure after the goal but were unable to find an equalizer, as they head into the second leg with a massive job to do against a resurgent Chelsea side.On that note, here are the best tweets from a memorable outing for Chelsea against Atletico Madrid.Giroud’s highlight heel is going to make people believe he’s one of the greatest footballers of all time 😭😭— RF9 🇧🇷 (@SambaRole) February 23, 2021Chelsea have just dominated Atletico who are top of the league. Stop acting arrogant and accept that the Prem is clearly currently better than La Liga https://t.co/BbGOOpJWTM— Mark Goldbridge (@markgoldbridge) February 23, 2021I'm starting to think that firing Lampard and hiring Tuchel might not have been a disaster for the development of Chelsea's young players, you know.— Rory Smith (@RorySmith) February 23, 2021Chelsea advancing in the CL will just make the PL more difficult for them. They won’t win this competition. Only real negative of them advancing is Atletico not being there to come up against City/Liverpool.— ʀʏᴀɴ (@Utd_Ryan_) February 23, 2021Chelsea under Lampard vs Chelsea since replacing Lampard pic.twitter.com/jEw7tnt02V— ODDSbible (@ODDSbible) February 23, 2021Giroud is now Chelsea's third top scorer in European outright, going ahead of Fernando Torres. He had scored a goal every 28 minutes in the Champions League before today. 11th goal of the season, joint-highest for Chelsea with fewer minutes than others. #CFC #ATMCHE #UCL— Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) February 23, 202134 - Aged 34 years and 146 days, Olivier Giroud is the oldest player to score in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League for Chelsea, and the oldest to do so for an English side since Ryan Giggs (37) in April 2011 vs Schalke. Golden. pic.twitter.com/6xTgTcwrS7— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 23, 2021Chelsea beating the Spanish Burnley and are going to act like they've won the Champions League now ffs— Trey (@UTDTrey) February 23, 2021✈️ Most Champions League away goals this season:⚽️6⃣ Olivier Giroud⚽️5⃣ Erling Haaland⚽️4⃣ Álvaro Morata🔵 New Chelsea hero?#UCL pic.twitter.com/UcTpkkqoFu— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) February 23, 2021Goals scored against Spanish teams since Real Madrid broke their club record transfer to sign Eden Hazard from Chelsea:Olivier Giroud - 5Eden Hazard - 3— Colin Millar (@Millar_Colin) February 23, 2021NEVER EVER DOUBT OLIVIER GIROUD. CHELSEA CULT HERO.— Dubois (@CFCDUBois) February 23, 202115 - Olivier Giroud has scored 15 goals in his 16 starts for Chelsea across the UEFA Champions League and Europa League. Schengen. pic.twitter.com/jcoDCSJoWg— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 23, 2021As for Atletico... well, I'm sure some La Liga aficionado will tell me they are actually well in control and this is all part of Diego's masterplan, but to me, they've been cowardly. Way too defensive. Not to my taste.— The Tactical Times (@Tactical_Times) February 23, 2021Spanish West Brom based in Madrid. I can’t believe they knocked us out last year.— - (@AnfieldRd96) February 23, 2021£18m for Olivier Giroud three years ago was a ridiculous bargain for Chelsea. Top scored on their run to win the Europa League, massive part in getting them into the CL last season with vital goals late in the season and now that overhead kick.— Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) February 23, 2021Olivier Giroud:- World Cup Winner- Ligue 1 title with Montpellier- Multiple trophies won in England- Second all time top scorer for France - Extremely clutch- Total professional & team playerThis generation’s most underrated striker. World Class target man. pic.twitter.com/fjb9jcnuBp— TR (@TacticalRole) February 23, 2021Rudiger almost made Suarez cry loooooooooool— Conn (@ConnCFC) February 23, 2021Mason Mount showed this João Félix bloke absolute levels tonight.— IG (@CatenaccioIG) February 23, 2021How are Chelsea bringing on ziyech, kante, havertz and pulisic omfg— Bubbles (@bubbIxs) February 23, 2021Olivier Giroud has 21 goals in 27 starts, since the start of last season - a goal every 114 minutes🔥 pic.twitter.com/j2eUnaEmFB— Premier League Panel (@PremLeaguePanel) February 23, 2021Olivier Giroud appreciation post. He's been in and out of the team all season but still delivering when called upon.Class is permanent. pic.twitter.com/xiyg30vPsF— CFC-Blues (@CFCBlues_com) February 23, 2021Olivier Giroud is the first Chelsea player to score six goals in a single UCL campaign since Didier Drogba scored six in 2011-12.Chelsea won the trophy that season 🏆👀 pic.twitter.com/8vILBDL2vu— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 23, 2021I heard Jao Felix has posters of Oliver Giroud in his bedroom..— Conn (@ConnCFC) February 23, 2021