Chelsea will improve, says Terry but Arsenal miss out on top spot

Demba Ba scored the only goal in the 11th minute to send the Blues through along with Schalke.

However, Terry felt Chelsea had a lot of room to get better. He said: “It was okay. We are still improving and can get better for sure.

“It was important for us to top the group tonight, some tough teams have topped the groups.”

The former England skipper pointed to Chelsea’s inability to kill off games, saying: “It is something we need to work on. It is important in games like this home and away we kill off the game.”

Of their prospects now, Terry said: “We’ll go about our business, we are through now, to top it is a bonus.

“We are quietly confident, we know we have to get better and improve.”

Gonzalo Higuain’s goal helped give Napoli a 2-0 win over 10-man Arsenal in their final Champions League Group F game, as the Gunners qualified in second place following a late victory for 
Borussia Dortmund away to Marseille.

Arsenal needed a point to be sure of seeding for the knockout stage, but will now likely face one of Europe’s leading sides such as Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid or Paris St Germain in Monday’s draw.

Higuain, who was a summer transfer target for Arsenal, slotted home on 73 minutes to finally break Arsenal’s determined resistance and after Mikel Arteta was shown a second yellow card, it was always going to be an uphill battle to get back into the tie.

Jose Callejon chipped in a second during stoppage-time, but it was not enough and Rafa Benitez’s men must now regroup for the Europa League.

Celtic’s Champions League campaign ended in jolting fashion as Barcelona star Neymar scored a hat-trick in a 6-1 demolition at the Nou Camp.

It was the visitors’ heaviest defeat in Europe since they lost 5-0 away to Artmedia in 2005.