Moses, Mikel rescue Chelsea in Champions League cracker

Posted by News Express | 8 November 2012 | 3,811 times

Nigerian internationals Victor Moses and Mikel Obi were among the heroes when European Champions League champions Chelsea of England resurrected their title defence hopes with a dramatic 3-2 victory over stubborn Shaktar Donetsk of Russia.

Chelsea, who have struggled to recreate the form that made them champions last season, were being torn to shreds by the visitors but Super Eagles Mikel and Moses came to the rescue. While Mikel, who was on throughout the duration of the game, gave a good account of himself, even scoring a disallowed goal, it was Moses who ensured victory with a late header that decided the game played at Stamford Bridge.

Though outclassed by Shaktar, the Blues went ahead twice, first through Fernando Torres in the sixth minute and again through Oscar in the 40^th. The visitors however replied through Willian in the ninth and 47^th minutes.

Chelsea, who lost the first leg 1-2 last fortnight, had their campaign hanging on the balance before Moses (shown in photo), who came on in the 80^th minute, headed in a Juan Mata corner on the last minute of the game.

If Chelsea had lost, they would have needed to beat Juventus away in their next game to keep alive their campaign. Last night’s victory however saw them tieing at seven points with Shaktar, who however, lead the group on account of the head to head rule.

All the results

TUESDAY

Dinamo Kiev 0-0 FC Porto

PSG 4-0 Dinamo Zagreb

Olympiakos 3-1 Montpellier

Schalke 04 2-2 Arsenal

AC Milan 1-1 Malaga

Anderlecht 1-0 Zenit St Petersburg

Man City 2-2 Ajax

Real Madrid 2-2 Borussia Dortmund

WEDNESDAY

Chelsea 3 - 2 Shakhtar Donetsk