Anelka lifts the Blues, Madrid held
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February 24, 2011, Thursday
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CHELSEA secured a comfortable 2-0 victory at FC Copenhagen and Real Madrid failed to end its jinx against Olympique Lyon where it drew 1-1 in the first leg of its Champions League last 16 tie on Tuesday.
All four goals on the third of four first-leg nights were scored by Frenchmen with Nicolas Anelka grabbing two for Chelsea goals in Denmark. Karim Benzema and Bafetimbi Gomis were on target as Lyon and Real drew at the Stade Gerland.
Chelsea was good value for its win at the Parken Stadium with Anelka scoring the first after 17 minutes and the second after 54, although 50 million-pound (US$80.95 million) signing Fernando Torres failed to find the net in his third appearance for his new team.
The victory eased the pressure on manager Carlo Ancelotti after a poor run for the English champion which has slipped to fifth in the Premier League and was knocked out of the FA Cup by Everton on Saturday.
"It was a good result and good performance," Ancelotti told reporters. "The players worked hard and played good football but it is only the first half. In this competition we are focused because we want to do well. Fernando Torres did very well because the key to the game was the work of the strikers."
Real, which had failed to beat Lyon in its previous six Champions League meetings over the last five years, appeared to be on its way to ending that run at the Stade Gerland. Benzema scored against his former club in the 65th minute soon after coming on as a substitute for the ineffective Emmanuel Adebayor to give the nine-time European champion a deserved lead.
Manager Jose Mourinho, bidding to become the first man to lift the European Cup with three different clubs, had seen his side go close to scoring twice before it went ahead, with Cristiano Ronaldo smacking a free-kick against a post and Sergio Ramos hitting the bar with a header.
But although it dominated the match it allowed Lyon to equalize seven minutes from time when Gomis volleyed past goalkeeper Iker Casillas from close range after Real failed to clear a free-kick.
With six of the eight first leg matches played, only one team has won at home, Arsenal beating Barcelona 2-1 last Wednesday.
Tottenham Hotspur who won at AC Milan, Shakhtar Donetsk who triumphed at AS Roma and now Chelsea all won away while Valencia was held to a home draw by Schalke 04 and Lyon failed to beat Real. The round of first legs will be completed when Olympique Marseille plays Manchester United later yesterday and defending champion Inter Milan faces Bayern Munich in a repeat of last season's final.
All four goals on the third of four first-leg nights were scored by Frenchmen with Nicolas Anelka grabbing two for Chelsea goals in Denmark. Karim Benzema and Bafetimbi Gomis were on target as Lyon and Real drew at the Stade Gerland.
Chelsea was good value for its win at the Parken Stadium with Anelka scoring the first after 17 minutes and the second after 54, although 50 million-pound (US$80.95 million) signing Fernando Torres failed to find the net in his third appearance for his new team.
The victory eased the pressure on manager Carlo Ancelotti after a poor run for the English champion which has slipped to fifth in the Premier League and was knocked out of the FA Cup by Everton on Saturday.
"It was a good result and good performance," Ancelotti told reporters. "The players worked hard and played good football but it is only the first half. In this competition we are focused because we want to do well. Fernando Torres did very well because the key to the game was the work of the strikers."
Real, which had failed to beat Lyon in its previous six Champions League meetings over the last five years, appeared to be on its way to ending that run at the Stade Gerland. Benzema scored against his former club in the 65th minute soon after coming on as a substitute for the ineffective Emmanuel Adebayor to give the nine-time European champion a deserved lead.
Manager Jose Mourinho, bidding to become the first man to lift the European Cup with three different clubs, had seen his side go close to scoring twice before it went ahead, with Cristiano Ronaldo smacking a free-kick against a post and Sergio Ramos hitting the bar with a header.
But although it dominated the match it allowed Lyon to equalize seven minutes from time when Gomis volleyed past goalkeeper Iker Casillas from close range after Real failed to clear a free-kick.
With six of the eight first leg matches played, only one team has won at home, Arsenal beating Barcelona 2-1 last Wednesday.
Tottenham Hotspur who won at AC Milan, Shakhtar Donetsk who triumphed at AS Roma and now Chelsea all won away while Valencia was held to a home draw by Schalke 04 and Lyon failed to beat Real. The round of first legs will be completed when Olympique Marseille plays Manchester United later yesterday and defending champion Inter Milan faces Bayern Munich in a repeat of last season's final.
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