Chelsea, Bayern qualify with ease for the last 16
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November 5, 2010, Friday
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CHELSEA and Bayern Munich qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League by recording wins to stay perfect in the group stage on Wednesday.
Chelsea scored all its goals in the second half in the 4-1 win over Spartak Moscow in Group F. Serbia defender Branislav Ivanovic netted twice at Stamford Bridge to add to goals by Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba, who converted a penalty.
Bayern was also comfortable winners, Germany striker Mario Gomez hitting a hat trick and Thomas Mueller scoring the fourth in a 4-0 victory at Cluj in Group E.
Arsenal could have also qualified with two games remaining but was defeated 2-1 by Shakhtar Donetsk in Group H, with former Gunners striker Eduardo scoring the winner against his old club. Eduardo, who didn't celebrate his goal, was also on target against Arsenal two weeks ago.
The most impressive scoreline came at Zilina where Marseille, aided by a hat trick by France striker Andre Pierre Gignac, won 7-0 to record the biggest away victory in Champions League history.
A day after defending champion Inter Milan, Barcelona and Lyon all failed to pick up wins that would have seen them through to the knockout stage, three of the continents other heavyweights showed them how to do it.
Auxerre kept alive its slim hope of a top-two finish by beating four-time European champion Ajax 2-1, courtesy of substitute Steven Langil's 84th-minute winner.
Missing injured midfielders Florent Malouda, Michael Essien and Frank Lampard and with captain John Terry on the bench, Chelsea started slowly but found top gear after the break.
Coach hails Anelka
Anelka's 49th-minute goal from an acute angle opened the floodgates and Drogba's penalty, which he won himself, was followed by goals by Ivanovic in the 66th and 90th as Chelsea earned a fourth straight win. Substitute Nikita Bazhenov grabbed the consolation for Spartak, which is level on six points with Marseille.
"The first goal was fantastic and it was the most important goal of the evening," Ancelotti said. "He (Anelka) is in the best form of his career."
Didier Deschamps' Marseille team scored at will in Slovakia as Gabriel Heinze, Loic Remy and Lucho Gonzalez joined Gignac in finding the target.
"It's rare to win in the Champions League by such a high score and I'm proud of it," Deschamps said.
Bayern, last season's runner-up, romped to a convincing win at Cluj - its fourth straight in Group E - to put it six points clear of AS Roma, which won 3-2 at 10-man Basel due to goals by Jeremy Menez, Francesco Totti and Leandro Greco. Basel and Cluj both have three points.
Arsenal went ahead in Donetsk through Theo Walcott's stunning goal on the counterattack but Dmytro Chygrynskiy's goal and Eduardo's sidefooted effort completed the turnaround by Shakhtar, which is now level on nine points with the Gunners.
Braga won 1-0 at Partizan Belgrade to sit three points behind the joint leaders.
Chelsea scored all its goals in the second half in the 4-1 win over Spartak Moscow in Group F. Serbia defender Branislav Ivanovic netted twice at Stamford Bridge to add to goals by Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba, who converted a penalty.
Bayern was also comfortable winners, Germany striker Mario Gomez hitting a hat trick and Thomas Mueller scoring the fourth in a 4-0 victory at Cluj in Group E.
Arsenal could have also qualified with two games remaining but was defeated 2-1 by Shakhtar Donetsk in Group H, with former Gunners striker Eduardo scoring the winner against his old club. Eduardo, who didn't celebrate his goal, was also on target against Arsenal two weeks ago.
The most impressive scoreline came at Zilina where Marseille, aided by a hat trick by France striker Andre Pierre Gignac, won 7-0 to record the biggest away victory in Champions League history.
A day after defending champion Inter Milan, Barcelona and Lyon all failed to pick up wins that would have seen them through to the knockout stage, three of the continents other heavyweights showed them how to do it.
Auxerre kept alive its slim hope of a top-two finish by beating four-time European champion Ajax 2-1, courtesy of substitute Steven Langil's 84th-minute winner.
Missing injured midfielders Florent Malouda, Michael Essien and Frank Lampard and with captain John Terry on the bench, Chelsea started slowly but found top gear after the break.
Coach hails Anelka
Anelka's 49th-minute goal from an acute angle opened the floodgates and Drogba's penalty, which he won himself, was followed by goals by Ivanovic in the 66th and 90th as Chelsea earned a fourth straight win. Substitute Nikita Bazhenov grabbed the consolation for Spartak, which is level on six points with Marseille.
"The first goal was fantastic and it was the most important goal of the evening," Ancelotti said. "He (Anelka) is in the best form of his career."
Didier Deschamps' Marseille team scored at will in Slovakia as Gabriel Heinze, Loic Remy and Lucho Gonzalez joined Gignac in finding the target.
"It's rare to win in the Champions League by such a high score and I'm proud of it," Deschamps said.
Bayern, last season's runner-up, romped to a convincing win at Cluj - its fourth straight in Group E - to put it six points clear of AS Roma, which won 3-2 at 10-man Basel due to goals by Jeremy Menez, Francesco Totti and Leandro Greco. Basel and Cluj both have three points.
Arsenal went ahead in Donetsk through Theo Walcott's stunning goal on the counterattack but Dmytro Chygrynskiy's goal and Eduardo's sidefooted effort completed the turnaround by Shakhtar, which is now level on nine points with the Gunners.
Braga won 1-0 at Partizan Belgrade to sit three points behind the joint leaders.
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