Nicolas Anelka scored twice for Chelsea to help the English champions breeze past MSK Zilina with a 4-1 win yesterday in their Champions League opener.
Nicolas Anelka scored twice for Chelsea to help the English champions breeze past MSK Zilina with a 4-1 win yesterday in their Champions League opener.
Michael Essien opened the scoring in the 13th minute with a low shot after an Anelka pass from the left wing.
In the 24th minute, Anelka beat Zilina keeper Martin Dubravka with a low shot across the box after Florent Malouda had chipped the ball superbly over the MSK defence.
Anelka silenced the home crowd four minutes later, making it 3-0 with an easy rebound after Chelsea captain John Terry had hit the crossbar with a powerful header from a Malouda corner.
Daniel Sturridge scored a fourth for Chelsea in the 48th minute from a break, beating Dubravka and Pecalka after a neat pass from Yossi Benayoun.
Their effort was rewarded 55 minutes into the game.
Tomas Oravec scored after Branislav Ivanovic and Cech got into a terrible tangle.
