Jose Mourinho had a triumphant return to Stamford Bridge as he led his Inter Milan to a tight victory against Chelsea that sees the Italian champions progress to the Champions League Quarter Finals after a 3-1 aggregate win.
Keisuke Honda scored the all important goal in this Champions League tie as he put Russian side CSKA Moscow into an overall lead with his free kick early in the second half to secure an impressive win over La Liga side Sevilla.
Real Madrid were knocked out by Lyon after Miralem Pjanic scored a crucial goal for the French side to level Cristiano Ronaldo’s early opener but the Bernabeu outfit were unable to add more to their tally and were left with a mountain to climb.
Arsenal fought past FC Porto excellently at the Emirates to book their place in the Champions League Quarter Finals. Trailing from the first leg and without mercurial Gunners captain Cesc Fabregas many believed Arsene Wenger’s side may struggle to progress but Arsenal put in a wonderful performance to beat their Portuguese opponents.
Nicolas Bentner was the hero of the hour as he scored twice before the break. The first goal was created by Samir Nasri who’s ball evaded Andrei Arshavin but found its way to the Big Dane was there to put away an easy chance.
Bendtner added his second on 25 minutes after some great work from Andrei Arshavin who beats three Porto men before putting a brilliant cross crossing for the Arsenal striker who makes no mistake. Arsenal upped their game further in the second half to end any hopes Porto had of a comeback.
Samir Nasri and Emmanuel Eboue scored Arsenal’s third and fourth respectively within the space of a couple of minutes to hand Arsenal a excellent win at the Emirates. Nicolas Bendtner added a fifth in injury time to complete his hat-trick.
Chelsea have an away goal to take back to Stamford Bridge but Carlo Ancelotti will be left ruing a host of chances to get more from the game in the San Siro.
The Blues went behind within three minutes as Diego Milito showed his predatory finishing prowess to put Inter Milan one up. Chelsea leveled early in the second half after good work from Branislav Ivanovic set up Salomon Kalou who’s deflected effort gets past Julio Cesar.
The west London side couldn’t keep out Inter for long though as Esteban Cambiasso connects well with a ball from a Wesley Sneijder to beat Petr Cech at the second time of asking. Chelsea couldn’t find a leveler but will feel they still have a great chance to progress when they take on the Italian champions at Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal have an away goal to take to the Emirates after a dramatic visit to Portugal. Lukasz Fabianski made a horrible mistake to hand Porto the lead but Sol Campbell leveled shortly after but Falcao scored the winner for the Portuguese champions.
Arsene Wenger will hope that his north London side can take advantage of home advantage and progress to the Champions League Quarter Finals.
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