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| Torres celebrated after his opening goal |
Chelsea rebounded from its opening loss to Basel to overcome Schalke at the latter's home ground.
Fernando Torres first of his two goals came in the 5th minute. Branislav Ivanovic flicked Frank Lampard's corner with a header when Fernando Torres, waiting on the right side headed the back ball near the back post.
Torres second goal came in the 69th minute. Max Meyer made an erroneous pass that was intercepted by Eden Hazard. Hazard's heists set up a three to one Chelsea attack with Oscar, Hazard and Fernando Torres figuring out against Schalke's Jermain Jones. Hazard passed the ball to his Oscar to his right. Jones kept the pressure on Oscar who then slides the ball to Fernando Torres inside the box. Torres then skirted Timo Hildebrand who slid and Fernando Torres scored on an empty net.
Chelsea wrapped up its fantastic night with a third goal in the 87th minute by capitalizing on Benedikt Howedes mistake in passing the ball to Julian Draxler. Ramires flashed the ball back after stealing it from Draxler. The result was a fierce counterattack that figured another two in one offense with Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres against Joel Matip. Torres crossover to the right in an apparent bid to confuse Matip who is marking Eden Hazard. Hazard eventually slotted the ball past Timo Hildebrand to claim the night.
Chelsea now leads in Group E despite its opening day setback.
