Thursday, September 19, 2013

Jose Mourinho's Chelsea were stunned in the shock result of the night as FC Basle left Stamford Bridge with a 2-1 victory in Group E. The hosts had seemed to be heading to a routine home victory when Brazilian Oscar put them ahead after quick, slick passes from David Luiz and Frank Lampard. Oscar almost doubled the Londoners' advantage with a splendid second half strike that crashed back off the bar. But then Mohamed Salah bent the ball around Ahsley Cole and inside the post on 71 minutes before Marco Streller headed home the unexpected winner from a corner. Mourinho remained calm in adversity, saying: "I'm not in shock. The reality is that sometimes you don't win. I'm not happy of course. We have taken a step back in qualification but we have five games left to finish in the top two."


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