Second Half Drogba, three minutes after the restart, made the - TopicsExpress

Second Half Drogba, three minutes after the restart, made the right near-post run and Willian delivered the correct low, hard-driven ball from the flank, but our fourth all-time highest scorer couldn’t quite adjust his feet enough to score. He did however do well to combine with Hazard soon after as Chelsea kept the early pressure on but the Belgian fired over the bar. John Terry, making his 600th start, was none-to-pleased when he was whistled and then booked after nipping forward to win the ball deep in the Schalke half before finding the net after the ref had blown. Replays suggested the decision to call it a foul was questionable. Drogba was then a whisker away from scoring after doing well following an initial poor touch but Chelsea were soon regretting the earlier misses as Schalke equalised. Again there were complaints of a foul in the build-up and it did appear Fabregas had been unfairly dispossessed deep in the Schalke half. The counter-attack was sprung and it was finished with quite some quality by Huntelaar, cutting inside the Chelsea defence. It was 1-1 with just over an hour gone and Chelsea were further tested by Draxler with Courtois making the save. Mourinho, having recently swapped Ramires for Oscar, made a double sub with Diego Costa and Lioc Remy on for Drogba and Willian. There was just over quarter-of-an-hour to go to restore the lead. Remy’s impact was almost instant, but when a free-kick fell to his feet and he connected well, Neustadter jumped and headed off the line. Now inside the final 10 minutes, Remy delivered the ball dangerously into the six-yard box but to no avail and Hazard curved a sweetly-struck volley just over the bar after Diego Costa had competed in the air.