Chelsea - Road To Moscow

The Blues kicked off their UEFA Champions League campaign back in September. Let us glance back to the past to see how we reached the finals in Moscow

Group Stages

Chelsea 1 - Rosenberg 1
Jose Mourinho's last European game as Chelsea manager ended in a boring draw in front of a half-empty Stamford Bridge as striker Andriy Shevchenko equalized Mika Koppinen's opening goal in their opening match in Group B.

Valencia 1 - Chelsea 2
Avram Grant's first game in the Champions League as Chelsea boss ended with victory at the Mestalla after Joe Cole and Didier Drogba helped the Blues fight back from David Villa's early strike. One of Che;sea's best game's this season

Chelsea 2 - Schalke 0
Florent Malouda scored his first competitive goal in a Chelsea shirt and Drogba also found the net as the Blues cruised to a comfortable home victory over the team from Germany.

Schalke 0 - Chelsea 0
The German side proved more stubborn opponents away as Chelsea hung on for a goalless draw in Gelsenkirchen after goalkeeper Peter Cech had departed the field with a calf injury at half-time and was replaced by Carlo Cudicini.

Rosenberg 0 - Chelsea 4
A brace from Drogba and a goal apiece from Joe Cole and Alex saw Chelsea secure their place in the knockout stage of the competition as winners of Group B with a comprehensive victory.

Chelsea 0 - Valencia 0
Grant rested a number of players as Chelsea missed several chances to end the group stage on a high as they qualified for the second round with three wins and three draws, scoring nine goal and conceding two.

Pre-Quarterfinals (Round of 16)

Olympiacos 0 - Chelsea 0
Grant started the match with John Terry and Frank Lampard on the bench and only the latter was called into action six minutes from the end as Chelsea battled to a goalless draw in Greece. Lampard and Terry were back from injury.

Chelsea 3 - Olympiacos 0
The Blues barely broke sweat as goals from Michael Ballack, Lampard and Salomon Kalou helped them stroll to victory in the second leg at Stamford Bridge and book the west Londoners' place in the quarter-finals.

Quarterfinals

Fenerbahce 2 - Chelsea 1
Fenerbahce mounted a stunning comeback to shock Chelsea in front of a partisan crowd in Istanbul. David put through his own net early in the match but London-born Colin Kazim-Richards equalized in spectacular fashion before David found the net at the right end nine minutes from time.

Chelsea 2 - Fenerbahce 0
Ballack eased Chelsea's nerves with a goal in the fourth minute of the second leg and Lampard made it safe with a goal three minutes from time although the Blues were forced to call upon third-choice goalkeeper Hilario after an injury to Cudicini.

Semifinals

Liverpool 1 - Chelsea 1
The first leg of Chelsea's third Champions League semi-final with Rafael Benitez's side seemed to be going to form after Dirk Kuyt's goal before half-time in front of noisy Anfield. But John Arne Riise's bizarre injury-time own goal silenced the crowd and handed the Blues a crucial away goal.

Chelsea 3 - Liverpool 2
Fernando Torres equalized Drogba's opening goal to take the match to extra time. But a Lampard penalty, and a second goal from Drogba gave Chelsea the initiative despite Ryan Babel's late strike as Riise's own-goal in the first leg proved the difference between the two sides. Essien's strike was disallowed wrongly by the officials. One of the best matches I enjoyed this season.

Statistics:
Matches played - 12
Won - 6
Lost - 1
Draw - 5
Goals scored - 19
Goals against - 7