Nemanja Matic scored on his return to Lisbon to earn Chelsea a 1-0 UEFA Champions League win over Sporting on Tuesday.
The former Benfica man spent three years in the Portuguese capital
with Sporting’s great rivals before returning to Chelsea in January.
And the Serbia international scored the only goal of the Group G encounter when he headed home in the 34th minute.
Matic found the net in a half dominated by the visitors, but the home
side proved more competitive after the break to leave the result in
doubt up until the final whistle.
The result sees Chelsea bounce back from their matchday one draw with
Schalke at Stamford Bridge, while Sporting, who had previously lost
just one of nine home fixtures against English opposition, will rue the
end of an unbeaten run at Estadio Jose Alvalade that stretched to 16
matches in European competition.
Having previously claimed in-form frontman Diego Costa was incapable
of playing multiple matches in a week, Jose Mourinho named the Spain
international in his starting XI for the second time in four days, while
captain John Terry made his 100th Champions League outing.
UCL Results:
CSKA Moscow 0 – 1 Bayern Munich
Manchester City 1 – 1 Roma
APOEL Nicosia 1 – 1 Ajax
Paris Saint Germain 3 – 2 Barcelona
Schalke 04 1 – 1 Maribor
Sporting CP 0 – 1 Chelsea
BATE Borisov 2 – 1 Athletic Bilbao
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 – 2 FC Porto
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