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LONDON -- Samuel Etoo and Gary Cahill scored first half goals as Chelsea turned in a dominant performance to beat Galatasaray 2-0 on Tuesday and reach the Champions League quarterfinals with a 3-1 victory on aggregate. Galatasarays former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba made no impact on his return to Stamford Bridge, being reduced to a minor role like the rest of his teammates in the second leg match of the last 16. Playing his first game at Chelsea since his last kick for the Blues won a penalty shootout with Bayern Munich in the final two years ago, Drogba received a warm welcome from the home fans. But Etoo quickly stole the spotlight, opening the scoring from a tight angle in the fourth minute. Cahill doubled the lead from close range in the 42nd. In the nights other match, Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid beat Schalke 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu to reach the quarterfinals with a 9-2 rout on aggregate. Drogba looked a shadow of his former self and did not have a single clear-cut chance. But both his manager Roberto Mancini and his former coach Jose Mourinho jumped to his defence. "It was not his fault, it was very difficult for him because we did not play tonight," Mancini said. Mourinho said his former protege was not helped by his teammates after they failed to produce attacking football. "We were very solid and very confident, we controlled the game," Mourinho said. "If youre a striker and your team doesnt attack, you feel a lonely man." All eyes were on Drogba as he entered the pitch to start his warm-up at a nearly empty stadium. The Ivory Coast forward did not change his usual routine, touching the grass and crossing himself before joining his teammates. After being lured from Marseille by Mourinho, Drogba scored 157 goals in 341 appearances for the London club between 2004-12 and was voted the greatest player in the clubs history. As teams entered the pitch before kickoff, Drogba pointed a finger towards the Chelsea kop where a banner reading "Drogba Legend" had been unfurled. He then ran to the touchline to give a handshake and a kiss to Mourinho. Though the spotlight was on Drogba, Etoo soon gave Chelsea a perfect start to the game. Eden Hazard linked up well with Oscar to release the ball for the Cameroon striker, who fired past goalkeeper Fernando Muslera. Wesley Sneijder struggled to build any attacks from midfield for the visitors, while Etoo created further danger from the right flank before his attempted cut-back was blocked by defenders. Drogba then tried his luck from the edge of the box but his acrobatic volley ended well over the bar in a moment that summed up his return to his former club. Toying with defenders with his usual frenzied pace and dribbles, Hazard produced another stellar performance for Chelsea. The Belgium playmaker was behind nearly all his sides attacks and his relentless efforts made it a tiring night for the Galatasaray defence. Hazard and Oscar exchanged a series of one-twos in the 22nd minute before the Belgium international crossed for Lampard, who missed his attempt and sent the ball over. Hazard took a shot from distance two minutes later but his effort was stopped by Muslera. Chelsea went closer in the 33rd minute when captain John Terrys superb left-footed volley from Lampards free kick flew over the bar with Muslera looking beaten. Another fast move between Hazard and Oscar almost paid off but Alex Telles return pass prevented Willian from doubling the lead. Chelseas tenacity was finally rewarded before the interval when Cahill scored from the rebound with a powerful finish after Muslera had parried away Terrys header from a corner. Hazard continued to torment Galatasarays defence in the second half. 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The Canucks went 2-for-3 on the power play for the second straight game after struggling through a 1-for-22 stretch. "Theres not a lot of changes in our power play lately," Sedin said when asked why its suddenly scoring. "Its just a matter of passes being there, shooting the puck and finding rebounds. Its little things." The Canucks gave up the opening goal to Vinny Prospal but David Booth and Sedin scored at equal strength in a span of 79 seconds to give Vancouver a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes. Then Edler turned on the jets on Vancouvers first power-play opportunity. Canuck goalie Cory Schneider stopped a shoot-in and fired the puck into Edlers skates but the rangy defenceman recovered it, circled his net and took off. The Columbus penalty killers looked like they expected him to pass but Edler went in alone on goalie Steve Mason and scored after a crafty deke for his career-high 11th goal of the season. "I was just thinking to get some speed behind the net and maybe they didnt expect it," said Edler, who couldnt remember scoring a goal like that -- even in his junior days with the WHL Kelowna Rockets. "There was an opening there so I took it. "I tried not to complicate it too much. I had a lot of speed so (I went) just a little bit to the side ... and a quick shot." Mason said a lack of communication provided the open ice. "He started in behind his net, and hes got a lot of ice to work with, and before you know it hes right on top of you," Mason said. "Something like that doesnt happen very often. It was a bit of miscommunication and it happens." Coach Alain Vigneault said his young defenceman probably took what the Blue Jackets gave him. "They probably thought we were going to make a back pass and he just saw the open space and took it," Vigneault said. The victory ended a two-game losing skid for Vancouver (43-20-8) which won only three of seven straight home games after two loosses on the road.dddddddddddd The win also enabled the Canucks to continue their quest for the overall NHL and Western Conference lead as they kept pace with St. Louis. They remained six points behind the Blues with two games in hand. The Blue Jackets (22-42-7), who are last in the NHL and 43 points behind Vancouver in the West, lost their fourth straight game. They havent beaten the Canucks in regulation since October 2009. Sedin reached the 30-goal plateau for the fourth time in his career by scooping in the rebound of his own tip-in attempt. He gave the Canucks their first lead when he took brother Henriks pass through the crease and beat Mason from a sharp angle. Jack Johnson brought Columbus to within a goal early in the third period when he blasted Ryan Johansens face-off win behind Schneider. James Wisniewski, who was in the penalty box for hooking when Daniel Sedin scored the game-winner, made it close with a goal off another face-off win. Both goalies had plenty of work with Mason stopping 34 shots and Schneider making 33 saves. "It wasnt the prettiest game but we responded to a few goals and kept pushing the lead and were able to hang on to it at the end," Schneider said. Rick Nash, who is six goals shy of his seventh 30-goal season, said the Jackets played well enough to win but mistakes were costly. "I thought it was a good game by us," Nash said. "We had a couple of minutes each period where we sat back and they definitely took advantage of us. But for the most part we stuck with it and kept ourselves in the game. "I think the big difference is our mistakes. Every time we made a big mistake they scored a goal." Interim head coach Todd Richards said his club, which has long been eliminated from playoff contention, didnt give up. "We played all the way to final buzzer, in fact we had a great opportunity with about a second to go," Richards said. "We played hard, we just need to play smarter." Notes: It was the 23rd start of the season for Schneider, one more than last year ... Sammy Pahlsson played 222 games for Columbus before being obtained by Vancouver at the trade deadline ... Aaron Rome, a healthy scratch for the last three games, replaced Marc-Andre Gragnani on the Vancouver blue-line ... the Jackets continue their Western Canada swing Sunday in Calgary while the Canucks begin a four-game road trip Monday against the Minnesota Wild ... the club said centre Manny Malhotra, who missed two games for personal reasons, will be on the trip. cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '
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