Mourinhos Inter dump Chelsea

Jose Mourinho enjoyed a triumphant return to Stamford Bridge with Inter Milan who secured a 1-0 win at his former side Chelsea on Tuesday that sent the Italians into the Champions League quarter-finals.

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Jose Mourinho enjoyed a triumphant return to Stamford Bridge with Inter Milan who secured a 1-0 win at his former side Chelsea on Tuesday that sent the Italians into the Champions League quarter-finals.

Samuel Etoo hit a 78th minute winner for Inter,who had fallen at the first knockout stage for the last three seasons. The Serie A side went through 3-1 on aggregate.

We were the best team by far. To win here was almost a perfect performance not just by the team but by the individual players, Mourinho,who left the London club nearly three years ago,told Sky Sports. I celebrated a lot in the dressing room because it was a big victory for my team. I love Chelsea,I love this stadium and I love these people. But Im a professional and who knows I could coach another English team and come here again.

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Inter had missed the three best chances of the match before Wesley Sneijder sent Etoo free and the Cameroon striker scored with aplomb as Inter fly the flag for Serie A as the only Italian team into the last eight. I think we dominated the game and there was no danger for us… when we were attacking we created the chances and the goal finally came and we should have got two or three, said Sneijder.

Mourinhos tactic to start with three strikers Etoo,Diego Milito and Goran Pandev seemed to catch Chelsea out and it took the Londoners a long time to get a hold on the game. However,solid Inter defending,with centre backs Lucio and Walter Samuel in dominant form,and a sharp block by Cesar to keep out a Nicolas Anelka flick ensured a goalless first half. Inter began to pile on the pressure midway through the second half.

CSKA make history

In Seville,CSKA Moscow upset Sevilla 2-1 to send the Russian team into the quarter-finals for the first time in 17 years. A well-struck Keisuke Honda free kick ended Sevillas hopes of making their quarter-final debut and secured victory for the well-organised Muscovites to put them into the last eight for the first time since 1992-93.