Chelsea beats defending champion Porto 3-1
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-09-30 08:49

Chelsea's Didier Drogba, center, celebrates with teammate John Terry, right, and Eidur Gudjohnsen after scoring against FC Porto during their UEFA Champions League soccer match at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge ground in London Wednesday Sept. 29, 2004. [AP]

Jose Mourinho's Chelsea outplayed the team he led to Champions League glory, FC Porto, 3-1 on Wednesday, leaving his former club with a huge task to stay in the competition.

Goals by Alexei Smertin, Didier Drogba and John Terry gave Chelsea its second victory in a row and control of Group H. It left Porto third in the standings with just one point.

Six-time champion AC Milan scored twice in the last two minutes to beat Celtic 3-1 and is tied with Barcelona atop Group F after the Spanish power beat Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0.

German champion Werder Bremen came from behind to beat Valencia 2-1 after the Spanish champion saw Carlos Marchena ejected early in the second half. With Inter Milan winning 3-1 at Anderlecht to lead Group G, with a maximum six points, Bremen and Valencia are at three.

Rosenborg, Norwegian champion 12 seasons in a row, tied 1-1 with Arsenal, which is atop Group E after Panathinaikos' 1-0 loss at PSV Eindhoven.

At Stamford Bridge, Russian midfielder Aleksei Smertin gave Chelsea a seventh minute lead and Drogba, who scored twice against Paris Saint Germain two weeks ago, made it 2-0 five minutes into the second half.

Substitute Benni McCarthy scored for Porto in the 66th for only the second goal Chelsea has conceded all season, but Terry dived to head home Frank Lampard's free kick four minutes later.

CSKA Moscow won for the first time since the competition became known as the Champions League 11 years ago, beating PSG 2-0 at home. Its previous results were two ties and four losses.

Deco, signed away from Porto in the summer, put Barcelona ahead in the 14th minute against Shakhtar Donetsk. Ronaldinho added the second goal with a penalty kick after he had been brought down by the Ukrainians' goalkeeper. Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o scored the third near the end and Barcelona tops the group on goal difference.

Swedish midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg gave English champion and Premier League leader Arsenal a sixth- minute lead when he shot home from close range. But the Norwegian champion tied it when Roar Strand connected from 20 yards in the 52nd minute.

Despite dropping two points, Arsenal went on top of the group because Panathinaikos lost at Eindhoven where Jan Vennegoor deflected home a header by Alex 10 minutes from the end.

Valencia couldn't recover from the loss of defender Marchena for his second yellow card in the 52nd minute. The Spanish champion was already a goal ahead thanks to a second-minute strike by Rodriguez Vicente.

After Marchena's dismissal, however, Miroslav Klose tied it in the 60th minute and Angelos Charisteas, whose goals played a major part in Greece's triumph at Euro 2004, finished off another slick move with a close-range tap-in with about five minutes to go.

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