Chelsea will take a two-goal advantage to Russia after beating Rubin
Kazan in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final, on a night
when Tottenham fought back from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw
against FC Basel at home.
At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea claimed a 3-1 win over Rubin Kazan
thanks to two goals from Fernando Torres - but Bebars Natcho's
41st-minute penalty will give the Russians some hope going into the
return meeting.
Torres, wearing a protective mask once
again, broke the deadlock with a scrambled first-half finish, before
Victor Moses doubled the Blues' advantage with a well-taken volley from
the edge of the box.
Natcho then grabbed a potentially
crucial away goal from the spot after John Terry was adjudged to have
handballed a shot but, in the second half, Torres gave manager Rafa
Benitez some breathing room - powering home a close-range header.
At White Hart Lane, meanwhile, Tottenham's recovery to claim a 2-2 draw against FC Basel was marred by a serious-looking late injury to Gareth Bale.
Gareth
Bale was stretchered off in injury time with his leg in a protective
brace after jarring his ankle in an awkward collision, after Emmanuel
Adebayor and Gylfi Sigurdsson had both scored to bring Andre
Villas-Boas' side back from 2-0 down.
Benfica came from behind to beat Newcastle United 3-1 in Lisbon.
Papiss
Cisse gave the visitors the lead, and went close to doubling their
advantage when his shot was tipped onto the inside of the post, but
Rodrigo fired home for Benfica to ensure the scores were level at the
break.
Cisse then struck a post again shortly after the
restart, but Benfica took control of the tie when Davide Santon's poor
backpass allowed Lima to score, and Oscar Cardozo then converted a
penalty after Steven Taylor was penalised for handball.
In the other quarter-final, Fenerbahce edged Lazio 2-0 in Turkey thanks to Pierre Webo's second-half penalty and Dirk Kuyt's late finish.
source: http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1399241/europa-league:-chelsea-beat-rubin,-tottenham-held-by-basel?cc=4716
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