Chelsea 5-0 KRC Genk: Blues Batter Brittle Belgians At The Bridge (Photos & Highlights)

Chris Wright

20th, October 2011

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By Chris Wright

Chelsea saw their 24-matches-without-losing-at-home-in-the-Champions-League-group-stage streak (dating back to 2003) rumble over to 25 last night, with a comprehensive and routine battering of Belgian club Genk at Stamford Bridge.

The domestically-banned Fernando Torres kept his eye in with a brace, with a goal-a-piece from Raul Meireles (a bit of a corker, see below), Branislav Ivanovic and Salomon Kalou fleshing out the rout on what proved to be a pretty easy night’s work for the boys in blue.

The three points harvested see Chelsea sitting pretty at the top of Group E, a point clear of Bayer Leverkusen in second (and with a vastly superior goal difference after last night’s flurry) and a full five points ahead of Valencia in third – meaning that another victory in the return leg in Genk in November should all but see them through to the next phase. Huzzah!

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  1. Papi says:

    Wow. You really went all out on the alliteration.

    Again, great picture format. Shame it can’t be like that for all the articles.

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