{"id":62547,"date":"2014-11-06T08:09:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T08:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=62547"},"modified":"2014-11-06T08:09:45","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T08:09:45","slug":"hazard-misses-penalty-in-chelsea-draw-with-maribor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=62547","title":{"rendered":"Hazard misses penalty in Chelsea draw with Maribor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eden Hazard missed a late penalty as Group G leaders Chelsea were held to a draw by unfancied Maribor in the Champions League.<\/p>\n

The Slovenian champions, thrashed 6-0 at Stamford Bridge, took the lead through Agim Ibraimi’s sublime curler.<\/p>\n

But the Blues equalised when Nemanja Matic poked in John Terry’s header at the far post.<\/p>\n

Hazard was fouled by Mitja Viler to win a penalty, but the Belgian’s weak effort was saved by Jasmin Handanovic.<\/p>\n

Hazard’s rare miss – he has scored 27 out of 30 penalties in his career – summed up a frustrating evening for the Blues, who had been denied an earlier spot-kick for what appeared a foul on Oscar and had a Diego Costa goal wrongly disallowed for offside.<\/p>\n

Both had been brought on at half-time as manager Jose Mourinho tried to inject some energy into an under-par display.<\/p>\n

The result, combined with Sporting Lisbon’s 4-2 victory over Schalke, leaves Chelsea three points clear of the Germans and needing to win one of their remaining two games to guarantee their passage to the knock-out phase.<\/p>\n

The Blues also equalled a club record by extending their unbeaten start to the season to 16 matches.<\/p>\n

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Match facts<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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Chelsea have not lost a competitive match since the semi-final of last season’s Champions League in April<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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The Blues have won only one of their last six away games in the Champions League<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Chelsea conceded for the first time in 230 minutes away from home in the competition<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Mourinho, whose side face Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League on Saturday, made four changes to the team that beat QPR 2-1 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Centre-back Kurt Zouma, brought in for Gary Cahill, should have opened the scoring inside 10 minutes but he headed Cesc Fabregas’s dinked cross wide of the near post.<\/p>\n

Maribor served early notice of their threat on the break when Tavares weaved through three Chelsea defenders and bore down on Petr Cech, only to over-hit his attempted pass to strike partner Luka Zahovic.<\/p>\n

Chelsea responded strongly, as Andre Schurrle fired a shot narrowly wide before Hazard’s fierce drive was pushed aside by Handanovic.<\/p>\n

Despite Mourinho’s tactical re-jig, Chelsea fell behind within five minutes of the restart. Zouma’s headed clearance landed at the feet of Ibraimi, whose sumptuous curling shot found the top corner of Cech’s goal.<\/p>\n

After Costa blazed high and wide, Chelsea were given a huge let-off at the other end when Zahovic side-footed over the bar from three yards after a perfect cross from left-back Viler.<\/p>\n

With 20 minutes remaining, the visitors were denied a penalty when Oscar appeared to be tripped by his fellow Brazilian Arghus.<\/p>\n

Chelsea’s sense of grievance was short-lived. From a Fabregas corner, Terry’s downward header presented Matic with the simplest of tap-ins to equalise.<\/p>\n

As the Blues pushed hard for a winner, Handanovic made superb saves to deny Hazard and Costa, who then had a goal ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n

But Maribor stayed in the game and almost snatched it when Tavares slashed Jean-Philippe Mendy’s square pass wide of goal.<\/p>\n

In the 85th minute, the outstanding Hazard was tripped by Viler in the box, but Handanovic dived to his left to keep it out and secure a famous point.<\/p>\n

\"Didier<\/p>\n

Didier Drogba came in for some rough treatment on his 100th European appearance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Nemanja<\/p>\n

Nemanja Matic has now scored in three consecutive away games in the Champions League<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Eden<\/p>\n

Eden Hazard has missed two of his four Champions League penalties for Chelsea<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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