maicon makes sure porto profit as chelsea slump published: tuesday 29 september 2015, 22.45cet porto 2-1 chelsea andré andré and maicon scored in each half as julen lopetegui's team made it an unhappy return to porto for josé mourinho and his english champions.
victory lifts porto onto four points in group g, level with dynamo kyiv andré andré gives hosts lead but willian levels in first-half added time maicon header seven minutes after break wins it for liga leaders ıker casillas posts record 152nd uefa champions league appearance next matches: porto-m. tel-aviv, dynamo-chelsea (20 october)
porto made it a miserable return to the estádio do dragão for josé mourinho as goals either side of half-time from andré andré and maicon inflicted a 2-1 defeat on a labouring chelsea in uefa champions league group g.
julen lopetegui's team brushed off the concession of willian's equaliser two minutes into first-half stoppage time to claim their first victory in the section. the margin might have been greater had danilo's late header not rattled the woodwork.
both clubs had drawn 2-2 at the weekend away to the second-bottom side in their leagues, yet with mourinho declaring no untouchables in his squad, his lineup showed four changes. one of the beneficiaries, willian, fired chelsea level with the last kick of the first half, spearing a set piece past ıker casillas.
ıf willian's free-kick equaliser rescued the english champions three days ago, his intervention here was equally necessary. fair to say porto's 39th-minute opener had been coming. maxi pereira's earlier surge into the blues' box culminated in a strike deflected behind, then the right-back blazed wide after good work between andré andré and vincent aboubakar.
the goal itself came from the left. skipping past branislav ıvanovic, the lively yacine brahimi forced a super save from asmir begovic, only for andré andré – son of one of porto's 1987 european champions – to beat the keeper on the rebound.
porto were back in front seven minutes after the restart. maicon got in front of ramires to flick an opportunistic back-header past begovic at his near post from rúben neves's corner. chelsea's immediate response was a diego costa curler off the crossbar. yet, with the likes of aboubakar and neves foraging forward, the hosts always looked dangerous.
come the 70-minute mark, chelsea were on the ropes, giannelli ımbula and then brahimi eliciting fine stops from begovic. at this point chelsea would have settled for a repeat of the 2-1 loss incurred on mourinho's first return to porto in 2004/05. danilo almost increased their deficit, though ıvanovic and kenedy, at the death, nearly snatched a draw.
