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| Samuel Eto'o: Celebrates goal with Mourinho |
A Timo Hildebrand howler helped Samuel Eto'o set Chelsea on their way to a 3-0 Champions League home win over Schalke on Wednesday night.
The Cameroon striker scored his first goal in Europe for the Blues on 31 minutes after a bad mistake from visiting goalkeeper Hildebrand, and fired in a second nine minutes after the break.
There was time for Eto'o's replacement Demba Ba to get on the scoresheet too seven minutes from time as Chelsea took control of Group E by matching their margin of victory in Gelsenkirchen on Matchday Three.
Following Saturday's 2-0 Premier League defeat at Newcastle, Blues boss Jose Mourinho made six changes to his starting line-up. Gary Cahill, Cesar Azpilicueta, Andre Schurrle, John Obi Mikel, Willian and Eto'o came in, with David Luiz, Ashley Cole, Juan Mata and Frank Lampard dropping to the bench.
Fernando Torres was missing with a leg injury, but there was some confusion over why Eden Hazard was left out of the matchday 18. Before kick-off, Mourinho said the Belgium winger had missed an important pre-match session and that "he couldn't train" but would not confirm any injury. Hazard watched the match from behind the home dugout.
He saw the visitors make an excellent start. Highly-rated young Germany midfielder Julian Draxler pulled a low shot just wide of the post and shortly afterwards, his Hungarian team-mate Adam Szalai also fired past the same upright. Christian Fuchs also powered a drive across the face of goal as Schalke set about Chelsea early on.
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