Mohamed Salah Amazing goal against Chelsea | VIDEO
Mohamed Salah scored the winning goal in the 87th minute as Basel beat Chelsea 1-0 on Tuesday.
Mohamed Salah’s chip over the Chelsea keeper and into the right side netting giving the Swiss champions a 1-0 upset at St. Jakob Park.
FCB probably deserved more, generating their first chance in the third minute and sustaining pressure throughout the first half. At intermission, Chelsea had yet to put a shot toward goal, with Basel holding 58 percent of the ball while launching nine shots.
In the 87th minute, however, all of Chelsea’s persistence was rendered meaningless when a long ball from central defender Fabian Schär found Salah bursting past right back Branislav Ivanovic. A controlled touch off his right thigh saw the Egyptian attacker push the ball in front of him and into the penalty area. As Cech came for a ball approaching his six-yard box, Salah lifted his shot over the Chelsea keeper and into the far side netting, his second touch on Schär’s round one offering giving Basel their second victory of the tournament over Chelsea.
“Salah is a pacy and good player. He caught the defence napping,” Chelsea’s Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho told Al-Jazeera sports after the game.
Leaders Chelsea have nine points from five games in Group E and have still qualified for the knockout stages.
Basel are second on eight points while Schalke 04 are third on seven points after drawing 0-0 at bottom club Steaua Bucharest.
