Nicolas Anelka scored twice for Chelsea to help the English champions breeze past MSK Zilina with a 4-1 win yesterday in their Champions League opener. <table style="width: 297px; height: 38px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="297" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="/imagedata/2010/sep/16anelka.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr> <tr> <td> Nicolas Anelka</td></tr></tbody></table> Michael Essien opened the scoring in the 13th minute with a low shot after an Anelka pass from the left wing. In the 24th minute, Anelka beat Zilina keeper Martin Dubravka with a low shot across the box after Florent Malouda had chipped the ball superbly over the MSK defence. Anelka silenced the home crowd four minutes later, making it 3-0 with an easy rebound after Chelsea captain John Terry had hit the crossbar with a powerful header from a Malouda corner. Daniel Sturridge scored a fourth for Chelsea in the 48th minute from a break, beating Dubravka and Pecalka after a neat pass from Yossi Benayoun. Their effort was rewarded 55 minutes into the game. Tomas Oravec scored after Branislav Ivanovic and Cech got into a terrible tangle.

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Nicolas Anelka scored twice for Chelsea to help the English champions breeze past MSK Zilina with a 4-1 win yesterday in their Champions League opener.

Anelka scores twice as Chelsea beat MSK Zilina 4-1

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