Didier Drogba scored his first goal since rejoining Chelsea as they recorded their biggest Champions League win with a dominant victory against Maribor at Stamford Bridge.
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- Chelsea claim claim club record UEFA Champions League victory
- Didier Drogba scores first goal for Chelsea since the 2012 final winner
- Loïc Rémy picks up groin injury in the process of scoring the opener
- Agim Ibraimi misses second-half penalty for the visitors
- Next game: Maribor v Chelsea (5 November)
Loic Remy scored first but was quickly replaced by Drogba after injuring himself when scoring.
Drogba then converted a penalty before John Terry put in a third. Drogba scored his first goal for the club since the match-winning penalty against Bayern Munich in the 2012 Champions League final. Half-time!
A Mitja Viler own goal put Chelsea in command before Eden Hazard scored a penalty and drove in a late sixth.
Agim Ibraimi hit the post with a penalty for Maribor, but in truth the Slovenians were very well beaten The slovenian champions were on the back foot for most of the game.
Chelsea have seven points from three games to sit top of Group G, and will be confident of reaching the knockout stage now.
It was almost the perfect win for boss Jose Mourinho, although the injury to Remy was a cause for concern.
With Diego Costa out with a hamstring injury, the Blues could face Sunday's Premier League trip to Manchester United with Drogba as the club's only fit first-team striker. Phew!!!
For now, Mourinho will surely be satisfied with another impressive performance from his side which extends their run of wins to 10 from 12 games in all competitions.
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