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Chelsea advances in Champions League with 2-2 draw
MADRID (AP) Chelsea reached the knockout round of the Champions League on Tuesday despite conceding an injury-time equalizer in a 2-2 draw with Atletico Madrid.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba scored two second-half goals on his return from a three-match ban for the Blues to top Group D with 10 points.
FC Porto also advanced from the group after beating APOEL Nicosia 1-0 to move to nine points. Atletico has two and APOEL one.
Drogba scored in the 82nd and 88th minutes after Atletico's Sergio Aguero had put his team 1-0 up in the 66th.
Atletico then scored with a curling free kick beyond goalkeeper Petr Cech in injury time.
Updated November 3, 2009
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