Thanks for joining me on a good night for Chelsea, Jose Mourinho, Andre Schurrle, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Roberto Di Matteo's Schalke.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news through, Sporting fans.

Check out our match report here.

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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho joked that teenage debutant Ruben Loftus-Cheek owed him a "bottle of top red wine" for fielding him.

The manager added: "He is very confident and has a good personality. He's not afraid to take responsibilities.

"We were trying to find the best moment to give him easy conditions to play. Obviously he has a lot to improve but he has great potential if people around him don't make things difficult for me. He can be a big player."

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho on Sky Sports: "We were very focussed and serious. I'm happy with that. I feel sorry for Sporting, I would have liked them to qualify.

"[The win] was important. It was a good reaction to losing at Newcastle and a good chance for players to have more minutes. I'm happy with many things we did.

"We have a good squad. It was a game without pressures - it was quite an easy game to play.

"Andre Schurrle is in my plans when he's in top form. He came back from Germany duty very ill. It's taken him time to recover. He needs to adapt better to the Premier League."

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Chelsea scorer Andre Schurrle on Sky Sports: "We wanted to win today after losing to Newcastle. We bounced back and had a good game.

"I could have had more goals. But I'm happy to score a good goal after not such a positive time for me.

"My body is not where I want to be but I'm happy with my performance.

"We can rotate and make changes and we still have so much quality on the pitch. We have a big squad - that's's what we need for our four goals.

"We don't fear anybody. If we play our best we can beat everyone."

So Schalke went through thanks to their victory over Maribor. However it would not have been enough for Roberto Di Matteo's side had his old club not won tonight.

Sporting Lisbon have the consolation of the Europa League.

Maribor can now concentrate on the domestic league...

The match statistics paint the picture of a really close game but Sporting were second best throughout really. A deserved win for the Blues, who perhaps surprisingly kept Diego Costa on for the whole game.

But they don't. It ends 1-0 to Roberto Di Matteo's Schalke, who go through with the Blues.

Chelsea win and top the group as they were guaranteed anyway. Sporting Lisbon are out unless Maribor equalise against Schalke in Slovenia.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek thinks it's the moment he was dreaming of last night, a ball over the top finds the midfielder in space through on goal. But he's offside. And fires it wide anyway.

Three minutes added on.

Steve Howes:, external 86 minutes gone and still we have five men charging down a Sporting shot. TEAM CHELSEA

Manchester City by the way are surely heading through, they lead 2-0 in Rome now.

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Sporting Lisbon's Jonathan Silva has a go from 25 yards and it's saved by Petr Cech down at his right post. The Czech has done well tonight.

Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta is booked for a studs-up challenge on Jonathan Silva. He hasn't been booked yet in this tournament so isn't facing a ban.

Adrien Silva hits a powerful effort but it's blocked by Gary Cahill who throws himself bravely at the shot. Sporting need Maribor to do them a huge favour or they're out.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek sets up a counter-attack, which Diego Costa slows down, in which time the 18-year-old has got forward, picks up the ball and plays in Loic Remy on the edge of the area but the France international can't take advantage.

Here comes 18-year-old Ruben Loftus-Cheek for his debut, with Cesc Fabregas coming off for his fellow midfielder.

Adrien Silva, who was booked moments earlier, has a shot from distance but it's well over the bar. Time running out now for the lads from Portuguese.

Referee Svein Oddvar Moen discovers his device for talking to his assistants is broken so he goes over to the side to get it fixed.

I'd imagine he was asked if he'd tried turning it off and on again.

Fifteen minutes to go in both games. As things stand Schalke go through and Sporting enter the Europa League.

One goal in Slovenia for Maribor or two in London for Sporting would change all that.