Soccer-Basel brush past Chelsea but Londoners advance

(Adds quotes, details) * Chelsea through to last 16 despite defeat * Salah's goal earns Basel unlikely double By Brian Homewood BASEL, Switzerland, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Rank Champions League outsiders Basel completed a remarkable double over Chelsea on Tuesday, winning 1-0 with a late Mohamed Salah goal that visiting manager Jose Mourinho described as "ridiculous". Chelsea, beaten 2-1 at home by the Swiss club in September when Salah was also on target, still qualified for the last 16 with a game to spare after Schalke 04 drew 0-0 at Steaua Bucharest but there was nothing else for Mourinho to smile about. Thoroughly outplayed, the 2012 champions only stayed in the match for so long thanks to some splendid goalkeeping from Petr Cech while his opposite number Yann Sommer did not have a single shot to warm him up on a freezing night. The 87th-minute goal came when Fabian Schaer found Salah with a long, raking pass out of defence and the tricky Egyptian, who had pestered Chelsea all evening, broke clear down the left before lifting the ball over Cech.



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