
Chelsea brushed aside Galatasaray with a 2-0 win on Tuesday to ruin Didier Drogba's hopes of a winning return to his former club in the second-leg of their last-16 Champions League tie.
The two sides played out a 1-1 draw with the 2011-12 winners at the Turk Telekom Arena last month but the Blues coasted to victory at Stamford Bridge, while Real Madrid followed up their massive first-leg 6-1 win with a 3-1 victory at home to Schalke.
Sportmasta selects the best imagery from the night - from Roberto Mancini's men being dumped out of the European tournament at the hands of Jose Mourinho to Cristiano Ronaldo's heroics as the Blancos triumphed at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Drogba laps up the love at Stamford Bridge as the home fans hail their former hero

Madrid's tie started on a sour note as Jese Rodriguez was forced off with knee ligament damage

Samuel Eto'o smashed Chelsea into the lead with less than five minutes on the clock

Ronaldo continued his fantastic goalscoring record this season with a quick strike

Eto'o was unsurprisingly delighted to grab the Blues' crucial opener

Sergio Ramos and Tim Hoogland - who scored Schalke's first-half equaliser - tussle in the air

Ronaldo celebrates after equalling Ferenc Puskas' record of 242 goals for Real Madrid

Drogba tries to torment his former team-mates Branislav Ivanovic and John Terry

Despite being 7-2 down after their equaliser, Schalke remained in good spirits as they briefly levelled in Madrid

Poor defending allowed Gary Cahill to double Chelsea's lead at Stamford Bridge

Ronaldo hugs Bale who set up all three of Madrid's goals on Tuesday

Drogba didn't look too delighted as Galatasaray slumped 2-0 behind on the night

Alvaro Morata converted another Ronaldo-inspired effort after Bale had slipped him the rebound

Ancelotti wasn't resting on his laurels as he barked orders at the Bernabeu

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored an outrageous goal in the first leg but could not repeat that feat on Tuesday

Chelsea are back in the Champions League last eight, two years after lifting the trophy
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