GELSENKIRCHEN Germany Jose Mourinhos Chelsea marched into the Champions League last 16 as Group G winners on Tuesday after their emphatic 50 win at Robert di Matteos Schalke 04

Mourinhos Premier League leaders brushed Di Matteos ineffective Royal Blues aside in Gelsenkirchen as captain John Terry put them ahead within just two minutes of the kickoff

Further firsthalf scores by Willian and an own goal from defender Jan Kirchhoff were followed by secondhalf strikes from Didier Drogba and Brazil midfielder Ramires

I am very happy it was a very impressive performance beamed Mourinho

We werent coming here to see if a point would be enough to put us through and we showed that from the first minute

It was 90 minutes of good football The result matched Schalkes record European home defeat when they were hammered 61 by Real Madrid in last seasons round of 16 first leg in February this year

Chelsea remain unbeaten in all 19 matches this season and are now four points clear in the table ahead of their final match at home to secondplaced Sporting Lisbon in a fortnight

Di Matteos unbeaten home record after four wins was ended by his former club in brutal fashion

Schalke drop to third having been leapfrogged by Sporting and now face Maribor away in Slovenia in their final game next month needing to win to stand any chance of making the knockout stages

Its hard to find words for this said Schalke captain Benedikt Hoewedes

I can only apologise for our performance We gave Chelsea too much space to play They are so good individually and we let them score too many goals

Di Matteo who is just eight games into the Schalke job remains the only Chelsea manager to win the Champions League and Mourinho refused to even talk about him in the matchs buildup

The selfstyled Special One who won the Champions League with Inter Milan in 2010 and Porto in 2004 is bidding to win the European crown at the fifth attempt with Chelsea and his side dominated their hosts in Gelsenkirchen

Chelsea needed less than two minutes to take the lead at Schalkes Veltins Arena

Eden Hazard put Diego Costa away and the Spain striker tested Schalke goalkeeper Ralf Faehrmann who palmed his shot away

Cesc Fabregas floated in the resulting corner from which Chelsea captain John Terry rose highest to head home barely challenged

Cameroon striker Eric ChoupoMoting gave Schalke brief hope on 13 minutes when his shot deflected off Gary Cahills boot and looped over Chelsea goalkeeper Thibault Courtois but it clattered off the bar

Chelsea were unpicking the Schalke defence with worryingy ease as they doubled their lead

Hazard timed his pass to Willian perfectly and the Brazilians low drive under Faehrmanns dive on 28 minutes to put the visitors 20 up

Boos and whistles echoed around the Veltins Arena by the time defensive midfielder Jan Kirchoff turned the ball into his own net on 44 minutes and raised to a noisy crescendo when the referee ended a miserable half moments later

With his side facing eight games in a busy December period Mourinho replaced Costa who has netted 11 goals this season with veteran forward Didier Drogba after an hour

He scored their fourth when Fabregas put through a superb pass to Willian who squared to present Drogba with a simple tap in on 76 minutes

The visitors fifth goal followed just two minutes later as Drogba crossed for Ramires who out jumped the porous home defence

Only good keeping by Faehrmann denied Chelsea replacement Andre Schuerrle then Hazard in the final five minutes as Chelsea hunted a sixth goal

The home side were again booed at the final whistle