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Ashley Cole completed his 50th successive Premier League appearance at Queens Park Rangers on Sunday, but suspension means his understudy had his chance at Everton in the Carling Cup last night.
Ashley Cole completed his 50th successive Premier League appearance at Queens Park Rangers on Sunday, but suspension means his understudy had his chance at Everton in the Carling Cup last night.
Chelsea are into the Carling Cup quarter-finals thanks to an extra-time winner from substitute Sturridge, but would never have got there had it not been for the goalkeeping heroics of Petr Cech.
Before the reign of Andre Villas-Boas, referees halted Chelsea’s momentum only once in a while, but this season the theme is beginning to occur more times than Mario Balotelli’s mishaps.
Was the loss a one-off? Will the dented confidence and a further two suspensions lead to a bad run? Do you think AVB still has Chelsea going the right way?
Chelsea captain John Terry wants to clear his name after hearing that the Football Association are going to investigate claims by QPR defender Anton Ferdinand that the England skipper racially abused him.
Andre Villas-Boas will use the cup match to forget about Sunday’s disappointing defeat to neighbours QPR, the Portuguese tactical was left very frustrated after seeing two of his players see red.
Queens Park Rangers ended Chelsea’s decent run of form with a shock result at Loftus Road.
Super Frankie needs no introduction; he has proved his quality over the last decade that he has been a Blue. I believe Lamps has the quality to play for more years.
AVB rotated his squad once more, with five players returning to the line-up after midweek Champions League rests. Torres completed his suspension so Drogba returned in attack, and Terry resumed captaincy duties from Lampard, who was making his 500th Premier League appearance.
There will be no shortage of comment on how Chelsea and Queen’s Park Rangers faired against each other after Sunday’s game, with social media platforms bound to be busy.