Blackburn vs. Chelsea Preview – Blues need win
Chelsea will welcome back John Terry for the league match after spending Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Genk when he was an unused substitute.
Chelsea will welcome back John Terry for the league match after spending Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Genk when he was an unused substitute.
Mikel made his debut for Nigeria’s senior team on August 17, 2005, when he came on as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 friendly win over Libya.
On Tuesday night Chelsea travel to Belgium to take on Genk in the Champions League.
After FC Porto’s 1-0 Europa League triumph against Braga last May, many would be forgiven for believing Andre Villas–Boas’s managerial success was based on defensive solidity upon his appointment as the new manager of Chelsea.
So far this season, we have seen a new Chelsea in the making. The team has been a work-in-progress, focusing on implementing new ideas and tactics brought in by AVB.
When a top team scores three goals at home they are expected to win the points. Any team that concedes five goals at home means that something is dreadfully wrong!
The 28-year-old is in a better position than most to judge, too. He was a substitute for Liverpool when they won 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium on the season’s second weekend, just over a week before becoming a Chelsea player.
The Blues will be without the suspended Didier Drogba who was sent off against QPR last week.
Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas is monitoring fellow countryman Vitor Gomes, according to reports in the Daily Mirror.
The Blues have failed to convince shareholders to vote in favour to sell Stamford Bridge’s freehold.