i think RDM made all the right decisions with his selection today. say what u will, but this is exactly the way to perform when you're playing away from home in europe. no complaints on the mikel + raul combo either, both of them stuck to their jobs efficiently and the former had a really solid game again. even gary neville noticed his huge contribution in keeping aimar quiet up to the point he had to be SUBSTITUTED and i'm glad he's back in the team. good defensive midfielders are so under-appreciated nowadays as no club would ever bid big money for them.

terry and luiz were close to perfect. i think terry let cardozo in behind him only once, while luiz read all their attacking plays like a book! ferreira came in and once again proved his value as a squad player, and ashley was energetic down that left although he didn't join in the attack that often. the torres and kalou combo was a good choice, demonstrated by nando's superb cross which kalou should've converted in the second half, as well as the pinpoint delivery for the ivorian's tap in. u have to give credit to both of their work rates, i don't think either of them stopped running for the duration that they were on the pitch.

which brings me to our next pocket dynamo in the form of ramires. set nando away for the spaniard to lay it on a plate for kalou, and looked back to his lung-busting best. however he still needs to work on that final ball of his. mata (again) seems to have lost his way in midfield and was surprised RDM didn't take him off. the amount of passes he misplaced was..disappointing to put it lightly. his early to mid-season form though, means he's essential to our starting 11 and i think RDM is thinking along the same lines as he's one of those players capable of pulling off that little bit of magic to unlock defenses.

slightly unhappy we failed to get a second goal, as two or three brilliant counterattacks which had their defence outnumbered were ruined by overhit/misplaced passes. midfield players were all guilty here. still a good performance, and should give us some confidence in facing villa this weekend.

We will revenge for the 92nd min goal by iniesta which eliminated us in 2009 semis... most epic moment ever

I have a question! How come we don't get MANY HD GAMES NOWADAYS? For Example later it's NORWICH VS EVERTON in HD! While we take on Wigan is standard definition? What is this atrocity?

BRANISLAV IVANOVIC will miss Chelsea’s next three games after punching Wigan’s Shaun Maloney.

He will miss Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final against Spurs at Wembley as well as vital Prem games against Arsenal and QPR.

hmmmm ..

congrats to our lads with a great game against Spurs... hopefully we can create the same feat against the mighty Barca... dont care about the Ghost Goal incident... hell we have our own Ghost Goal against Liverpool (UCL) many2 years back... Goal or not... its a goal according to match officials...

its parts and parcel of the game... sometimes the decisions favour you n sometimes dont.... to spurs fan out there, just deal with it.... u cant blame chelsea for that "phantom goal"... bcoz u let go 4 "legitimate" goal against us....

Kinda good as distraction for Spurs... mayb then chelsea can sneak the 4th place for UCL spot... but first, need to beat Geordies... so far, they are the team to beat this season....

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Added on April 17, 2012, 9:17 amThe sad part for the FA Cup Semi final was the act from Chelsea fan (minority) for not respecting a minute silence in remembrance of Hillborough Tragedy.... well... what happen there??

Anyone??

I know people died... 96 Liverpool fans.... but i dont understand y some quarter of Chelsea fan acted that way.... for me... it just dont seem right....

If Chelsea want to beat Bayern Munich in the final.
They must win it in 90 minutes...

What He meant was we cannot afford take on Bayern In extra time/penalties 'captain obvious"