Steve Gerrard, Gerard, he slips on his… well, you know the rest of the lyrics.

Liverpool lost their first European penalty shoot-out as Dejan Lovren was the only man to miss from the spot against Besiktas in Istanbul.

Liverpool 1 Besiktas 0: Substitute Mario Balotelli continued his penchant for late interventions with an 85th-minute penalty to give Liverpool a slender advantage to take to Istanbul in the last 32 of the Europa League.

Liverpool 1 Besiktas 0

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists Demba Ba’s return to Anfield, 10 months after he ruined the club’s Premier League title dream, will not stir up bad memories.

Wales 16 England 21: RBS Six Nations: If England do go on to do something rather special in 2015 then we may look at this as the moment when Stuart Lancaster’s men came of age.

Kolo Toure thinks speculation over Brendan Rodgers’ future is "crazy" and has backed the Liverpool manager to turn things around at Anfield.

Everton 2 West Ham 1

Everton boss Roberto Martinez felt his side showed great character to secure a 1-1 draw with FK Krasnodar that he believes will serve as a "very good lesson" for them.

Tottenham 1 Besiktas 1

Arsenal scraped into the group stage of the Champions League on a night of high anxiety at the Emirates Stadium that saw Alexis Sanchez open his Gunners account.

In case you didn’t see it, here is Demba Ba’s seriously ambitious opening strike from the halfway line last night.

Champions League Play-off, First Leg

Luis Suarez was conspicuous by his absence on the day he officially became "100%" a Barcelona player.

Spain striker Diego Costa has completed his move to Chelsea from Atletico Madrid, the Blues have announced.

So England are playing Italy tonight. But you already knew that. Question is - who are you supporting?

A blunt performance against 18th-placed Norwich saw Chelsea miss the chance to return to the top of the Barclays Premier League ahead of the concluding week of the season.

Eden Hazard was named only among the substitutes as Chelsea sought a victory over Norwich to return to the top of the Premier League and condemn their visitors to an almost certain relegation.

Liverpool 0 Chelsea 2

The passion in the stands carried echoes from the past, the flags were definitely not plastic and the noise both from the Kop and the crowds that ushered the team bus into Anfield sent shivers down the spine of anyone with a love of football nostalgia. But in the end, Liverpool found experience counted for more than history — and that must hurt.

Chelsea’s supposed weakened team to face Liverpool at Anfield showed seven changes from the midweek goalless draw at Atletico Madrid, but still included the experience of Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and Branislav Ivanovic.

A virus has ruled goalkeeper Petr Cech out of Chelsea’s Barclays Premier League clash with Sunderland at Stamford Bridge.

Swansea City 0 Chelsea 1

Emotions in red zone before ball kicked

Demba Ba struck another priceless goal following his Champions League heroics to keep Chelsea firmly in the Premier League title race.

David Luiz has called on Chelsea to cling to the possibility of winning the Premier League title and demonstrate the same belief which saw them reach the Champions League semi-finals.

Chelsea 2 Paris St Germain 0 (3-3 on aggregate, Chelsea win on away goals)

Jose Mourinho, as he used to remind us, is not one out of the bottle; but if anyone could possibly bottle the remarkable essence of success that seeps from his every pore and guided Chelsea to yet another remarkable victory at Stamford Bridge it would surely be worth a fortune not even Roman Abramovich could afford.

Chelsea and Jose Mourinho dare to dream of European glory once more after dramatically overturning a two-goal deficit to advance to the Champions League semi-finals at the expense of Paris St Germain.

Jose Mourinho has hinted at an overhaul of his forward line this summer, in the wake of Saturday’s shock 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace.

Striker Fernando Torres returns to start for Premier League leaders Chelsea in today’s clash with relegation-threatened Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Jose Mourinho lauded Chelsea’s defensive resilience after his side moved seven points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Samuel Eto’o came of age and substitute Demba Ba scored twice as Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea beat Tottenham 4-0 to move seven points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League.

Arsenal have Kieran Gibbs back in their first XI and record signing Mesut Ozil on the bench for the Barclays Premier League clash with Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.

Captain John Terry and midfielder Frank Lampard returned as two of three Chelsea changes for the Premier League clash with Everton.

Captain John Terry is available to return but David Luiz is out of Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Everton on Saturday.

Alvaro Negredo is named amongst the substitutes as Manchester City make six changes for the trip to Tottenham.

Nemanja Matic makes his second full debut in a Chelsea side showing five changes for today’s FA Cup fourth-round clash with Stoke at Stamford Bridge.

Jose Mourinho plans to field a strong team when Chelsea play at Derby in the FA Cup third round on Sunday.

Chelsea are without Frank Lampard, Branislav Ivanovic and David Luiz for the New Year’s Day trip to Southampton.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has downplayed the significance Monday night’s crunch clash at Arsenal will have on the Premier League title race.

Manager Jose Mourinho is fearful of an end to his stranglehold over Arsene Wenger unless Chelsea can overcome continual failings in Monday’s clash at Premier League leaders Arsenal.

Branislav Ivanovic is suspended as Chelsea travel to Sunderland for the Capital One Cup quarter-final.

Chelsea 1 Steaua Bucharest 0

Chelsea 1 Steaua Bucharest 0

Whoever coined that phrase “glorious unpredictability” needs a swift kick in the unmentionables. It’s not glorious, it’s maddening.

Sunderland boss Gus Poyet has once again reported a clean bill of health as he prepares for Saturday evening’s Barclays Premier League clash with Tottenham.

Chelsea 3 Southampton 1

I trust Jose — I really do — but I am finding it very hard to understand his decisions at the moment.

Chelsea bounced back from conceding a Jay Rodriguez goal after 13 seconds to beat Southampton 3-1 and move within four points of Barclays Premier League leaders Arsenal.