Chelsea could be without three of their stalwards in Petr Cech, John Terry and Frank Lampard when they face Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday.

Jose Mourinho refused to discuss difficult domestic issues on the eve of Chelsea’s Champions League semi-final first leg with Atletico Madrid.

Chelsea must wrestle back control of their season in Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final at Atletico Madrid, according to Nemanja Matic.

Blunders from veteran goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer and full-back Cesar Azpilicueta allowed Sunderland to inflict Jose Mourinho’s first home league defeat as Chelsea manager and hand Liverpool control in the Barclays Premier League title race.

Jose Mourinho will not face any action from the Football Association for his comments about referee Chris Foy.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho continues to seethe about events at Aston Villa on Saturday on the eve of the crucial Champions League last-16 second leg against Galatasaray.

Angry Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho continues to see the about events at Aston Villa on Saturday on the eve of the crucial Champions League last-16 second leg against Galatasaray.

Man City 0 Chelsea 1

Manchester City 0 Chelsea 1

Derby County 0 Chelsea 2

Chelsea 2 Crystal Palace 1

Jose Mourinho suffered his first defeat in his second coming as Chelsea manager as birthday boy Steven Naismith celebrated his first league start of the season in perfect fashion.

Aston Villa 1 Chelsea 2

Middlesbrough 0 Chelsea 2

Middlesbrough 0 Chelsea 2

Chelsea 4 Wigan 1

Chelsea 0 Swansea 2

Everton 1 Chelsea 2

West Ham 3 Chelsea 1

Juventus 3 Chelsea 0

Juventus 3 Chelsea 0

QPR 0 Chelsea 0

Chelsea 2 Liverpool 1

Fernando Torres is delighted to have scored the goal that rubber-stamped Chelsea’s place in the Champions League final – although the substitute admits he never envisaged such an opportunity would crop up.

Many great minds in football — and Alan Shearer — have struggled to explain how Chelsea have gone from being serial losers to serial winners in the space of just a few weeks, from a team which was written off as, appropriately enough, almost pensionable, to one which can now look forward to Champions League and FA Cup semi-finals.

GOAL hero Frank Lampard admits Chelsea can only blame themselves for slipping out of the Premier League title race after claiming they have “dropped their standards” in recent weeks.

THEIR relationship has been far from affectionate, but Andre Villas-Boas owes Frank Lampard a debt of gratitude after the midfielder’s last-gasp strike eased the mounting pressure on his manager.

Chelsea 3 Wolves 0

Chelsea 3 Arsenal 5

FT Man Utd 3 Chelsea 1

Stoke 0 Chelsea 0

Chelsea 0 FC Copenhagen 0 (Chelsea win 2-0 on aggregate)

IF Chelsea are to mount a belated defence of their Barclays Premier League title, they will have to play a lot better than they did at Blackpool.

Blackpool 1 Chelsea 3

Fulham 0 Chelsea 0

Tottenham 1 Chelsea 1