Goalkeeper Peter Cech is available following a calf strain for Chelsea’s Premier League trip to Newcastle.

Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez is adamant his team are still heading in the right direction under his stewardship despite watching them throw away a two-goal lead in a frantic finale at Reading last night.

Reading 2 Chelsea 2

Reading 2 Chelsea 2

Birmingham are yet to receive a formal offer from Chelsea for England goalkeeper Jack Butland.

Brentford 2 Chelsea 2

Chelsea 0 Swansea 2

Chelsea 0 Swansea 2

Southampton 1 Chelsea 5

Chelsea 0 QPR 1

Chelsea 0 QPR 1

Chelsea stars Ramires, Juan Mata and Eden Hazard have been rested for tonight’s Premier League west London derby against QPR.

Rafael Benitez is confident that Fernando Torres will accept occasionally sitting on the bench if Chelsea bring in another striker during the transfer window.

Chelsea will be without captain John Terry and goalkeeper Petr Cech for tomorrow’s west London derby against QPR.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech is expected to miss the visit of QPR after injuring himself in Sunday’s win at Everton.

Everton 1 Chelsea 2

Everton 1 Chelsea 2

Chelsea 6 Wolves 0

Florent Malouda has been left out of Chelsea’s squad for the Champions League group stage, casting further doubt over his future.

Chelsea 2 Blackburn 1

There was no FA Cup to show off on Liverpool’s ‘lap of honour’.

Liverpool 4 Chelsea 1

Chelsea 0 Liverpool 2

John Terry looks set to lead Chelsea out in tomorrow’s London derby against Arsenal.

MANCHESTER CITY made 11 changes from the team that routed Manchester United 6-1 at the weekend but the goals flowed again last night as they demolished Wolves 5-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup at Molineux.

Everton 1 Chelsea 2 (AET)

Chelsea 0 Fulham 0 (after extra-time) (Chelsea win 4-3 on penalties)

Didier Drogba returns but Chelsea will otherwise flood their team with youngsters for tomorrow’s Carling Cup third-round tie against Fulham.

Chelsea will once again be without Didier Drogba for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League game at Manchester United.

Chelsea enjoyed a major boost today ahead of Saturday’s Barclays Premier League trip to Sunderland when Petr Cech returned to full training.

ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS insists Chelsea must win their back-to-back home games with West Brom and Norwich if they are to be considered serious Barclays Premier League title contenders this season.

Andre Villas-Boas was today deciding whether Hilario or Ross Turnbull would start his first home game in charge of Chelsea.

ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS yesterday hinted Chelsea would not be held to ransom over Luka Modric as he continued to explore alternatives to the club’s number one transfer target.

Andre Villas-Boas today hinted Chelsea would not be held to ransom over Luka Modric as he continued to explore alternatives to the club’s number one transfer target.

Carlo Ancelotti must decide whether he can risk resting players when Chelsea begin their defence of the FA Cup after being given yet another vote of confidence from the club’s heirarchy.

FLORENT MALOUDA provided a defiant finish to another shaky night for Chelsea as they came from behind to claim an unconvincing 2-1 victory over Slovakian minnows MSK Zilina — a result that alleviates but by no means eliminates the pressure on manager Carlo Ancelotti.

Chelsea 2 MSK Zilina 1

Chelsea v MSK Zilina

NEWCASTLE’s Shola Ameobi sent 10-man Chelsea crashing out of the Carling Cup with a 90th-minute winner in a seven-goal thriller at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea 3 Newcastle 4

Frank Lampard’s goal could not prevent an almost full-strength Chelsea from slipping to a 2-1 pre-season friendly defeat away to Hamburg tonight.

Ajax 3 Chelsea 1

CHELSEA have suffered further another injury setback after defender Alex was ruled out for a month because of thigh trouble.

CHELSEA are confident they have enough goalkeeping cover after first choice Petr Cech was ruled out for a month with a tear in his right calf.