WORLD CUP GROUP C:

Colombia 2 Ivory Coast 1

Ivory Coast 2 Japan 1

West Brom boss Steve Clarke is monitoring Nicolas Anelka’s situation as he attempts to bolster his striking options.

Bayern Munich surged to the top of Champions League Group F with a 6-1 hammering of pointless Lille.

Chelsea’s transformation from the defiant, defensive long-ball side of last year to the fluid inter-passing outfit currently on top of the Premier League has already won manager Roberto Di Matteo plenty of headlines; but is there an equally big revolution quietly taking shape at Manchester United?

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Lille have confirmed the signing of Ivory Coast striker Salomon Kalou on a free transfer following his release by Chelsea.

Eden Hazard demonstrated the increasing power of Twitter by finally announcing he had decided to join Chelsea this summer.

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Bayern Munich 1 Chelsea 1 (Chelsea won 4-3 on penalties)

Roberto Di Matteo has revealed he had Saturday’s Champions League final in mind when he paired Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres in Chelsea’s win over Blackburn.

Chelsea 2 Liverpool 1

The hope generated in the final seconds at the Camp Nou last Wednesday was not misplaced.

Chelsea 6 QPR 1

Arsenal 0 Chelsea 0

Chelsea 1 Barcelona 0

Tottenham 1 Chelsea 5

Chelsea were today facing a potential defensive crisis derailing their season after Branislav Ivanovic was hit with a violent-conduct charge.

Fulham 1 Chelsea 1

Chelsea 2 Wigan 1

Salomon Kalou has vowed to answer those dismissing Chelsea’s chances of beating Barcelona, insisting he has already spotted weaknesses in the European champions’ rearguard.

John Terry has vowed to continue playing through the pain of cracked ribs as he insisted not even Barcelona would want to face Chelsea in the Champions League semi-finals.

Chelsea 2 Benfica 1 (Chelsea win 3-1 on aggregate)

The word around Stamford Bridge last night, as Chelsea prepared for their biggest game of a tumultuous season, was that owner Roman Abramovich still wants Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola to be his latest managerial acquisition in time for next season.

Chelsea-Barca is a modern rivalry, only 12 years old, but it has seen more fireworks in recent seasons than a New Year’s Eve in Sydney, more drama than a run on Broadway and more disciplinary hearings than Joey Barton could even dream of; and as things stand a re-run could definitely be on the cards.

If Fernando Torres betrayed his bitterness a little after ending his “overall” goal drought against Leicester last month, here was another joyous step back towards normality for the Spanish striker.

Aston Villa 2 Chelsea 4

Chelsea’s interim manager Roberto Di Matteo is delighted by the rejuvenation of a “happy” Fernando Torres.

Paulo Ferreira has declared Chelsea are ready to shock Europe — just like Porto and Liverpool — by winning this season’s Champions League.

Chelsea’s Salomon Kalou was coy when asked about extending his contract past the end of the season after his match-winning performance in the Champions League victory at Benfica.

Roberto Di Matteo vowed to continue giving chances to Andre Villas-Boas’ Chelsea rejects after watching them put the club within touching distance of the Champions League semi-finals.

There can be little doubt that Frank Lampard was right when he said that Chelsea are no longer the force of old, but they still have the knack of winning games they don’t deserve to.

Benfica 0 Chelsea 1

The sheer scale of the numbers had threatened to crush Fernando Torres; 24 hours and 33 minutes of playing time without a goal coming into this game, 150 days since he last found the net.

Chelsea 5 Leicester 2

Chelsea 1 Stoke 0

Birmingham 0 Chelsea 2

Andre Villas-Boas has admitted for the first time that he could be sacked as Chelsea manager.

Andre Villas-Boas has admitted Porto star Hulk would be an ideal signing for Chelsea.

Chelsea 3 Bolton 0

Andre Villas-Boas was defiant about Chelsea’s hopes of reaching the Champions League quarter-finals despite admitting to a crisis of confidence at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea 1 Birmingham 1

Frank Lampard, Michael Essien and Jose Bosingwa all missed out as Chelsea made four changes for today’s FA Cup fifth-round tie against Birmingham.