Liverpool 1 Anzhi Makhachkala 0

Greece 1 Russia 0

Poland 1 Russia 1

HE may have called a halt to the celebrations at the end of last night’s win in Zilina — but Russia coach Dick Advocaat must know Euro 2012 qualification is all but certain now.

Russia 0 Republic of Ireland 0

Darren O’Dea was handed the task of keeping Russia’s dangermen at bay as the Republic of Ireland attempted to re-ignite their Euro 2012 campaign.

RUSSIA, Ireland’s next Group B opponents, will go into Tuesday’s clash in Moscow in confident mood after beating John Toshack’s Macedonia in Moscow last night.

Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas expects Yury Zhirkov to complete his move to Anzhi Makhachkala in his native Russia.

Russia 3 Armenia 1

Chelsea will be without Ramires and Yossi Benayoun for what could be Carlo Ancelotti’s final game in charge at Everton on Sunday.

Fernando Torres will start Chelsea’s final Barclays Premier League home game of the season against Newcastle tomorrow, manager Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed.

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has reported a clean bill of health for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League game against Tottenham.

Alex and Ramires are again set to be absent for Chelsea when they host West Ham in the Barclays Premier League tomorrow.

Fernando Torres has failed to earn a recall for Chelsea’s Barclays Premier League game against Birmingham tonight as Carlo Ancelotti makes just one change from Saturday’s win at West Brom.

Alex and Ramires have failed to recover from hamstring injuries and will miss Chelsea’s Barclays Premier League game against Birmingham tomorrow.

Chelsea will be without Ramires and Alex for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League game at West Brom.

Carlo Ancelotti has gambled Chelsea’s Champions League future – and possibly his own – on Fernando Torres in tonight’s must-win quarter-final second leg at Manchester United.

Jose Bosingwa is back in contention for the second leg of Chelsea’s Champions League quarter-final at Manchester United tomorrow night.

Alex could make his first appearance since November in Chelsea’s Barclays Premier League game against Wigan tomorrow.

Manchester United have gambled on Rio Ferdinand’s fitness for tonight’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at Chelsea.

Carlo Ancelotti will check on the fitness of Salomon Kalou before choosing his forward line for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League game at Stoke.

Fernando Torres, David Luiz, Michael Essien and Florent Malouda are all likely to start Chelsea’s Barclays Premier League game against Manchester City on Sunday.

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

Carlo Ancelotti today revealed he would rest players for tomorrow night’s Champions League last-16 second leg against FC Copenhagen.

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba returned to the starting line-up to partner Fernando Torres up front against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road.

Carlo Ancelotti was today optimistic David Luiz and John Obi Mikel would be fit for Chelsea’s Barclays Premier League game at Blackpool on Monday.

IT HAS been a long time coming but last night Chelsea, thanks to a controversial 80th-minute penalty winner from Frank Lampard, dramatically disrupted Manchester United’s title challenge and revived their own fractured season; lock, stock and two smoking barrels.

aChelsea 2 Manchester United 1

Carlo Ancelotti today refused to confirm whether Fernando Torres, Didier Drogba or both would lead the Chelsea attack in tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League game against Manchester United.

Yury Zhirkov will look to leave Chelsea if he fails to force his way into the first team before the end of the season.

CARLO ANCELOTTI believes he has the best strike force in Europe and says he has the same feeling he experienced with AC Milan back in 2007 when they went on to win the Champions League.

Fernando Torres, Nicolas Anelka, Michael Essien and Jose Bosingwa will all start Chelsea’s Champions League last-16 first leg at FC Copenhagen tomorrow, Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed.

CARLO ANCELOTTI has provided the soundtrack to Chelsea’s rapidly disintegrating season and once again the manager was reduced to describing his side’s predicament as “not a good moment”.

Nicolas Anelka is the man to miss out today as Carlo Ancelotti recalls Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou for Chelsea’s FA Cup fourth-round replay against Everton today.

Didier Drogba will start Chelsea’s FA Cup fourth-round replay against Everton tomorrow in place of the cup-tied Fernando Torres.

SUNDERLAND boss Steve Bruce has revealed the Premier League’s big guns have all made enquiries about Jordan Henderson but remains confident the highly-rated midfielder will still be at the Stadium of Light next season.

Chelsea will be without Frank Lampard and Michael Essien through injury and suspension respectively when they host Sunderland in the Barclays Premier League on Sunday.

Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka (back) and defender Alex (knee) failed to recover in time to play against Fulham but malaria-stricken Didier Drogba returned to the starting line-up.

Chelsea have fresh injury doubts over defender Alex (knee) and Nicolas Anelka (back) in the run-up to tomorrow’s west London derby against Fulham at Stamford Bridge.

Liverpool 2 Chelsea 0

Liverpool 2 Chelsea 0

Barclays Premier League leaders Chelsea left Didier Drogba on the bench for this afternoon’s clash at Liverpool.

Chelsea will still be without Frank Lampard for Sunday’s Premier League clash with Liverpool at Anfield.