Tough for battle-scarred Blues to keep things in Cech

ONLY Stephen Hunt will know whether his “challenge” on Cech was a deliberate attempt to make his presence felt early on in the match or an accident.

Not for one minute do I think that he meant to injure Cech to the extent he did; BUT he could have lifted his leg, and didn’t. Perhaps it was just a small gesture to make the keeper think twice about going for those loose balls later in the game.

With Cech on the floor, Hunt walked away laughing. Is this really the kind of reaction you would expect from a player when a fellow professional is prostrate on the floor being tended by medical staff? I repeat: Hunt had no intention of stoving Cech’s skull in (be under no illusion, that is what a depressed skull fracture means).