Blues easy rhythm so sadly lacking

Chelsea 0 Sparta Prague 0

That rhythm had seen Claudio Ranieri's men build a run of seven straight victories, including four successive clean sheets the highlight of which was the 4-0 thrashing of Lazio in Rome earlier this month to surge to the top of Group G.

However, that rhythm the Blues skipper talked about was sorely lacking against the Czechs, although a point was enough to book Chelsea's place in the last 16 of the competition.