Soccer: Chelsea exposed again as Birmingham take a point

Chelsea 0 Birmingham City 0

In short, you can spend £110 million on a new squad, but you evidently cannot completely solve overnight Chelsea’s inability to finish off dogged opponents, even at home.

Birmingham were incredibly tenacious at Stamford Bridge yesterday, with Robbie Savage and Stephen Clemence excelling in central midfield as they outplayed, let alone outfought, their far more illustrious opponents.