Clash of the Titans

CHELSEA chief executive Peter Kenyon last night opted to concentrate on the prospect of two more scintillating games of football against Barcelona instead of stirring up any ill-feelings left over from last year’s acrimonious meeting between the two teams in the Champions League.

Jose Mourinho's men have been drawn to face their Spanish rivals in the last 16 of the competition for the second successive year.

It immediately sparked memories of last season's ill-tempered affair which ended with the Chelsea coach being fined and banned for two games by UEFA after he accused Swedish referee Anders Frisk of talking to Barca coach Frank Rijkaard in the Nou Camp tunnel at half-time.