Anelka is Chelsea’s saving grace

IT is unclear whether Nicolas Anelka saw the man holding a banner stating “It is time to seek the lord” outside the JJB Stadium on Saturday.

But the Frenchman, whose name is always pre-fixed by the word enigmatic, chose Wigan as the place to make his first divine intervention for Chelsea.

So much is said about Anelka but his form and his attitude over the past two seasons can not be called into question. He already looks a shrewd purchase by Avram Grant, even if Chelsea had to begrudgingly stump up €22.5 million to prise him from Bolton earlier this month.