Blues keep home flag flying

Chelsea 2 Galatasaray 0 (Chelsea win 3-1 on aggregate)

Chelsea’s comfortable victory against a hugely disappointing Galatasaray thanks to goals from Samuel Eto’o and Gary Cahill not only preserves their own European hopes, along with Mourinho’s dream of becoming the first manager to win the Champions League with three different clubs, but it also helps protect the precious coefficient which guarantees English football three teams in the group stages and another in the qualifying round each season.

So maybe Arsenal, who visit Stamford Bridge on Saturday, Liverpool, Man City, Tottenham and United should be cheering this victory as loudly as Chelsea fans did in the Matthew Harding Stand.