Mourinho rests key players for Cup tie

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho went through with his promise to rest key players for this afternoon’s FA Cup fifth round trip to Newcastle.

With John Terry suspended, Mourinho chose to leave out Petr Cech, Paulo Ferreira, Frank Lampard, Claude Makelele, Eidur Gudjohnsen and Damien Duff with next week’s Champions League trip to Barcelona in mind.