Blues pair back

Jose Mourinho will recall Michael Ballack and Claude Makelele to his Chelsea squad for the Barclays Premiership visit of Blackburn – after both missed the FA Cup fourth-round win over Nottingham Forest.

John Terry is still out with a calf injury, and Arjen Robben is unlikely to feature because he is still recovering from ankle ligament damage.

Defender Khalid Boularouz is out with knee-ligament problems, and Joe Cole remains sidelined with a broken foot.

Squad: Hilario, Cech, Cudicini, Ferreira, Geremi, Carvalho, Essien, Bridge, A Cole, Lampard, Drogba, Diarra, Mikel, Shevchenko, Wright-Phillips, Kalou, Woods, Ballack, Morais.