Under-fire Andriy Shevchenko was on target twice last night as Chelsea booked their place in the Carling Cup final with a thumping 4-0 win over Wycombe Wanderers at Stamford Bridge.

The result ensured a 5-1 aggregate victory over the League Two outfit and a Cardiff showdown with either Tottenham or Arsenal.

Whichever of those north London sides progresses they are likely to offer a far sterner test for Jose Mourinho’s side who enjoyed a comfortable evening away from their Premiership problems.

Sheva started the match after being left out of the weekend’s defeat to Liverpool and could have been on the scoresheet after only two minutes had he made better contact with a header from an Ashley Cole cross.

Mourinho, who ignored Shevchenko after Saturday’s loss at Liverpool, hinted at a truce with the player. He said: “I was happy with Andriy’s performance - he gave me more than I demanded. He will now play in Sunday’s FA Cup tie against Nottingham Forest. His attitude was good. He is learning and he showed he gets the message.”

Twenty minutes and another fluffed opening later, Shevchenko finally got off the mark punishing Tommy Doherty’s weak backpass with a cool finish past Ricardo Batista. One of Wycombe’s rare chances then followed with Tommy Mooney crashing a volley high into the crowd at the far post.

But any hope of salvaging a draw, as they had at Adams Park in the first leg, soon evaporated for the visitors as Shevchenko added a second for the Blues two minutes from the break. Lampard echoed Shevchenko’s scoring feat picking up a second-half brace from a host of chances. The England midfielder rounded the keeper to slot home a third on 69 minutes before decorating the win with a sweetly-struck fourth a minute into injury time.

From In The News UK