Andriy Shevchenko grabbed the fourth goal as Chelsea demolished Norwich City 4-0 at Stamford Bridge to progress to the sixth round of the FA Cup.

The other strikes were registered by Shaun Wright-Phillips, Didier Drogba and Michael Essien before Sheva completed the burial of the Championship side.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, with one eye on Wednesday’s Champions League clash away to Porto rang the changes for this FA Cup tie.

He dropped Shevchenko to the bench and restored wingman Wright-Phillips to the starting line-up for the first time since facing Wycombe Wanderers on January 10.

Blues boss Mourinho said “I know all about Porto and have told my players they are a good side. I will get a reception of two faces. Those who understand why I left them to pursue a new challenge will understand and give me a good welcome. The others who don’t know why a professional wants to leave won’t, but that’s football.”

City boss Peter Grant added: “We deserved to get something from the game. To lose your goalkeeper and have the ball kicked off the line is hard to take. But we must take this good form into the league and come back to Chelsea in the Premiership - that’s where we should be.

“The pitch was not great, but we won’t complain about it. It was a leg-sapping match and the players are very tired.

“We lacked that bit of quality in front of goal. Chelsea have world-class players, but we were always in the game. In general play we were excellent.”

From 4thegame.com

Andriy Shevchenko and Didier Drogba were called a ‘joy to watch’ during Chelsea’s 3-0 victory over Middlesbrough yesterday at Stamford Bridge.

Two Drogba strikes and an own goal from Abel Xavier were enough to give Chelsea this victory.

Drogba opened the scoring when he curled in a low 20-yard free-kick.

Xavier poked in Arjen Robben’s driven ball, before Drogba added his second with a free-kick that looped in following an Andrew Davies deflection.

Drogba and Shevchenko looked lively, although they did not work as well in tandem as their rival pairing but individually, they were a joy to watch. Ukraine’s star striker created one piece of sublime trickery on the touchline to beat two Boro markers and also struck a shot from 25 yards that flew two yards wide.

From BBC Sport

Andriy Shevchenko’s continued improvement continued when he helped Chelsea to a narrow win at Charlton when Frank Lampard’s first-half strike ensured Chelsea closed the gap on Manchester United to three points.

Lampard scored with a long-range strike and was later denied by Scott Carson, who also saved from Didier Drogba and Shaun Wright-Phillips.

Salomon Kalou clipped the post for the Blues, while Michael Ballack and Andriy Shevchenko both headed wide.

Charlton’s two best chances fell to Amady Faye, who hit the target each time but could not beat Petr Cech.

The victory was Chelsea’s fourth in succession in all competitions - and with John Terry returning from injury as a late substitute, the winter blip seems well and truly over.

Chelsea started superbly - Shevchenko forced a good save with a vicious strike from a tight angle and Ballack missed the target with a header before Lampard struck with 18 minutes gone.

But Charlton rallied late on and Chelsea were hanging on at the end as the home team threw everything forward.

From BBC Sport