Shevchenko bags fourth as Chelsea Cruise Past Canaries
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
