Can Knockout Competitions Salvage Chelsea’s Season ?

Chelsea’s domestic season is facing a major crisis; manager Andre Villas-Boas is in desperate need for some uplift to help his team in damage limitation, and has turned his attention to the cup competitions, where Chelsea are in the last 16 of the FA Cup, and in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League.

Chelsea have long ago been ruled out of the domestic title race, and a top 4 finish a much more realistic target for the London club, something which is also seems like a task, as they have slipped into fifth position behind rivals Arsenal following their 2-0 defeat against Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday.
Manager Villas-Boas still feels that Chelsea have a shout in the knockout competitions, which is their only hope of winning any silverware this season. He claims that ...