MIND ON THE MATTER AT HAND

A hero at Anfield on Wednesday, Petr Cech is turning his mind to an altogether different proposition at Stamford Bridge tomorrow.

The 6'5 goalkeeper made a string of vital saves and interceptions in our Champions League victory at Liverpool in midweek, a game with flowing, attacking football from both teams.

On Saturday we return to Premier League action against a Bolton Wanderers side famed for its alternative, more direct approach. Cech is aware he will need to be on his mettle if Gary Megson's side are to be kept at bay.

'This is another game where we need to get three points if we want to think about having a chance to be champions,' he began.

'It's a different type of game against Bolton because they play direct football which is different to play against, sometimes they play a lot for the second ball, and it can be hard to control that.

'Even if you are 1-0 or 2-0 up you never know because one long ball you don't deal with can change things, even if you have dominated the game for a long time. We have this experience already to lose the lead with simple play like that,' he explained, referencing our last two league encounters with Bolton at the Bridge, both ending in draws.

Indeed Bolton arrive in west London with the best away record against Chelsea of any side, with a win and three draws from their last five visits. That said, they are also coming with 16 league defeats this season, and having failed to score 14 times, more than any other side.

With that in mind, it may be surprising that Kevin Davies is the league's third top scorer, but Ashley Cole knows what to expect from the six-foot forward, having had to mark him on several occasions in the past, Bolton's tactic to try and isolate the full-back and make the most of Davies' height advantage with aerial bombardment.

'Because I am only small they keep putting these big guys on me, and just hitting the ball long for them,' Cole explained, before revealing how we have dealt with the problem.

'But me or JT either swap and let him win the header or I just come inside. We don't really focus on the opposition, I just know I have to mark him and he is going to have to mark me if I attack. I just think of it like that,' said the former Arsenal man, who insists there is no danger of us taking our eye off the ball this weekend.

'No. If there is a freak result. I don't think it is that we are not concentrated or taking things for granted,' he confirmed. 'It is just one of those things. The players are confident and know now what we have to do.

'We have to win every game in the season and still and see. But the focus is going to be there.'