Yuri Zhirkov was one of the players who tried to unsuccessfully change the match against Man Utd for Chelsea. It might be a little late for the liking of Chelsea fans, but Carlo Ancelotti has finally made some changes in the 70th minute of the match, bringing on left winger Florent Malouda and forward Nicolas Anelka for Yuri Zhirkov and Didier Drogba in like for like changes. Chelsea’s tactics seem to be working, so Ancelotti simply felt the need to replace some players with fresh legs.

The Malouda switch was an obvious one, but everyone was stunned when Didier Drogba’s name and not that of Fernando Torres was called to come off for Nicolas Anelka. Drogba has been much more effective than Torres in this match, and no one was more confused at the substitution than he was. Drogba shook the hand of his manager when he came off and was not disrespectful, but still, at the same time, looked absolutely dumbfounded that he had been substituted off. Frankly, so am I.