Mourinho rings the changes for Blackburn

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho rings the changes for his Premiership winners' match at Blackburn tonight.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho rings the changes for his Premiership winners' match at Blackburn tonight.

With captain John Terry, Michael Essien, Claude Makelele and Didier Drogba out through injury, Mourinho also rests Petr Cech, Paulo Ferreira and Arjen Robben - while Joe Cole is a substitute.

In come Carlo Cudicini, Asier Del Horno, Nuno Maniche, Hernan Crespo, Geremi, Lassana Diarra, Eidur Gudjohnsen and Shaun Wright-Phillips.

The only survivors from Saturday's title-clinching 3-0 win over Manchester United are Ricardo Carvalho, Frank Lampard and William Gallas.

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes - his side needing one victory from their final two matches to clinch a Uefa Cup spot - makes an enforced change with Ryan Nelsen sidelined with a calf strain.

Lucas Neill moves across from right-back to the centre of defence, with Steven Reid covering for the Australian, while David Bentley starts on the right wing.

Blackburn:Friedel, Reid, Khizanishvili, Neill, Gray, Bentley, Savage, Tugay, Pedersen, Sinama Pongolle, Bellamy. Subs: Enckelman, Kuqi, Dickov, Mokoena, Peter.

Chelsea:Cudicini, Geremi, Ricardo Carvalho, Gallas, Del Horno, Maniche, Diarra, Lampard, Wright-Phillips, Crespo, Gudjohnsen. Subs: Pidgeley, Johnson, Joe Cole, Duff, Carlton Cole.

Referee:S Bennett

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