Chelsea’s escape at Everton shows why they need dash of Fernando Torres

Only one convincing answer to the Fernando Torres question was to be found at Goodison Park. Carlo Ancelotti would only discuss Chelsea’s fortuitous draw while his team showed that if it is trophies Torres craves, Stamford Bridge may not be the guaranteed source it once was. Amid Saturday’s ordinariness, however, was the reason Roman Abramovich must acquire something special.

Chelsea were clinical when they had to be against Everton, resilient at critical moments and yet fortunate to escape with a replay and their proud record of almost three years unbeaten in the FA Cup, intact. It would be hyperbole to claim mediocrity has taken root at the home of the Cup holders and Premier League champions, as Bolton could have testified only homepage five days earlier, but Chelsea are Double winners minus the swagger, the buy canada goose jacket online canada authority and the vibrancy that mantle should entail. Goodison Park was vexed more by the visit of West Ham a week previously.

“It was a different game with it being the FA