Fernando Torres will once again be the focus of attention on Saturday as the Chelsea forward takes to the field for the first time since his astonishing open goal miss at Manchester United last weekend.
The Blues will be hoping a home Premier League fixture with Swansea City will be ideal therapy for the Spain international as he bids to forget the derision that has come his way since Sunday's loss.
Torres will not need reminding that he somehow failed to find an unguarded net in his side's 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford, which over-shadowed the fact that the £50 million signing from Liverpool had scored a very good goal earlier on.
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas opted to leave Torres out of his squad altogether for this week's 0-0 League Cup draw with Fulham, which Chelsea won in a penalty shoot-out.
Frank Lampard had come off the bench in that game having been substituted at half time at Old Trafford and he was the only Chelsea player to miss a spot-kick.
The England midfielder is also a former Swansea player, having had a loan spell there at the start of his career during the 1995-96 season when he was at West Ham.
And as a result the fixture with the Swans, who are managed by former Chelsea reserve team coach Brendan Rodgers, will be something a little out of the ordinary for the 33-year-old.
"It will be a special game for me against Swansea," he said. "I will always have a small place in my heart for Swansea. I have always looked out for their results since then because you have that sense of attachment.
"And with Brendan going there, the attachment has been even more so. Swansea are my second team in the Premier League, but they won't be when they come to Stamford Bridge."
Goalkeeper Petr Cech is expected to play despite having had to go to hospital during the Fulham game because of a head injury sustained in a collision with forward Orlando Sa.
Forward Daniel Sturridge is not likely to be so fortunate however as he suffered knee ligament damage scoring a goal that was ruled out by an offside flag.
Swansea, who were promoted last season as the Championship play-off winners, did not manage a single goal in their first four Premier League fixtures.
But that changed last week when they beat West Bromwich Albion 3-0 at home to add to goal-less draws with Wigan and Sunderland.
Forward Nathan Dyer scored the third against West Bromwich and was convinced those 90 minutes would have a dramatic effect on the rest of the Swans' season.
"It was always about getting that first goal because I knew once that went in we could kick on and that's what happened last week," he said.
"We showed in that game we are ready for the Premier League and it's brilliant for us to take that into the Chelsea game.
"We have always had good confidence and as much as it will be a tough test we can look forward to it because we can scare them. Any team can scare anyone in this division and you only have to look at Blackburn beating Arsenal.
"We know it will be tough but it's always about how you play on the day and we have been playing very well of late and we can take that into Saturday."
Source: AFP
