Chelsea will make it three out of three for England in the Champions League

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Published 22:47 14/03/10

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Chelsea will be in for a heck of a battle against Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan side tomorrow in the Champions League, but I fancy them to progress.

I am looking forward to doing live commentary of the game. The Italian champions lead 2-1 from the first leg at the San Siro and it is going to be a tough old ask for Carlo Ancelotti’s side against.

But they warmed up nicely with a demolition of West Ham at the weekend and I think the home side will win 2-0 tomorrow to go through.

I have every faith in Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka and Frank Lampard to come up with the goods on the night.

There might be one or two hairy moments but it is absolutely vital John Terry has a big game and is back to his confident, inspirational best following his personal problems.

So hopefully Chelsea will join Manchester United and Arsenal in the quarter-finals as I fancy another all-English final.

And I also hope we will see more of Joe Cole for Chelsea soon this season.

I am a big fan of midfielder Cole, who is out of contract in the summer.

He needs to be starting games as he was one of England’s best players in the last World Cup.

Hopefully he can sort out his future at Stamford Bridge and become a key player for the club again.

But should he leave on a Bosman, I hope he ends up at my old club Liverpool.

Whatever happens managerially at Liverpool in the summer, I would love to see him at Anfield.

He would be guaranteed to get games at Liverpool and is exactly what the team need.

A little bit of creativity would take some of the pressure off Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres.

He could create chances for Torres and let Gerrard play a more orthodox role.

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I attended the excellent Sports Journalism Awards last week.

It was a good evening which rewarded excellence in the industry.

But I would like to just make an observation now I am in the broadcasting and journalism game.

It would only be fair of me when I am pointing out issues in football to discuss a number of wide-ranging topics.

And there were only two black faces in a room of 500 people last week at the annual awards.

It is a little bit of a concern and I hope that figure rises in the coming years.

Sports reporting and football writing in particular should be accessible to all creeds and colours.

It is not a massive criticism, but just an observation which I think needs addressing.

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