Chelsea vs Man United Preview :
Frank Lampard insists revenge is the furthest thing from his mind ahead of Chelsea's UEFA Champions League clash with Manchester United.
The Blues face United twice in the next week in a quarter-final which is a repeat of their agonising final defeat in Moscow three years ago.Wednesday's first leg will be Lampard's 500th Chelsea appearance and there is no doubt which was his most painful game for the club.
But the 32-year-old was adamant tonight that he was too old to bear a grudge over events of May 2008.
"I really promise you, revenge certainly isn't in our minds," said the midfielder, who scored the equaliser in a final which Chelsea lost on penalties.
"When you play for a long period of time, as I have here, you see the ups and downs. You collect them.
"You don't any feel thoughts of revenge or anything against anyone.
"You understand you can't always be successful and win."
United have not won at Stamford Bridge for nine years, a situation Patrice Evra is at a loss to explain.
"It is something very strange," he said.
"Always we have the sensation we have played very well against Chelsea. In the end, at Stamford Bridge we always lose.
"Five weeks ago, there was only one team on the pitch. One year ago, we lost to a strange decision.
"The key is our concentration. We can play better than them but we must concentrate until the last minute."
For the first time in a while, Sir Alex Ferguson is having to give some thought to the defensive make-up of his team.
Jonny Evans' availability after a domestic suspension offers an instant enhancing of his squad strength but it is the knowledge that Rafael and Rio Ferdinand made the trip south on Tuesday afternoon which is just as important.
Both would be part of Ferguson's first-choice back four, although for Ferdinand in particular, the dilemma over whether to pick him is thanks to a combination of the 32-year-old's own rustiness after two months on the sidelines with a calf strain and Chris Smalling's outstanding form alongside Nemanja Vidic.
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