Ross Turnbull has been thrust under the spotlight in our last two games to cover for injuries to Petr Cech and Hilario. Now the goalkeeper speaks to the Official Chelsea Website about the last seven days and how he is gradually settling to life at Stamford Bridge.
We'd seen Jose Mourinho's pre-match prophecies come true at Stamford Bridge before, and once again he was spot on.
This time he predicted that deploying our third choice goalkeeper against Inter on Tuesday would do the Blues no harm, and so it proved as the 25-year-old Ross Turnbull turned in an eye-catching performance in the Chelsea goal.
'This story of playing with the third goalkeeper is a non-story,' Mourinho said on Monday. 'When I was Chelsea manager we played against Barcelona in the Champions League with our third goalkeeper in goal.

'Petr Cech was injured, Cudicini was injured and Hilario made his debut. We played two matches against Barcelona with our third keeper in goal, we beat Barcelona at Stamford Bridge and drew in the Nou Camp. This is not a virgin story. This happens all over the world so I don't think this is a big problem.'

'I was pleased with my performance, that's a positive but I'd much rather us be in the last eight,' admits the summer signing from Middlesbrough. 'We set out to win the game and go through but it wasn't to be, we didn't perform on the night. We have two other competitions we can still win though, and winning them has to be our aim.'

'I want to play but at the same time I don't wish ill health on Petr or Hilario, they're friends,' he concedes. 'Football is funny, it's not an 11-man game anymore, it's a big squad game and people are starting to understand that.
'You will get injuries and you need a big squad. If the games continue to come, great, but if not I will support Pete and H as much as I can. The most important thing is for the team to have success.
'My chance to make a contribution is now and it would be nice to look back at the end of the season having done my part. As I said every game now is a big one and we have to step up and do our stuff.'