UEFA to probe Drogba abuse claims in Turin?

The Ivory Coast international was allegedly the victim of 'monkey chants' from a small section of the crowd as Juventus drew 2-2 with Chelsea on Tuesday night; and, although the case has yet to be proven, Chelsea would be happy for Uefa to look into the allegations.

"Our record against fighting racism is clear," a Blues spokesman said in The Sun. "At this stage, we do not have sufficient evidence to back up these claims.

"It would be up to Uefa to investigate them and we would do everything in our power to assist them."

Uefa is waiting on reports from the referee and their delegate at the game before deciding whether to take any further action.

"If what is alleged is true, there will be an investigation," said Uefa director of communications William Gaillard.

Meanwhile, Frank Lampard has revealed that Chelsea are aiming to draw any club other than Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-finals, after the two clubs have met regularly in the competition during recent campaigns.

"Maybe Liverpool won't want to play us, but to be honest we are all a little bit fed up with that one," Lampard is quoted as saying in The Daily Mail. "If fate says it should happen then so be it but I think we would all be happy to avoid it.

"When you look around at who is left in the competition there is not one team you would say you fancy playing. We know that whoever we get in the draw will be strong and we will have to perform to go through."

Arsenal and Manchester United joined Liverpool and Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the competition and Lampard believes English clubs are amongst the strongest in Europe at present.

"We should be proud to go through, but people perhaps don't give English teams the praise they deserve," he explained. "If you ask Italian and Spanish sides, they respect our game and the style of it, with our pace and our passion. They find it hard to handle.

"There was probably a time a few years ago when English teams were a bit more naive when we played the likes of Juventus and that was why we didn't always have success.

"Now there is much more tactical awareness. It is not all about being strong and having tempo. It is about being clever with the way the team plays. It is clear all English sides now have those qualities. You can see that from the results we have had in the last five years.'

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Carvalo Considers Europe

Safely into the last eight, Ricardo Carvalho has been sharing his thoughts on this season's Champions League contenders.

The Portuguese international defender made his return to first team duties with a short sub appearance against Juventus on Tuesday evening, and now has his sights set on Rome.

'It is good to be in the quarter-finals and it is an important competition for us. Last year we arrived in the final and didn't get the trophy so it is important to do the same again, and for that we have to win our games,' he said.

At this stage of the competition, opponents will always be of the highest calibre, and Carvalho has been keeping his eye on the sides left in.

'Last night I watched Man United v Inter and also Porto v Atletico Madrid, I was flicking between the channels,' he explained. 'It will be tough, you can't choose the teams to play. They will all be difficult, but great games to watch and play in.

'Villarreal won against Panathinaikos and are doing well in the Spanish league, they have some very good players, we know some of them well like Robert Pires and Giuseppe Rossi, who is a great young player. They have quality.

'Barcelona are always strong, they are playing well and are top of the Spanish league. Normally they play good football and at home were too strong for Lyon so of course they won't be easy.

'Bayern Munich are a surprise because nobody was waiting for them to beat Sporting so easily, but they have some great players up front, Ribery, Toni, Klose and Lucio at the back,' he continued.

'They are very good and we have to respect everyone but we also have quality in our team and have the same chances as them. We have to play game after game, minute after minute to go as far as possible and play at the high level that we can.'

With all four English clubs qualified, it would be little surprise to see us drawn against one of the other Premier League teams, something most players are always keen to avoid.

'It is difficult because the English teams know the others, playing in the same league and that will always be difficult, so let's see the draw and then afterwards think of the team we get,' Carvalho said.

Last game of Chelsea vs Juventus ended with a tie 2-2.
Game highlights can be watched in Chelsea TV