Our firepower is a real weapon, says Chelsea goalkeeper Cech

 
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Simon Johnson23 October 2013

Petr Cech has warned Chelsea’s rivals the team will pose even more of a threat now that their strikers are finding form.

Fernando Torres (above) scored twice on his 100th start for the club last night in an impressive 3-0 win at Schalke, which lifted them to the top of their Champions League group.

His fine showing, which took his tally in Europe to nine goals in his last nine matches, came just four days after Samuel Eto’o netted against Cardiff to became the first Chelsea striker to score in the Premier League this season.

Much has been made of the lack of contribution from Chelsea’s forwards this term but goalkeeper Cech feels the past week will be a turning point.

He told Standard Sport: “What was so great to see is that the strikers were under a lot of pressure from everyone because they were not scoring and it has all changed in these last two games.

“We were saying it doesn’t matter as long as the team are winning but suddenly you see Samuel get his first one, which was an important one to put us 2-1 up against Cardiff. Now Fernando has scored two more, so it’s fantastic.

“It’s great for everyone’s confidence if the team play well and score — goals are also what you need as a striker. Fernando deserved a hat-trick because he played so well, took his goals very well and was unlucky to hit the crossbar.

“As hard as he’s found it to score in the League, he keeps scoring in Europe. He scored very important goals when we won the Champions League (in 2012) and the Europa League (in 2013).”

After losing to Basle in their opening game, Chelsea have won two successive away matches in Group E to put qualification for the last 16 back in their hands.

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