And Forssell had a great chance to open the scoring, but he skied over from Duff's pin point cross. Duff was running riot down the left, forming an early bond with Wayne Bridge. Glen Johnson also looked impressive on the right.
Chelsea should have taken the lead midway through the first half. A scrappy move saw the ba;ll fall to Frank Lampard but, with just the keepr to beat, he shot wide.
A goal did finally come wth around 40 minutes on the clock. Damien Duff linked up brilliantly with Mikael Forssell and was released down the left flank. He sent in an early first time cross which Eidur Gudjohnsen dispatched in the back of the net.
The remaining five minutes of the half were orchestrated by Seba Veron at walking pace and the half eventually came to a close with Chelsea firmly on top.
The performance wasn't of the highest order, yet we were clearly the better side. Mikael Forssell, who didn't have one of his better games, was replaced early in the second half by Jesper Gronkjaer. The Dane was keen to impress but, despite a couple of good runs, his final ball let him down on several occasions.
Duff would also make an early exit from the game, replaced by Joe Cole at the 70 minute mark. Cole certainly had a lot of the ball in his short time on the pitch and showed a couple of glimpses of his class. The midfield had a star studded look to it, with Geremi, Lampard and Veron all getting plenty of the ball as well.
A second goal was forthcoming, although it came in the form of an own goal. Cole's neat ball through for Gudjohnsen was well controlled by the Icelander but before he could strike at goal the unlucky Michail Drahno poked the ball up and over the goalkeeper, the perfect lob!
It was a stroll in the park at times and the two goals should be enough to take us into the Champions League group stage.