Collins assured of Chelsea echo James Collins believes Aston Villa can cull off an echo of aftermost season's achievement over Chelsea aback they face Carlo Ancelotti's men in the Barclays Premier League. Central apostle Collins denticulate the acceptable ambition aback Villa triumphed 2-1 over the Blues in the agnate accoutrement 12 months ago. Collins knows Villa face an acclivous assignment afterwards accident heavily to Chelsea in consecutive encounters aftermost term, activity bottomward 7-1 at Stamford Bridge in March and adversity a 3-0 accident in the FA Cup semi-finals. But the Wales all-embracing feels the omens are acceptable for addition absorbing affectation adjoin the ascendant champions. "It's an agnate bearings to aftermost time as we played them aloof afterwards all-embracing assignment aftermost season," said Collins. Chelsea's abrasion crisis deepened advanced of the acute affray at Aston Villa afterwards the accident of striker Didier Drogba with an agitation and abstruseness surrounding Yossi Benayoun's Achilles rupture. England midfielder Frank Lampard has bootless to balance from his beam botheration and although captain John Terry is fit again, the Blues are afterwards Alex, Benayoun, Daniel Sturridge and Salomon Kalou. Terry has recovered from the aback abrasion that affected his abandonment from the England band for their 2012 Euro Championships qualifier adjoin Montenegro and will play. But Chelsea assert that MRI scans showed midfielder Benayoun had no breach in his Achilles aback he larboard the club for an all-embracing call-up with Israel. Benayoun will biking to Finland this weekend for an operation on Monday that will aphorism him out for up to six months afterwards the abounding admeasurement of his abrasion was diagnosed by Israel's aggregation doctor in Tel Aviv aftermost week. Benayoun abiding the abrasion in the Carling Cup defeat by Newcastle beforehand this ages but Chelsea drillmaster Carlo Ancelotti insisted scans showed no accident to the player's Achilles aback he larboard England. "The MRI showed this problem, but the bond was clear. He had a botheration at the alpha of the division with deepening on his tendon, had analysis and came aback to comedy for us and the civic team. I assurance my doctor at this club, and we are abiding he didn't accept a breach on his bond aback he larboard England. "When he larboard this club to go and comedy for Israel, his Achilles bond did not accept a problem." An agent for Chelsea added: "When we appear him for the civic team, he wasn't bright to play. "Frank is not available, Drogba is not available, Sturridge, Kalou, Alex, Benayoun are not available. "It wasn't an accessible abrasion but I'm not a doctor. "Drogba had an agitation this week, all week, and wasn't able to train. He started training today (on Friday), but he's not fit.
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