Chelsea supporters would love to think that the second half of 2015 was simply a bad dream.
Sadly for them, it was grotesquely real but the new year got under way in fine style for them and there was even evidence of their old champions’ swagger.

It was as if a switch had been flicked on the misery of the preceding months as Guus Hiddink enjoyed the first victory of his second spell as caretaker manager and Willian produced the outstanding moment of the afternoon. His stinging drive from outside the area for Chelsea’s second goal was still rising when it ripped into the roof of the net.