Mourinho brings back Mikel

Team news : Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho recalled troubled teenager Mikel John Obi for their Uefa Champions League clash with…

Team news: Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho recalled troubled teenager Mikel John Obi for their Uefa Champions League clash with Werder Bremen in Germany.

It was the teenager's first start in Mourinho's side since he was red-carded against Reading in the Premiership last month.

Chelsea, requiring just a point to qualify for the next phase as Group A winners, also left Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko on the bench.

Bremen striker Aaron Hunt had to be content with a place among the substitutes as coach Thomas Schaaf looked for goals from Germany international Miroslav Klose and Hugo Almeida.

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Peter Crouch was restored to the starting line-up as Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez made just one change for the visit of PSV Eindhoven.

The England striker replaced Craig Bellamy, who dropped to the bench, in the only variation from the side which drew 0-0 at Middlesbrough on Saturday.  Luis Garcia was fit enough for a place among the substitutes after recovering from a hamstring problem.

Eindhoven coach Ronald Koeman named a side which had only two changes from the one which drew 0-0 with Liverpool in Holland in September. Michael Reiziger and Jason Culina were the men missing, replaced by Csaba Feher and Manuel Da Costa.