Shevchenko ends drought

Chelsea 4 Wycombe 0 : Chelsea marched into the Carling Cup final after Andriy Shevchenko's brace secured a 5-1 aggregate victory…

Chelsea 4 Wycombe 0: Chelsea marched into the Carling Cup final after Andriy Shevchenko's brace secured a 5-1 aggregate victory over Wycombe.

The Blues went into the Stamford Bridge tie locked at 1-1 with Paul Lambert's League Two troops - but a first-half brace from under-fire hitman Shevchenko and Frank Lampard's classy second-half double booked the hosts a final showdown with either Arsenal or Tottenham.

Jose Mourinho's men began brightly, with Shevchenko, Lampard and Lassana Diarra all going close in the opening 20 minutes.

Wycombe keeper Ricardo Batista had kept out Diarra's skidding 20-yard drive but was beaten on 22 minutes, when Shevchenko intercepted Tommy Doherty's sloppy pass and calmy slotted a side-footed shot home.

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The Chairboys responded well and Tommy Mooney spurned a fine chance on 26 when he sliced a left-footed strike wide.

But after Chelsea had been denied a penalty appeal from Michael Ballack's free-kick, it was 2-0 minutes minutes before the break when Didier Drogba's clever dink found his Ukrainian team-mate, who thumped a volley past Batista for his eighth goal of the season.

It should have been 2-1 at the break as the visitors carved out their best chance, but Petr Cech did enough to put Jermaine Easter off as he looked to turn a low cross past the Blues stopper.

In the second half, Shevchenko picked up where he had left off and set up Lampard, who fired wide before Drogba was also off target.

The England midfielder shot over following some flowing build-up on 65 - but after Russell Martin's free-kick was fumbled by Cech, Lampard found the net on 69 after latching onto Shevchenko's through ball and cleverly rounding Batista to tap the ball home.

John Obi Mikel spurned two glorious chances late on and the hosts cruised through the closing stages, with Lampard helping himself to a second goal in stoppage time.