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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Petr Cech</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Carlo Ancelotti defended Petr Cech ahead of tonight's final Group D Champions League game against Apoel Nicosia.<br /><br />After two defeats and three penalty misses inside four days last week, it was somewhat predictable the focus would be on certain individuals.<br /><br />Cech was blamed for allowing Carlos Tevez to score Manchester City's winner from a 25-yard free-kick in the Premier League on Saturday. Lampard was then guilty of his first penalty miss since September 2006 when Shay Given saved his 83rd-minute attempt.<br /><br />But both Lampard and Cech are likely to figure in today's encounter at Stamford Bridge, and Ancelotti declared he has no concerns about either player's form. "This season, I think Cech did very well," said Ancelotti. "He could have done better with the free-kick though. But Even a good goalkeeper can make a mistake sometimes but this season Petr has been doing very well.

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Carlo Ancelotti defended Petr Cech ahead of tonight's final Group D Champions League game against Apoel Nicosia.

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