Managers hapy Chelsea Cup win over QPR passed without incident

Chelsea's FA Cup win over QPR went off without incident between John Terry and Anton Ferdinand.

Both managers praised their respective players for their performances today, with neither Terry nor Ferdinand putting a foot wrong.

Andre Villas-Boas said: "Individually from John, it was an excellent performance, very, very focused, managed to get the off-the-field events out of his mind and concentrate on his job."

Mark Hughes added of Ferdinand, who allegedly received a 'pellet' through the post this week: "It was difficult for him as the focus seemed to all be on Anton, which is understandable given what has happened in the last 48 hours."

Terry was mercilessly jeered and abusively taunted but Hughes did not feel this acted as motivation for the defender.

"John is a big figure in the game and I am sure he gets booed at every away game," he said.

"I think he plays the same way and rarely have I seen anything created by headlines effect John Terry, which was the same today.

"For him to come through that, I think shows great credit.

"He was of the mind he was going to play today and he put in a great performance."