Or 'Jon Walter's Worst Nightmare' as its otherwise known.
To prepare for Chelsea's upcoming visit to the Britannia Stadium, we go on another trip down memory lane to revisit another great Chelsea victory.
January 2013 and Chelsea, under not-very-popular manager Rafa Benitez, were competing on four fronts in the Premier League, FA Cup, UEFA Cup and League Cup. Stoke City were having their average season under Tony Pulis, not really challenging for anything but always tough to beat on their home turf.
It was on the stroke of half-time it all started to go wrong for Stoke and Jon Walters in particular. Cesar Azpilicueta played a cross into the box and Walters came steaming in to head it home.
15 minutes after half-time it got worse when Walters scored a second own goal from Frank Lampard's corner.
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| Jon Walters scores his/Chelsea's second |
Former Chelsea player Robert Huth brought down Juan Mata in the box to give Lampard the chance from 12-yards to make it 3-0.
Then a goal of genuine quality when Eden Hazard hit a great strike from 30 yards for 4-0.
Still time enough though, for Stoke and Walters misery to be complete. With just a few minutes remaining, Stoke got a penalty for a clumsy challenge by John Terry on Walters. He stepped up to take it himself...and hit it over the bar.
Not a day Jon Walters will want to remember in a hurry.
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