One point ahead in the league, with a game in hand, and facing our old hero on Wednesday night in the form of Inter's Jose Mourinho. These are exciting times.

This is what football is all about, it's in the script as they so often say.

Mourinho has impeccable form at home in all competitions (hasn't lost one in eight years in either the league or the domestic cup) and Inter's form in Italy isn't great, with only one win in nine on Italian soil.

Carlo Ancelotti and Jose Mourinho ©Getty Images

But as I said: this is in the script. Hopefully one of those great scripts that's written in our favour!

The former adversaries meeting once again, Ancelotti vs Mourinho. Jose vs Chelsea.

Typing this is enough to get me in the right mood for the match, what an awesome tie - and one we have all been looking forward to since it was announced in late December.

I am more than sure that if the fans are geed up this much, then the players must be savouring the battle on their hands at the immense arena of the San Siro. It's sure to be tight at the back, after all what Italian team doesn't play that way?

But maybe Inter will be resting on their laurels a little. If Jose is to be listened to he knows us inside out, but we are very much a different beast to the team he was in charge of three years ago.

We are much more unpredictable. No longer are we the machine that takes the lead and sits back, now we are a volatile monster.

One that when unleashed can be devastating, however, one that can be equally devastating to itself in the form of clumsiness at the back and anonymity up front (Everton away, Wigan away, away in general).

Tonight though, I have a feeling that we are there to do a job and one we are more than capable of. However if that job is to take an early lead and (excuse the Jose-ism) "park the bus" I would be more than satisfied.

Come on Chels!