Besieged Chelsea return to action

London - After a testing week of negative non-sporting attention, Chelsea will hope to return to making headlines on the pitch this weekend when the Premier League leaders host Burnley on Saturday.

Their preparations for the fixture have been overshadowed by the fall-out from the incident on Tuesday when a group of Chelsea fans pushed a black man off a Paris Metro train and launched into a chorus of racist chanting.

Their 1-1 Champions League draw at Paris Saint-Germain that night has barely been discussed as a consequence and with French and British police both investigating what happened, Chelsea have taken action by banning three of the fans involved from Stamford Bridge.