Burnley boss Owen Coyle hails 'greatest game of my life'

After Ade Akinbiyi cancelled out Didier Drogba's first-half opener, and goalkeeper Brian Jensen saved twice in the penalty shoot-out to secure a 5-4 win at Stamford Bridge, Coyle declared: "In terms of scalps, they don't come any better than Chelsea.

"To knock them out of the cup it's certainly going to be the greatest result so far.

"To come to Chelsea, who are top of the league on merit and one of the favourites for the Champions League, and in terms of world football one of the elite clubs, to win the game, albeit on penalties, I think it shows you the magnitude and effort the players have put in.

"And I think we've deserved it.

"I know that sometimes you ride your luck but at 1-0 down it would have been very easy to feel sorry for ourselves and hide, but nothing could be further from the truth.

"I said before the game that we'd try to commit players forward at every opportunity and I think we did that.

"We went down to a quality goal by Drogba, but we felt at half-time if we could stay in the game and retain a belief in what we could do individually and collectively that we had a real opportunity and that would give us a platform to mount a real challenge in the game.

"We did that, scored a very good goal and could have added to that."

And Coyle praised both goalkeeper Jensen and goalscorer Akinbiyi for their individual efforts.

"Brian has been outstanding all season and we said if it got to a penalty shootout we felt he'd save a minimum of one," he said.

"I'm delighted for him because it's a reward of how hard he's been working in the games and training.

"Aside from scoring the goal, Ade led the line, brought us up the park to get others on the ball, and that was a big turning point in the game."

And Coyle praised the travelling supporters for roaring them to victory.

"The backing we got from 6,100, you'd have thought there was 30,000 there!" he said.

"Hopefully it gives everyone in the town a lift."