There was plenty of action at Cobham today as Luiz Felipe Scolari and his men put Sunday's defeat at Arsenal behind them.

The manager and his staff were out on the pitches at our Surrey training base, working with the players who did not start yesterday's match, going through a series of attacking routines and passing drills.

They were watched by Juliano Belletti, who is on the road back to recovery following his injury picked up against Burnley. The Brazilian utility man stepped up his work for the first time today, jogging around the field and keeping a close eye on his team-mates' work.

Inside the main building, those players that were involved from the kick-off worked on physical recovery either in the gym or the swimming pool.

After the workout, the players were greeted in the dining room by I S Kim, the president and CEO of Samsung Electronics Europe, who was there to meet some of the stars and hand out Christmas presents to the squad and staff.