Substitute Didier Drogba bent in a free kick to give Chelsea a 1-0 win at Newcastle United in the League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday.
The Chelsea midfielder was voted by the fans as England's Player of the Year for the second successive year.
Chelsea registered a stirring 3-1 win to take a 14-point lead over nearest rivals Manchester United.
"John Terry or Frank Lampard could represent Chelsea like Keane does for Manchester," said the Italian coach.
Chelsea beat Portsmouth 2-0 while Arsenal easily got the better of Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in Saturday's EPL matches.
Liverpool started the ball rolling with a convincing 4-1 win at home to promoted Norwich and City responded a day later with an even more emphatic 5-0 victory at West Ham United.
Leaders Chelsea got back to winning ways with a 3-0 defeat of Newcastle United while Manchester United beat Charlton Athletic 3-1
Chelsea extended their lead at the top of the Premier League after beating Newcastle United 4-0.
The defending champions beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 to move to fourth place in the Premier League.
The Chelsea midfielder is aware he will have to score more this season to get over a disappointing World Cup.
Manchester City and Everton players took to the field wearing Ukrainian flags before their Premier League game on Saturday while there were anti-war messages at stadiums elsewhere following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
'This was a game to win. We are super happy,' said the Portugal goalkeeper after saving three penalties in the shootout
Frank Lampard, who has been holding out on signing a new contract with Chelsea, pledged his future to the club.
The England manager's future is in doubt after an affair with a Football Association (FA) secretary.
Peter Crouch scored a hat-trick as England ran riot in a 6-0 victory over Jamaica in their final World Cup warmup match.
England ground out a 3-1 victory over Hungary in a World Cup warm-up on Tuesday
Chelsea have signed Germany's highly-rated attacking midfielder Kai Havertz from Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen on a five-year contract, the Premier League club announced on Friday.
The defeat foiled Chelsea's bid for the league-Cup double.
The England midfielder said his defensive qualities would be more useful than Frank Lampard's attacking skills against France in Euro 2004.
Chelsea, who won the League Cup in February, have 88 points and cannot be caught by 2004 champions Arsenal.
The Spanish champions went through on 3-2 aggregate after the second leg pre-quarter-final ended 1-1. Juventus and Villarreal also made it to the quarter-finals.
Hasselbaink came on to score three times in the last 15 minutes in a 5-2 rout over Wolverhampton Wanderers.\n\n
Chelsea romped to a 4-1 home win over Everton in their FA Cup fourth round
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday
"I believe before his contract ends Chelsea will offer him an agreement until the end of his career," said Mourinho.
Arsenal ended a run of three league defeats by winning 1-0 at Charlton Athletic to climb to sixth 20 points adrift of Chelsea.
The Manchester United manager said on Monday his side possessed the character to retain their premier league title.
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez believes his team's defensive errors gifted Chelsea the victory.
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