Chelsea rounded off their pre-season tour of Asia with a 2-0 win over a Malaysia select XI thanks to goals by Nicolas Anelka and Ashley Cole yesterday.

The Champions League finalists secured the third win of their three-leg tour in hot and humid conditions in front of a crowd of 80,000 at the Shah Alam stadium.

The Malaysians battled hard to fend off a Chelsea side orchestrated by new signing Deco and the industrious Anelka, who put the visitors ahead after 26 minutes.

The hosts created a handful of chances and forward Amiral Hadi Zainal almost opened the scoring inside three minutes when he fired inches wide of the far post.

Portugal midfielder Deco then came close to a memorable first goal in a Chelsea shirt when his spectacular volley was tipped over the bar by the Malaysian keeper.

Chelsea grabbed their second goal eight minutes after the break when Ashley Cole received a Frank Lampard pass and blasted the ball into the top right hand corner.

Chelsea's manager Luiz Felipe Scolari said the rugged pitch hampered his team's performance.

"I crossed my fingers to finish without injuries," he said.

"It was impossible to play on this pitch, my players tried to play but it was difficult, but I saw some players play better than in the other games."