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FERNANDO TORRES'S Chelsea torment continued as he failed to score for a 15th successive game. The Spaniard looked lively in this stalemate with Norwich but he missed a sitter in the second half and was substituted with the score-line still level. For Paul Lambert's side, it was another good result to continue their wonderful season back in the top flight while Blues boss Andre Villa-Boas was left frustrated. New Chelsea signing Gary Cahill was surprisingly left out of the squad as AVB revealed the ex-Bolton stopper has not yet "been integrated into the team system". There was very little between the two sides in the opening stages with both teams moving the ball well. Norwich's bruising double act of Steve Morison and Grant Holt showed they can both play a bit too with ex-Millwall man Morison turning to play in Holt who shot just wide. Torres had a much better game against Sunderland last week and looked sharp early on at Carrow Road too. The Spaniard was a whisker away from finishing off a fine Blues move � started by an audacious bit of skill by David Luiz in his own box � but his curling effort was superbly tipped wide by John Ruddy. Bradley Johnson then had a tame shot from distance which almost fooled Petr Cech after a wicked deflection, but the Czech stopper got down well. Juan Mata should have given Chelsea the lead on the stroke of half-time as he escaped a Norwich challenge and cut into the box only for to lift his shot over the bar. And there was still time before the interval for the Blues to miss another good chance as Torres sent in an inviting cross for substitute Florent Malouda. But the Frenchman, who had come on for the injured Frank Lampard, decided to wait for the ball to reach him instead of attacking it and the ball was cleared. Astonishingly, there were no fouls in the first half but that was quickly put to rights as Morison took down Raul Meireles within 76 seconds of the restart. Chelsea picked up the pace in the second half with Luiz firing in a shot from distance before Torres missed a sitter. Daniel Sturridge got in down the right with a neat bit of skill and sent in a cross which Torres controlled before toe poking just wide from eight yards. Mata came close moments later as Sturridge played him in down the left, but his firm shot at the near post was well stopped by Ruddy. Chelsea were coming closer and closer to breaking the deadlock as Raul Meireles fizzed a shot over the bar and Ramires hit a sumptuous volley straight into Ruddy's arms. Torres's torment was ended on 77 minutes when he was hooked for Romelu Lukaku. The Spaniard has now failed to hit the back of the net for the 15 successive game � his worst run in England. And the Belgian sub made an instant impact with a lung-busting run down right before Mata almost sneaked a shot in at the near post. But ultimately Norwich managed to hang on for a share of the points as AVB rued his side's missed chances and two points dropped.