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Monday May 5, 2008 Finished St. James' Park

Logo 0 - Chelsea 2

Newcastle United

Chelsea

  • Ballack 61’
  • Malouda 82’
  1. Chelsea stay in the race

    Chelsea stay in the race

    Chelsea beat Newcastle 2-0 in an enthralling encounter at St. James' Park to keep alive their Premier League title hopes. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Newcastle United
    • Chelsea
    • 90+4' All over in Newcastle, and Chelsea remain in the title race! Apologies once again for the technical problems, thanks for joining me.
    • 90' Time running out for Newcastle here. A performance of two halves from Keegan's team.
    • 86' Another change for Chelsea. Andriy Shevchenko is on for Drogba.
    • 81' GOOOALLL!! Lampard slides in Malouda, who finishes with aplomb. GAME OVER!
    • 79' Carvalho is forced to withdraw, although Terry is trying to convince him to stay on. Alex comes on to replace him.
    • 76' Enrique picks up a yellow for a cynical shirt pull.
    • 71' Change for Newcastle. Damien Duff on for Geremi. Meanwhile, Michael Owen comes WITHIN INCHES of meeting Butt's cross to tap home.
    • 69' Free-kick to Newcastle...edge of the box...Malouda blocks. YELLOW CARD for encroachment!
    • 67' Change for Chelsea. Lampard is on for Anelka.
    • 65' Chelsea very much in the ascendancy here. Newcastle have faded somewhat.
    • 61' Drogba curls a free-kick straight onto MICHAEL BALLACK's head and the German steers the ball home with ease. Smith let him get in front there and Ballack had a straightforward header. 1-0!
    • 60' Booking for Faye, who chops Drogba down on the right edge of the box. Great chance for Chelsea to create something here...
    • 57' Essien is stopped in his tracks by Steven Taylor. Good challenge!
    • 54' TERRY HITS THE BAR! What a header from the corner and Steve Harper was beaten. So close for Chelsea.
    • 52' Chelsea pressing here. Ferreira's cross is too long.
    • 48' Chelsea appear to have two up top now, with Anelka alongside Drogba. Lampard and Cole are warming up.
    • 46' And we're away in the second half. Newcastle have made a change, with Alan Smith on for Viduka - who has sustained an Achilles injury.
    • 45+2' Half-time, and Grant has much to think about. Chelsea have been matched by Newcastle so far, who have created the better chances. Joe Cole anyone?
    • 44' And yes, we are now back! Chelsea pushing hard, but Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye makes a fine tackle to end their attack.
    • 40' Ricardo Carvalho crunched Butt mid-way through the half and was VERY LUCKY to escape a yellow card. THEN, on 28 minutes Newcastle came extremely close to breaking the deadlock. Martins chested down a fine long pass from Enrique, and Carvalho made a desperate tackle. Viduka was the first to the loose ball and drew a sharp save from Petr Cech. Michael Owens follow-up was cleared OFF THE LINE by John Terry. Terry was then booked after 34 minutes for a foul on Owen, although the England centre-back could hardly have got out of the way.
    • 38' Sincere apologies! We have been experiencing some troublesome technical faults with our systems and a host of entertaining, hilarious comments never made it any further than my keyboard. To sum up...Newcastle had the first chance of the game after six minutes, when Nicky Butt chipped over for Michael Owen. The England striker poked his right foot at it and his shot went over the bar. Nine minutes in, Florent Malouda headed over from Anelka's right-wing cross. On 10 minutes Obafemi Martins burst through a shot low and hard straight at Petr Cech. 13 minutes saw a good run and cross from Bridge
    • - TEAM NEWS: Newcastle drop Alan Smith to the bench and bring in his ex-Man Utd team-mate Nicky Butt.
    • - TEAM NEWS: Well well, what an intriguing selection from Avram Grant. Frank Lampard and Joe Cole are ON THE BENCH! Ashley Cole is not even in the squad. Paulo Ferreira is back, and Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba lead the line.
    • - Good afternoon and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE!! coverage of Newcastle v Chelsea from St. James' Park.

  • Team Stats

    Newcastle United Stats Chelsea
    42% Possession 58%
    15 Shots 19
    3 Shots on target 5
    1 Saves 2
    1 Corners 6
    15 Fouls 12
    2 Offsides 0
    2 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    25 Tackles 28
    305 Accurate passes 468
    50 Bad passes 81

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
      27 Steven Taylor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 1 3
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 27 8 1
      21 Habib Beye 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 1 3
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 29 4 6
      22 Nicky Butt 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 53 4 4
      7 Joey Barton 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 37 11 3
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 21 1 1
      10 Michael Owen 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 15 1 3
      36 Mark Viduka 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 0 0
      9 Obafemi Martins 0 4 1 3 5 0 0 22 5 0
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 0
      11 Damien Duff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0
      6 Claudio Caçapa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Fraser Forster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Alan Smith 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 2 1
    • Chelsea
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Petr Cech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      6 Ricardo Carvalho 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 44 2 1
      18 Wayne Bridge 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 47 23 2
      20 Paulo Ferreira 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 35 1 3
      26 John Terry 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 49 9 0
      5 Michael Essien 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 58 6 4
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 69 8 3
      13 Michael Ballack 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 48 13 5
      15 Florent Malouda 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 38 6 5
      39 Nicolas Anelka 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 24 0 1
      11 Didier Drogba 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 15 4 2
      10 Joe Cole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Frank Lampard 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 23 7 1
      7 Andriy Shevchenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 81' GOOOALLL!! Lampard slides in Malouda, who finishes with aplomb. GAME OVER!
    • 61' Drogba curls a free-kick straight onto MICHAEL BALLACK's head and the German steers the ball home with ease. Smith let him get in front there and Ballack had a straightforward header. 1-0!
    • 54' TERRY HITS THE BAR! What a header from the corner and Steve Harper was beaten. So close for Chelsea.
    • 38' Sincere apologies! We have been experiencing some troublesome technical faults with our systems and a host of entertaining, hilarious comments never made it any further than my keyboard. To sum up...Newcastle had the first chance of the game after six minutes, when Nicky Butt chipped over for Michael Owen. The England striker poked his right foot at it and his shot went over the bar. Nine minutes in, Florent Malouda headed over from Anelka's right-wing cross. On 10 minutes Obafemi Martins burst through a shot low and hard straight at Petr Cech. 13 minutes saw a good run and cross from Bridge
    • - Good afternoon and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE!! coverage of Newcastle v Chelsea from St. James' Park.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Kevin Keegan

    Captain: Michael Owen

    On the Field

    • Harper
    • Beye
    • Edgar
    • Taylor
    • Enrique Yellow Card
    • Butt
    • Barton
    • Geremi Substitution Out (71′)
    • Owen
    • Martins
    • Viduka Substitution Out (46′)

    Subs

    • Smith Substitution In46′
    • Duff Substitution In71′
    • Caçapa
    • N'Zogbia
    • Forster

    Injured

    • Given
    • Ramage
    • Carr

    Suspended

    None

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Avram Grant

    Captain: John Terry

    On the Field

    • Cech
    • Ferreira
    • Terry Yellow Card
    • Carvalho Substitution Out (79′)
    • Bridge
    • Mikel
    • Essien
    • Ballack Goal
    • Anelka Substitution Out (66′)
    • Malouda Goal Yellow Card
    • Drogba Substitution Out (86′)

    Subs

    • Cudicini
    • Cole
    • Lampard Substitution In66′
    • Shevchenko Substitution In86′
    • Alex Substitution In79′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None