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Saturday February 2, 2008 Finished Fratton Park

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Portsmouth

  • Defoe 64’

Chelsea

  • Anelka 55’
  1. Defoe debut strike pegs back Chelsea

    Defoe debut strike pegs back Chelsea

    Chelsea and Portsmouth shared the spoils in a pulsating match at Fratton Park after debutant Jermain Defoe equalised Nicolas Anelka's second-half opener. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Portsmouth
    • Chelsea
    • - Thank you for joining Eurosport-Yahoo! for today's match. There is more to come - Liverpool v Sunderland and Real Madrid's trip to Almeria among them.
    • - Chelsea are now six points behind leaders Arsenal and four behind Manchester United, who grabbed a late, late equaliser at White Hart Lane.
    • 90+4' There it is - the final whistle brings to an end a hugely entertaining encounter.
    • 90+4' The last minute of time added on... Defoe cuts in and hits one a foot wide of the near post!!
    • 90+2' Jospeh Cole tries to wriggle through but eventually it falls to namesake Ash - he shoots well wide. Foolhardy.
    • 90' Defoe first-time from the edge of the box... hit well but just too high!!
    • 88' The atmosphere is very tense in these last moments.
    • 86' Kranjcar whips the resultant free-kick over the bar into the crowd.
    • 84' Makelele challenges Baros in the air and catches him in the knackers with his studs!!! That has got to hurt.
    • 82' Portsmouth win a corner... Campbell rises to head over the top.
    • 79' Wright-Phillips put in by Ballack... HE CLIPS THE BALL OVER JAMES AND INCHES WIDE!!! Who will win this one? No one can tell!
    • 78' Diarra slips in DEFOE... HE CLIPS THE BALL OVER CECH AND WIDE OF THE POST!! The goal was gaping!!!
    • 77' Joseph Cole aims to score a sensational winner - well over.
    • 74' James claims a corner kick to take the pressure off his Portsmouth team-mates. Claudio Pizarro on for Malouda in a Chelsea shirt.
    • 72' Chaos in the Pompey box as Joseph Cole skips around his markers and centres for Belletti... SAVED BY JAMES!!! POINT-BLANK!! He gets it to Anelka at the second attempt but he is dispossessed at the last by Big Sol Campbell.
    • 71' Ash Cole not having a good time of it lately - and he is annoyed about something on the pitch. The home fans goad him.
    • 70' Anelka looks to be away down the left, but the flag is up to deny him. He looked onside from the Wright-Phillips through-ball.
    • 68' Portsmouth substitution: Arnold Mvuemba on for Sean Davis.
    • 66' Ballack - sporting a brilliant bandage on his head that makes it look like a pineapple, the hair sprouting from the top - lays the ball off for Wright-Phillips, whose shot is powerful but held by James.
    • 64' A long ball forward from the boot of James was flicked on by Baros and debutant Defoe found himself through on goal - and this time he picked his spot and dispatched the ball there. Fratton Park is jumping!
    • 64' DEFOE SCORES THE EQUALISING GOAL FOR PORTSMOUTH!!
    • 59' Ballack down hurt - there is blood from a cut on his crown - after Paramot beat him in the air and also clashed noggins.
    • 56' A shout against Makelele for handball in the box... the home fans convinced it was a penalty, but no dice. It looked dodgy.
    • 55' A supreme example of counter-attacking. Wright-Phillips sent Malouda scurrying down the left and his ball to the far side of the area was cushioned down by Joseph Cole for Anelka to finish inside the post.
    • 55' GOAL FOR CHELSEA!!! ANELKA HAS IT!!!
    • 55' Diarra and Kranjcar discuss what to do with it and in the end the former slams it into the wall.
    • 54' Defore sent literally flying by Alex with that challenge. It is in a good position for the home side.
    • 52' End-to-end at the minute... Ash Cole got to the by-line via a one-two with Wright-Phillips and looked set to score before Hreidarsson cleared off the line!!
    • 49' Defoe was played in and raced into the danger area, only to falter at the last. The ball fell to the Czech 12 yards out and his effort was... well, it was just M Baros-ing. Thanks to my colleague Sean Fay for that one.
    • 48' DEFOE THROUGH ON GOAL... HE FLUFFS IT!! BAROS IS THERE WITH THE GOAL GAPING AND SHOOTS LAMELY!! How did Chelsea survive that?
    • 47' Glen Johnson on the prowl down the right, not given a free-kick after a right old upending...
    • 46' The second period is underway.
    • - No changes at the break.
    • 45+3' The whistle goes for half-time. A good half in fits and spurts.
    • 45+3' Ballack receives a flick from Cole and centres but there is no one arriving in the box and it runs to the far touchline. I almost spoke too soon again.
    • 45+2' ANELKA THROUGH ON THE LEFT... HIS SHOT IS SAVED BY JAMES!! That has kept Pompey level at the break. Cole's rebound effort with his right foot is so bad - another 'row Z'.
    • 45+1' Baros holds his head in disbelief that referee Howard Webb has awarded a goal-kick. He thought that it came off Makelele.
    • 45' Anelka offside as we tick down to injury time. Two further minutes to be played.
    • 43' Makelele unbelievably casual near his own by-line, passing through the middle straight to Baros - the other new striker has a run but cannot find an end product.
    • 39' Enough about hexes. Hreidarsson tries his luck from outside the penalty area and only finds the advertising hoarding.
    • 37' Wowsers! Now I've put the kiss of death on the match being crap...
    • 36' Portsmouth have a corner now... Kranjcar takes it and PARAMOT DIRECTS A HEADER AGAINST THE CROSSBAR!!!
    • 34' Ash Cole gets the ball to Ballack 10 yards out who directs a header TO THE CORNER... WHERE KRANJCAR HEADS OFF THE LINE!!
    • 33' Noe Paramot grabs the shirt of Juliano Belletti and the former Barcelona Champions League final goal-scoring winner - glad I only have to write that, not say it - goes down like a good 'un. Yellow card. Malouda's free-kick from 20 yards is poor.
    • 32' I really have put the kiss of death onto the match by lauding the opening. Chelsea put a ball into the danger area that is defended...
    • 30' Diarra receives a ball brilliantly with his right foot to set it up with his left... the volley does not match the control, high into the stands.
    • 29' Good chasing back by Anelka, but he is penalised for a foul. Ballack is lucky not to be held to account for leaving his foot in on Diarra...
    • 27' Less efforts on goal in recent minutes. You get the feeling that the first goal will kick this one back into life.
    • 24' Defoe handballs as he tries to control the ball. He is yet to show why Harry Redknapp wanted him so badly (for a second time).
    • 22' Sean Davis booked for a tackle on Ash Cole as he tried to close the Chelsea full-back down.
    • 22' A good atmosphere on the south coast for the visit of the west London club, the FA Cup holders of course and last season's Premier League runners-up.
    • 20' Dear oh dear, Wright-Phillips will want to forget that shot - it flew 20 yards over the bar. Sometimes the little lad forgets his shooting technique, bless him. Not to be patronising.
    • 19' Claude Makelele with a rare wasted ball out of play. Both teams have been capable of creative attacking play in an even opening.
    • 17' Kranjcar optimistically opting to shoot from over 35 yards. The set-piece is powerful and deflects slightly off Wright-Phillips, but it would take something exceptional to beat Cech from there.
    • 16' Defoe with one of his first touches fails to control a ball to feet from Hermann Hreidarsson.
    • 15' Left-sided attacking midfielder Florent Malouda working well with Ashley Cole, who makes a return today. His cross is put out for a corner, which is subsequently headed over by Ballack.
    • 12' Another shot for Portsmouth as Lassana Diarra pushes the ball ahead of him and cracks it. It is on target - but Petr Cech is equal to it.
    • 11' The ball breaks for Nico Kranjcar 25 yards out. He unsurprisingly opts to strike... wide of the near post.
    • 10' Wright-Phillips surges over halfway and elects to feed Anelka on the left side of the box... again Pompey cut it out with some solid defensive work.
    • 9' Joseph Cole gets in on the act, flashing a shot across the face of goal with David James able to do little but watch.
    • 8' All Chelsea at present, Nicolas Anelka trying to slide a ball through to Shaun Wright-Phillips with the outside of his boot.
    • 7' Ballack again looking to impose himself upon this match after he scored in midweek. He hits a shot first-time just over the bar to unsettle the home fans.
    • 6' Ballack will look to strike a free-kick at goal from 35 yards out... it is low and poor. Pompey clear their lines.
    • 4' Baros watches a ball drop over his shoulder and volleys... way over the bar. Bring back Benjani!! The sun sneaks back out. That's the last I'll speak of it, I promise.
    • 2' Where has the sun gone? It is almost as if it waited for the match to start before going into hiding.
    • 1' The first half kicks off.
    • - Chelsea are going with Tal Ben-Haim at centre-half alongside Alex, with new signing Branoslav Ivanovic left out altogether.
    • - The players are out and ready to go in the Fratton Park sunshine. Jermain Defoe will make his debut for Pompey alongside Milan Baros and of course there is no place in the squad for Benjani!!
    • - Welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo's LIVE text commentary on Portsmouth's home clash against Chelsea.

  • Team Stats

    Portsmouth Stats Chelsea
    42% Possession 58%
    17 Shots 23
    4 Shots on target 9
    5 Saves 1
    4 Corners 8
    13 Fouls 12
    3 Offsides 6
    2 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    35 Tackles 35
    188 Accurate passes 276
    32 Bad passes 83

  • 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
    • Portsmouth
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 David James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
      23 Sol Campbell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 3
      7 Hermann Hreidarsson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 2
      5 Glen Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 8
      16 Noe Pamarot 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 10 6 1
      28 Sean Davis 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 13 0 1
      6 Lassana Diarra 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 45 6 8
      22 Richard Hughes 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 23 4 7
      19 Niko Kranjcar 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 23 8 2
      9 Milan Baros 0 2 1 2 4 1 1 12 4 2
      14 Jermain Defoe 1 4 1 1 2 2 0 13 1 1
      18 Arnold Mvuemba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      4 Bisan Lauren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Lucien Aubey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Pedro Mendes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Jamie Ashdown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Chelsea
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Petr Cech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11 1 3
      3 Ashley Cole 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 39 25 5
      35 Juliano Belletti 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 33 2 4
      22 Tal Ben Haim 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 25 10 1
      10 Joe Cole 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 18 2 4
      4 Claude Makelele 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 39 10 5
      13 Michael Ballack 0 5 1 3 1 1 0 37 6 4
      24 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 20 4 4
      15 Florent Malouda 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 35 17 4
      39 Nicolas Anelka 1 3 2 1 0 5 0 14 6 1
      18 Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Claudio Pizarro 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      9 Steve Sidwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Paulo Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • - Thank you for joining Eurosport-Yahoo! for today's match. There is more to come - Liverpool v Sunderland and Real Madrid's trip to Almeria among them.
    • 90+4' The last minute of time added on... Defoe cuts in and hits one a foot wide of the near post!!
    • 90' Defoe first-time from the edge of the box... hit well but just too high!!
    • 79' Wright-Phillips put in by Ballack... HE CLIPS THE BALL OVER JAMES AND INCHES WIDE!!! Who will win this one? No one can tell!
    • 78' Diarra slips in DEFOE... HE CLIPS THE BALL OVER CECH AND WIDE OF THE POST!! The goal was gaping!!!
    • 72' Chaos in the Pompey box as Joseph Cole skips around his markers and centres for Belletti... SAVED BY JAMES!!! POINT-BLANK!! He gets it to Anelka at the second attempt but he is dispossessed at the last by Big Sol Campbell.
    • 64' DEFOE SCORES THE EQUALISING GOAL FOR PORTSMOUTH!!
    • 56' A shout against Makelele for handball in the box... the home fans convinced it was a penalty, but no dice. It looked dodgy.
    • 55' GOAL FOR CHELSEA!!! ANELKA HAS IT!!!
    • 52' End-to-end at the minute... Ash Cole got to the by-line via a one-two with Wright-Phillips and looked set to score before Hreidarsson cleared off the line!!
    • 48' DEFOE THROUGH ON GOAL... HE FLUFFS IT!! BAROS IS THERE WITH THE GOAL GAPING AND SHOOTS LAMELY!! How did Chelsea survive that?
    • 45+2' ANELKA THROUGH ON THE LEFT... HIS SHOT IS SAVED BY JAMES!! That has kept Pompey level at the break. Cole's rebound effort with his right foot is so bad - another 'row Z'.
    • 43' Makelele unbelievably casual near his own by-line, passing through the middle straight to Baros - the other new striker has a run but cannot find an end product.
    • 36' Portsmouth have a corner now... Kranjcar takes it and PARAMOT DIRECTS A HEADER AGAINST THE CROSSBAR!!!
    • 34' Ash Cole gets the ball to Ballack 10 yards out who directs a header TO THE CORNER... WHERE KRANJCAR HEADS OFF THE LINE!!
    • 12' Another shot for Portsmouth as Lassana Diarra pushes the ball ahead of him and cracks it. It is on target - but Petr Cech is equal to it.
    • 7' Ballack again looking to impose himself upon this match after he scored in midweek. He hits a shot first-time just over the bar to unsettle the home fans.
    • - Welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo's LIVE text commentary on Portsmouth's home clash against Chelsea.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Howard Webb

  • Portsmouth

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    Captain: Sol Campbell

    On the Field

    • James
    • Johnson
    • Campbell
    • Pamarot Yellow Card
    • Hreidarsson
    • Hughes
    • Davis Yellow Card Substitution Out (68′)
    • Diarra
    • Kranjcar
    • Baros
    • Defoe Goal

    Subs

    • Lauren
    • Ashdown
    • Aubey
    • Mvuemba Substitution In (68′)
    • Mendes

    Injured

    • Kanu
    • Primus
    • Nugent

    Suspended

    None

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Avram Grant

    Captain: Michael Ballack

    On the Field

    • Cech
    • Belletti
    • Alex
    • Ben Haim
    • Cole
    • Makelele
    • Cole
    • Ballack
    • Wright-Phillips
    • Malouda Substitution Out (74′)
    • Anelka Goal

    Subs

    • Pizarro Substitution In (74′)
    • Cudicini
    • Bridge
    • Sidwell
    • Ferreira

    Injured

    • Terry
    • Lampard
    • Shevchenko

    Suspended

    • Carvalho