FOOTBALL Live

Saturday March 1, 2008 Finished Upton Park

Logo 0 - Chelsea 4

West Ham

Chelsea

  • Lampard 17’
  • Cole 20’
  • Ballack 22’
  • Cole 64’
  1. 10-man Blues crush Hammers

    10-man Blues crush Hammers

    Three goals in five first-half minutes from Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and Michael Ballack set 10-man Chelsea on their way to a thumping 4-0 victory over West Ham at Upton Park that keeps them firmly in the hunt for the Premier League title. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • West Ham
    • Chelsea
    • 90+2' And that's it! Chelsea close the gap on leaders Arsenal to seven points thanks to a stunning performance at Upton Park, despite being down to 10 men for almost an hour.
    • 90' West Ham keep coming forward, but Zamora is penalised for a challenge on Cech and a free-kick is awarded.
    • 87' West Ham are still knocking the ball around with their customary fluency, but this game has been over for some time now.
    • 86' Solano heads the ball across the Chelsea box from the right-hand side but Alex heads it clear. Essien cracks in a long-range effort at the other end, but it's well over.
    • 84' Chelsea make their third and final change, as Alex replaces Makelele. Still no smiling from Grant. Perhaps he's saving it for the post-match interviews...
    • 81' Anelka feeds Essien on the right and he steps inside McCartney before sending a left-footed shot inches wide of the right-hand post!
    • 79' Alan Curbishley, by contrast, looks completely mystified. Upton Park had started to look like something of a fortress after those wins over Man United and Liverpool, but Chelsea have been in uncompromising mood this afternoon. A fifth goal would be cruel, but it's certainly not beyond them.
    • 76' Avram Grant looks typically impassive on the touchline, but he must be singing inside after the flak he took from certain elements of the press after the loss to Spurs last weekend.
    • 75' Chelsea make a second substitution. Florent Malouda comes on for Kalou.
    • 73' Anelka gets the better of Upson on the Chelsea right but there's no-one up in support and his cross to the edge of the box is cleared.
    • 70' Kalou ghosts into the Hammers' box from the left and looks to bamboozle Ferdinand with a flurry of stepovers but the defender keeps his concentration and emerges with the ball.
    • 69' Chelsea make a change, as Michael Essien comes on for Joe Cole.
    • 68' Ridiculous as it may sound, West Ham have not really played that badly. They were caught cold by those quick-fire goals in the first half and they were completely in control of the second half until Cole's goal.
    • 66' West Ham respond with a double substitution - Nolberto Solano and Bobby Zamora come on for Carlton Cole and Julien Faubert.
    • 64' GOAL! 4-0 Chelsea! Kalou feeds Joe Cole on the right-hand side of the box, and when his low shot is pushed away by Green, Ashley Cole follows up to tuck the ball home from a tight angle! Chelsea make the game safe, completely against the run of play!
    • 61' Chelsea finally have a chance to break, but Joe Cole's progress into the box from the right is halted and West Ham go on the attack again.
    • 59' Incredible defending from Terry! Carlton Cole nicks the ball past the advancing Cech and it looks to be a certain goal but the Blues captain races back to hook the ball clear from right underneath his own crossbar!
    • 58' Ashton chests down a deep pass and lays the ball into the path of McCartney on the left but his cross balloons out for a goal kick and the chance is wasted.
    • 57' This second half has been all West Ham so far, but Cech hasn't really been tested yet.
    • 55' Ashton instinctively throws his head at Neill's pass from deep but can't prevent the ball going out for a goal kick.
    • 53' Faubert gets a cross in from the right and Makelele heads it clear. Chelsea are holding firm so far.
    • 52' Ashton steps up... and crashes the free-kick into the wall.
    • 51' Another injury - this time to Julien Faubert - after he was caught by Makelele on the top of the foot. Doesn't look too serious though. And it leads to a free-kick for West Ham.
    • 50' Drama in the Chelsea box! Cech spills a cross from the West Ham right but Chelsea are able to hack the ball away!
    • 48' Paulo Ferreira took an elbow to the face as he sought to prevent Carlton Cole from playing that pass towards Ljungberg, and the former Porto man is now having his bloodied nose de-bloodied at the side of the pitch.
    • 47' And West Ham are on the attack straight away! Terry has to be alert to clear Carlton Cole's attempted flick towards Ljungberg, and when the ball comes back into the box Noble scuffs his back-post shot straight at Cech.
    • 46' The second half is underway! An early goal for West Ham could change the complexion of this game completely. The first 15 minutes will be very important.
    • H-T West Ham bolster their comeback quest by introducing Dean Ashton for Boa Morte.
    • 45+3' Noble's corner drops to Ferdinand, but his effort is blocked at close range and Chelsea scramble the ball away! And the whistle goes, after an action-packed first 45 minutes at Upton Park. Chelsea go in three goals to the good but a man down.
    • 45+2' Terry is cautioned for wrestling Carlton Cole to the ground. Free-kick to West Ham on the right. Noble curls it into the box and Ballack does brilliantly to head it behind with Cole closing in.
    • 45+1' Noble swings it towards the back post, but Cech claims it confidently.
    • 45' West Ham win a corner on the left.
    • 44' Kalou cuts the ball back to Joe Cole from the Chelsea right, but the England man's shot from the edge of the box flashes over the bar!
    • 42' West Ham are starting to see more of the ball now. That sending off gives them even more incentive to mount a comeback in the second half.
    • 40' Anelka jinks in from the left and flashes a shot a couple of yards wide of Green's left-hand post!
    • 39' West Ham win a corner on the right, Noble plays it to the back post and Terry heads it clear.
    • 35' Ballack is cautioned for his role in the altercation. It looks like Boa Morte has escaped punishment altogether!
    • 34' Frank Lampard has been sent off! He tangles with Luis Boa Morte after the West Ham man reacts angrily to his challenge on the edge of the Chelsea box, and the ref shows him the red card! An almighty melee followed the original clash, but Lampard looks to have been very hard-done-by indeed.
    • 31' Good save Cech! Noble collects Carlton Cole's knockdown and arrows in a half-volley from the edge of the box that the Czech international has to push over the bar!
    • 29' Great football from Chelsea. Makelele sweeps the ball out to Ballack on the right, and his beautifully struck cross is just behind Anelka on the edge of the box.
    • 27' And it's nearly four! Anelka gets his head to a cross from the left but can't generate enough power to beat Green!
    • 26' They might be three goals down, but West Ham still aren't seeing any of the ball. Chelsea are completely in control here.
    • 24' Alan Curbishley looks stunned, and well he might. West Ham's home form of late has been excellent, and he will have been quietly hoping for three points today.
    • 22' GOAL! 3-0 Chelsea! Lampard picks out Ballack on the edge of the box and the German clinically dispatches a well-taken half-volley on the bounce into the bottom-left corner! A stunning start from Avram Grant's men!
    • 20' GOAL! 2-0 Chelsea! Anelka plays the ball to Joe Cole from the left, Cole takes a touch which lifts the ball into the air and from just inside the penalty area he strikes a superb low volley with his left foot that flies past Green and into the bottom-right corner!
    • 18' It was hard to tell whether that was a deserved penalty. There was certainly contact between the players, but Kalou didn't exactly make much of an effort to elude Ferdinand's challenge.
    • 17' Lampard steps up... AND COOLLY SLOTS THE BALL INTO THE BOTTOM-LEFT CORNER! Green went the wrong way. 1-0 Chelsea!
    • 16' PENALTY TO CHELSEA! Kalou races into the box and collides with Anton Ferdinand, and the ref points to the spot!
    • 14' Things have quietened down a bit since the excitement of that disallowed goal. Anelka was definitely onside, and the goal should have stood.
    • 12' Mark Noble curls it in, but it's headed clear by Ballack.
    • 11' Kalou - who's playing on the Chelsea left - is penalised for bringing down Neill on the far side of the pitch. Free-kick to West Ham in a dangerous position.
    • 10' There are some big challenges flying around in the middle of the park, but referee Peter Walton has been content to let things flow so far.
    • 9' Carlton Cole looks to get on the end of a pass down the inside-left channel but Carvalho manages to shepherd the ball out of play.
    • 8' Lampard stabs in a rather nonchalant half-volley from the edge of the West Ham box and it flies over the bar, much to the delight of his former club's fans, who always go out of their way to give him a memorable reception.
    • 6' Mullins clips a cross towards the back post from the West Ham left, but it's over-hit and Ashley Cole watches it out for a goal kick.
    • 5' Carlton Cole brilliantly brings down Lucas Neill's pass from the right and surges into the box, but as he shapes to shoot he's denied by a superb sliding challenge from Ricardo Carvalho!
    • 4' An ambitious chip from Carlton Cole drifts well over Petr Cech's crossbar.
    • 2' GOAL! 1-0 Chelsea! NO! Frank Lampard curls the free-kick into the box, John Terry powers a header towards goal and Robert Green can only parry the ball into the path of Nicolas Anelka, who taps it home! But the flag is up, despite replays suggesting Anelka was level with George McCartney when the ball left Terry's head.
    • 1' Chelsea get the game underway! Joe Cole bursts forward from midfield and draws a foul from Hayden Mullins. Free-kick to Chelsea.
    • 14:58 The teams make their way onto the field, West Ham in claret and blue shirts, white shorts and white socks, Chelsea in a change strip of white shirts, blue shorts and blue socks.
    • 14:45 The teams are in and Grant has made no less than six changes to the side that lost at Wembley last weekend, with Paulo Ferreira, Ashley Cole, Claude Makelele, Michael Ballack, Salomon Kalou and Joe Cole coming in for Juliano Belletti, Wayne Bridge, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Didier Drogba. Hammers boss Alan Curbishley keeps faith with the eleven that started the 1-0 win at Fulham.
    • 14:30 TEAM NEWS: West Ham are without Matthew Etherington, Lee Bowyer (both groin) and Scott Parker (knee), while Bobby Zamora's return from injury has been delayed after he took a knock to his knee in a mid-week reserves game. Long-term injury victims Craig Bellamy, Kieron Dyer, James Collins and Nigel Quashie are also unavailable. By contrast, Avram Grant has a fully fit Chelsea squad to choose from.
    • 14:15 Good afternoon and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of West Ham v Chelsea from Upton Park. The visitors are looking to bounce back from the disappointment of last weekend's Carling Cup final defeat to Spurs, while the Hammers are hoping to extend an unbeaten run at home that stretches back to mid-December and includes victories over Man United and Liverpool. Kick-off is at 15:00 GMT.

  • Team Stats

    West Ham Stats Chelsea
    54% Possession 45%
    13 Shots 14
    3 Shots on target 8
    4 Saves 2
    6 Corners 1
    8 Fouls 12
    2 Offsides 3
    0 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    16 Tackles 19
    329 Accurate passes 250
    44 Bad passes 39

  • 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
    • West Ham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robert Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
      5 Anton Ferdinand 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 36 0 2
      3 George McCartney 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 45 16 5
      2 Lucas Neill 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 45 1 0
      6 Matthew Upson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 3 0
      17 Hayden Mullins 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 41 5 4
      16 Mark Noble 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 46 3 1
      20 Julian Faubert 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 10 1 2
      7 Fredrik Ljungberg 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 12 4 0
      12 Carlton Cole 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 18 3 1
      34 Luis Boa Morte 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0
      18 Jonathan Spector 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Nolberto Solano 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 1
      9 Dean Ashton 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 5 0
      25 Bobby Zamora 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 3 0
      21 Richard Wright 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 1 0 0 11 5 0
      6 Ricardo Carvalho 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0 5
      3 Ashley Cole 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 20 5 3
      20 Paulo Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0
      26 John Terry 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 18 4 0
      10 Joe Cole 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 18 2 4
      4 Claude Makelele 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 33 3 2
      13 Michael Ballack 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 41 5 0
      8 Frank Lampard 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 13 4 3
      39 Nicolas Anelka 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 24 3 0
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 20 6 1
      15 Florent Malouda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      11 Didier Drogba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Michael Essien 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 81' Anelka feeds Essien on the right and he steps inside McCartney before sending a left-footed shot inches wide of the right-hand post!
    • 64' GOAL! 4-0 Chelsea! Kalou feeds Joe Cole on the right-hand side of the box, and when his low shot is pushed away by Green, Ashley Cole follows up to tuck the ball home from a tight angle! Chelsea make the game safe, completely against the run of play!
    • 59' Incredible defending from Terry! Carlton Cole nicks the ball past the advancing Cech and it looks to be a certain goal but the Blues captain races back to hook the ball clear from right underneath his own crossbar!
    • 50' Drama in the Chelsea box! Cech spills a cross from the West Ham right but Chelsea are able to hack the ball away!
    • 47' And West Ham are on the attack straight away! Terry has to be alert to clear Carlton Cole's attempted flick towards Ljungberg, and when the ball comes back into the box Noble scuffs his back-post shot straight at Cech.
    • 39' West Ham win a corner on the right, Noble plays it to the back post and Terry heads it clear.
    • 34' Frank Lampard has been sent off! He tangles with Luis Boa Morte after the West Ham man reacts angrily to his challenge on the edge of the Chelsea box, and the ref shows him the red card! An almighty melee followed the original clash, but Lampard looks to have been very hard-done-by indeed.
    • 31' Good save Cech! Noble collects Carlton Cole's knockdown and arrows in a half-volley from the edge of the box that the Czech international has to push over the bar!
    • 27' And it's nearly four! Anelka gets his head to a cross from the left but can't generate enough power to beat Green!
    • 22' GOAL! 3-0 Chelsea! Lampard picks out Ballack on the edge of the box and the German clinically dispatches a well-taken half-volley on the bounce into the bottom-left corner! A stunning start from Avram Grant's men!
    • 20' GOAL! 2-0 Chelsea! Anelka plays the ball to Joe Cole from the left, Cole takes a touch which lifts the ball into the air and from just inside the penalty area he strikes a superb low volley with his left foot that flies past Green and into the bottom-right corner!
    • 17' Lampard steps up... AND COOLLY SLOTS THE BALL INTO THE BOTTOM-LEFT CORNER! Green went the wrong way. 1-0 Chelsea!
    • 16' PENALTY TO CHELSEA! Kalou races into the box and collides with Anton Ferdinand, and the ref points to the spot!
    • 5' Carlton Cole brilliantly brings down Lucas Neill's pass from the right and surges into the box, but as he shapes to shoot he's denied by a superb sliding challenge from Ricardo Carvalho!
    • 2' GOAL! 1-0 Chelsea! NO! Frank Lampard curls the free-kick into the box, John Terry powers a header towards goal and Robert Green can only parry the ball into the path of Nicolas Anelka, who taps it home! But the flag is up, despite replays suggesting Anelka was level with George McCartney when the ball left Terry's head.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Peter Walton

  • West Ham

    Manager: Alan Curbishley

    On the Field

    • Green
    • Neill
    • Upson
    • Ferdinand
    • McCartney
    • Faubert Substitution Out (66′)
    • Noble
    • Mullins
    • Ljungberg
    • Boa Morte Substitution Out (46′)
    • Cole Substitution Out (66′)

    Subs

    • Wright
    • Solano Substitution In (66′)
    • Zamora Substitution In (66′)
    • Ashton Substitution In (46′)
    • Spector

    Injured

    • Bowyer
    • Parker
    • Etherington
    • Dyer
    • Bellamy
    • Quashie
    • Collins

    Suspended

    None

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Avram Grant

    On the Field

    • Cech
    • Ferreira
    • Carvalho
    • Terry Yellow Card
    • Cole Goal
    • Makelele Substitution Out (84′)
    • Ballack Goal Yellow Card
    • Lampard Goal Red Card
    • Kalou Substitution Out (75′)
    • Cole Goal Substitution Out (69′)
    • Anelka

    Subs

    • Malouda Substitution In (75′)
    • Drogba
    • Cudicini
    • Essien Substitution In (69′)
    • Alex Substitution In (84′)

    Injured

    • Shevchenko

    Suspended

    None