Sunday May 10, 2009 Finished Emirates Stadium
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Chelsea thump Arsenal
Chelsea secured at least a third-place finish in the Premier League after a 4-1 win over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. More
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Time:90'- Arsenal
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- - Chelsea have sealed at least a third place finish, while Arsenal will finish fourth this season! Thanks for joining us... don't forget Newcastle v Middlesbrough on Monday night!
90'+2 There goes the final whistle! And Chelsea record an impressive 4-1 win!
88' Malouda is taken off and replaced by Ballack!
86' GOAL! CHELSEA GET A FOURTH! Malouda finishes from close range after his intial shot is saved... Anelka hits the follow-up against the post but the ball falls kindly for Malouda! Replays show him to be in an offside position, but the linesman doesn't spot it! 4-1 now!
85' Adebayor bursts through... Cech comes out... the striker goes down! Penalty! No!- 83' Confusion in the Chelsea box! Toure plays it in... Silvestre fires goalwards from close range! Saved by Cech! And Gibbs can't do anything with the rebound!
- 82' Arsenal come again... and Nasri wins a corner as his shot is blocked by Cole!
- 79' VAN PERSIE! Ooh! Adebayor does well to find Denilson who crosses! His header is on target, but Cech is there to make the save!
- 77' Bosingwa is replaced by Ivanovic...
- 76' Toure flies into Malouda with a hard, but fair, challenge! And the referee doesn't think it's a foul either...
- 75' Big penalty shout as Bosingwa clashes with Adebayor in the box! The referee says no, even if the crowd don't agree!
- 74' BENDTNER! Oooh! Perhaps they can do it! The Dane meets another cross into the box with a header on target! But this time, his effort lacks power and Cech is able to make the save!
- 71' That goal has change the mood inside the Emirates! The home crowd believe they can get something from this one!
- 70' GOAL! Sagna delivers a great ball into the box and Bendtner leaps above Essien to fire a super header past Cech! 3-1 now... is their hope for the hosts?
- 69' Malouda breaks for Chelsea now... Anelka's in the middle, but he's ignored and in the end Malouda loses control of the ball and the move breaks down!
- 67' Arsenal make another two changes... Adebayor and Denilson on for Walcott and Song.
- 64' BOSINGWA! Silvestre only half-clears a Cole cross... the ball falls kindly to Bosingwa at the far post! He catches it sweetly, but the ball arrows inches over Fabianski's bar!
- 63' Walcott breaks for Arsenal now... but Terry holds him up and Essien gets back to make the challenge...
- 60' Bendtner comes on for Diaby as Arsenal finally look to mix things up... and look! He's got his pants on! That's a good start, considering what he's been up to this week...
- 57' WALCOTT! Ooh! Another chance goes begging! Song plays the ball across for the Gunners winger but again he drags the ball wide of the post!
- 56' Amazingly, Arsenal are still enjoying spells of possession and pressing forward! Van Persie sees his effort deflected behind for a corner!
- 53' Walcott sends over a measured cross towards the far post... Fabregas is there! But his volley goes high and wide!
- 51' Van Persie should pull one back here! No! Cech denies the Dutchman, after he cut inside and let fly!
- 50' What a terrible week for Arsenal - dumped out of the Champions League by Manchester United and now on the receiving end of a thumping by Chelsea!
- 49' GOAL! CHELSEA MAKE IT THREE! It's Kolo Toure who slides in to divert Cole's cross past Fabianski and into the back of the net! Disaster for Arsenal! Joy for Chelsea!
- 46' No changes to tell you about at the break... although surely Wenger will mix things up sooner rather than later...
46' Back underway in north London!- 45'+3 There goes the half-time whistle! And Chelsea go in holding a two-goal advantage.
- 45'+2 ANELKA! Oooh! Malouda tees him up after good work by Essien! But the Frenchman's first-time effort is blocked by Fabianski's legs!
- 44' Chelsea are just playing a bit of keep-ball at the moment... and they're cruising towards half-time...
- 42' Walcott fires wide once again with a first-time effort! Perhaps he should have taken a touch there...
- 40' Arsenal have enjoyed the better chances and more possession, yet they find themselves two goals down... funny old game, football...
- 39' GOAL! ANELKA PUTS CHELSEA TWO UP! What a great goal it is! The Frenchman gets the better of Nasri before heading off towards goal and unleashing an unstoppable swerving past Fabianski!
- 36' Drogba has his pockets picked by Gibbs and Arsenal can break with Walcott... he centres... Van Persie tries a little flick! Cleared off the line by Bosingwa!
- 32' Fabregas is in trouble with the ref now... he's he slides in on Malouda... that's a poor challenge! He's already been booked but the ref decides to show leniancy this time and a talking to suffices.
- 31' Fabianski comes to claim the corner... but he misjudges the ball and drops the ball... Chelsea can't capitalise on the keeper's dithering though...
- 30' Malouda gets away from Sagna... another chance for Chelsea perhaps... he looks for Drogba and Arsenal are forced to concede a corner!
- 28' GOAL! ALEX GIVES CHELSEA THE LEAD! What a header! From the free-kick, he rises to meet the ball with a stunning header, that cannons in off the underside of the bar!
27' Fabregas catches Drogba, who slumps to the floor in typical fashion... the Arsenal skipper thinks he's dived and goes into the book for gesturing at the referee!- 24' Oh! Another miss! This time it's Song, who swivels on the edge of the six-yard box after a half-cleared free-kick causes confusion in the Chelsea box... but he can only fire wide!
- 21' Brilliant from Cole as he plays a one-two with Drogba to get to the by-line... he cuts back for MALOUDA! Surely! No! It's weak from the Frenchman and Fabianski is able to make the save!
- 20' Arsenal are dominating possession at the moment... but they can't seem to find a finish...
- 18' Great run by Diaby! He uses his long legs to take on Alex before crossing for WALCOTT! Ooh! He fires wide of the mark on the half-volley! Well-struck but off-target!
- 17' Cole now clears for Chelsea... and the boss ring out for the former Gunner! Drogba's in good company then!
- 16' Nasri centres... but there's no one there to capitalise on the Frenchman's excellent cross!
- 15' Fabregas now threatens to break through... but Cech is out quickly to claim at the Spaniard's feet...
- 13' Drogba is outwitted by Toure... and the crowd roar their approval... Drogba's not the most popular man in the Emirates today!
- 12' What a miss! Nasri and Walcott link up beautifully to fashion a chance for Diaby! But he pokes wide! Fabregas is unhappy - he was probably in a better position to shoot on goal!
- 10' Anelka cuts into the middle of the park before feeding Lampard! But the midfielder slices his effort wide of the mark!
- 6' Anelka threatens to get through the Arsenal defence now, but Gibbs puts in a solid challenge to do his confidence the world of good!
- 5' Nasri wins a corner for the hosts... but the delivery from Fabregas is poor and the ball sails over everyone.
- 3' Toure wins the ball to deny Drogba his first touch! And the home crowd love that!
- 2' Cracking start for the Gunners... as you'd expect, since there's still third-place to play for...
- 1' Straight from the kick-off, Walcott hares off on a run forward... he plays a one-two with Van Persie, but he has to check his run and his eventual shot is way over the bar!
1' Here we go! Arsenal get things started at a sunny Emirates!- - And today's referre is Phil Dowd (Staffordshire).
- - Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Alex, Terry, Ashley Cole, Essien, Mikel, Lampard, Anelka, Drogba, Malouda - Subs: Hilario, Ivanovic, Di Santo, Ballack, Kalou, Belletti, Mancienne
- - Here are the teams in full... Arsenal: Fabianski, Sagna, Toure, Silvestre, Gibbs, Walcott, Nasri, Song Billong, Diaby, Fabregas, Van Persie - Subs: Mannone, Denilson, Ramsey, Djourou, Adebayor, Bendtner, Eboue
- - Andrei Arshavin misses out for Arsenal - the Russian is ill - and Emmanuel Adebayor drops to the bench. So, Abou Diaby comes into the midfield, while Lukasz Fabianski gets the nod to start with Vito Mannone on the bench.
- - Didier Drogba, despite his midweek antics, starts for Chelsea with the only change to Guus Hiddink's side seeing Jon Obi Mikel come in for Michael Ballack
- - Chelsea travel across town to meet Arsenal in today's later kick-off.
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Team Stats
Arsenal Stats Chelsea 49% Possession 50% 20 Shots 18 6 Shots on target 5 2 Saves 5 6 Corners 2 14 Fouls 19 1 Offsides 3 1 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 16 Tackles 27 377 Accurate passes 377 79 Bad passes 38 -
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
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Arsenal G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 18 Mikael Silvestre 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 30 3 0 5 Kolo Toure 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 1 4 17 Alexandre Song 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 32 8 2 3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 30 0 1 8 Samir Nasri 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 42 9 2 4 Francesc Fabregas 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 62 13 3 2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 34 11 2 40 Kieran Gibbs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 15 2 14 Theo Walcott 0 6 1 0 3 0 0 13 1 0 11 Robin van Persie 0 5 2 2 2 1 0 16 3 0 24 Vito Mannone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Aaron Ramsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Nicklas Bendtner 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 13 3 0 15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 24 6 0 25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 0 -
Chelsea G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 1 Petr Cech 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 17 José Bosingwa 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 30 0 2 26 John Terry 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 47 5 1 33 Alex da Dias Costa 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 28 0 3 3 Ashley Cole 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 28 9 3 15 Florent Malouda 1 4 2 2 4 0 0 28 6 0 12 John Obi Mikel 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 58 3 3 8 Frank Lampard 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 51 5 1 5 Michael Essien 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 51 2 8 39 Nicolas Anelka 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 12 4 2 11 Didier Drogba 0 3 0 1 5 0 1 19 4 4 21 Salomon Kalou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Michael Ballack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 42 Michael Mancienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Franco Di Santo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Henrique Hilário 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Branislav Ivanovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 35 Juliano Belletti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Summary
- 86' GOAL! CHELSEA GET A FOURTH! Malouda finishes from close range after his intial shot is saved... Anelka hits the follow-up against the post but the ball falls kindly for Malouda! Replays show him to be in an offside position, but the linesman doesn't spot it! 4-1 now!
- 85' Adebayor bursts through... Cech comes out... the striker goes down! Penalty! No!
- 83' Confusion in the Chelsea box! Toure plays it in... Silvestre fires goalwards from close range! Saved by Cech! And Gibbs can't do anything with the rebound!
- 82' Arsenal come again... and Nasri wins a corner as his shot is blocked by Cole!
- 79' VAN PERSIE! Ooh! Adebayor does well to find Denilson who crosses! His header is on target, but Cech is there to make the save!
- 75' Big penalty shout as Bosingwa clashes with Adebayor in the box! The referee says no, even if the crowd don't agree!
- 74' BENDTNER! Oooh! Perhaps they can do it! The Dane meets another cross into the box with a header on target! But this time, his effort lacks power and Cech is able to make the save!
- 70' GOAL! Sagna delivers a great ball into the box and Bendtner leaps above Essien to fire a super header past Cech! 3-1 now... is their hope for the hosts?
- 64' BOSINGWA! Silvestre only half-clears a Cole cross... the ball falls kindly to Bosingwa at the far post! He catches it sweetly, but the ball arrows inches over Fabianski's bar!
- 57' WALCOTT! Ooh! Another chance goes begging! Song plays the ball across for the Gunners winger but again he drags the ball wide of the post!
- 53' Walcott sends over a measured cross towards the far post... Fabregas is there! But his volley goes high and wide!
- 51' Van Persie should pull one back here! No! Cech denies the Dutchman, after he cut inside and let fly!
- 49' GOAL! CHELSEA MAKE IT THREE! It's Kolo Toure who slides in to divert Cole's cross past Fabianski and into the back of the net! Disaster for Arsenal! Joy for Chelsea!
- 45'+2 ANELKA! Oooh! Malouda tees him up after good work by Essien! But the Frenchman's first-time effort is blocked by Fabianski's legs!
- 42' Walcott fires wide once again with a first-time effort! Perhaps he should have taken a touch there...
- 39' GOAL! ANELKA PUTS CHELSEA TWO UP! What a great goal it is! The Frenchman gets the better of Nasri before heading off towards goal and unleashing an unstoppable swerving past Fabianski!
- 36' Drogba has his pockets picked by Gibbs and Arsenal can break with Walcott... he centres... Van Persie tries a little flick! Cleared off the line by Bosingwa!
- 28' GOAL! ALEX GIVES CHELSEA THE LEAD! What a header! From the free-kick, he rises to meet the ball with a stunning header, that cannons in off the underside of the bar!
- 24' Oh! Another miss! This time it's Song, who swivels on the edge of the six-yard box after a half-cleared free-kick causes confusion in the Chelsea box... but he can only fire wide!
- 21' Brilliant from Cole as he plays a one-two with Drogba to get to the by-line... he cuts back for MALOUDA! Surely! No! It's weak from the Frenchman and Fabianski is able to make the save!
- 18' Great run by Diaby! He uses his long legs to take on Alex before crossing for WALCOTT! Ooh! He fires wide of the mark on the half-volley! Well-struck but off-target!
- 12' What a miss! Nasri and Walcott link up beautifully to fashion a chance for Diaby! But he pokes wide! Fabregas is unhappy - he was probably in a better position to shoot on goal!
- 10' Anelka cuts into the middle of the park before feeding Lampard! But the midfielder slices his effort wide of the mark!
- 1' Straight from the kick-off, Walcott hares off on a run forward... he plays a one-two with Van Persie, but he has to check his run and his eventual shot is way over the bar!
Live Team Line-Up
- Referee: Phil Dowd
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ArsenalManager: Arsene Wenger
Captain: Cesc Fabregas
Starting line-up
- L. Fabianski
- B. Sagna
- K. Toure
- M. Silvestre
- K. Gibbs
- A. Song
- T. Walcott
- C. Fabregas
- A. Diaby
- S. Nasri
- R. van Persie
Subs
- E. Adebayor
68′ - J. Djourou
- E. Eboue
- N. Bendtner 60′
- .. Denilson 67′
- V. Mannone
- A. Ramsey
Injured
- T. Rosicky
- W. Gallas
- G. Clichy
- A. Arshavin
- D. Eduardo
Suspended
None
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ChelseaManager: Guus Hiddink
Captain: John Terry
Starting line-up
- P. Cech
- J. Bosingwa
- J. Terry
- .. Alex
- A. Cole
- J. Mikel
- F. Lampard
- M. Essien
- N. Anelka
- F. Malouda
- D. Drogba
Subs
- M. Ballack 88′
- J. Belletti
- S. Kalou
- B. Ivanovic 77′
- M. Mancienne
- H. Hilario
- F. Di Santo
Injured
- J. Cole
- .. Deco
- P. Ferreira
- R. Carvalho
Suspended
None
omg u go chealse even if i am a man u fan but i want cheaslse to win and they haave arsnel u suck and ur going down
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Wenger face it your policy dosent f************************************** work, spend some f*ing money, so we can bloody win something, u french t***!
I THICK YOU SO CALLED"GOONERS" NEED TO SHOW SOME RESPECT TOWARDS YOUR TEAM IVE NEVER KNOWN SUCH IDIOTS IN MY LIFE ITS THE TEAM THAT LOSE NOT THE MANAGER HE PUTS THE BEST TEAM HE HAS AND THEY PLAY WELL THEY WERE N0T @#$% AS SO MANY KEEP SAYING THEY ARE YOUNG AND TIRED MAYBE WENGER SHOULD PLAY A LITTLE MORE EXPIRENCE NOW AND A GAIN BUT IN A FEW YEARS WHEN ARSENAL ARE THE TEAM TO BEAT AGAIN THE SUN WILL ONCE AGAIN RISE FOR THE MANAGERS BUM . GIVE HIM TIME . PS IM A CHELSEA FAN . WELL PLAYED ARSENAL
mikel ure geting better i love that and we love u mikel obi.drogba shame them all we love u too
goody sucks c**k for 10p, trout!
When Man U have been in the doldrums over the years the " suporters" have done their job and Supported why don't the Arsenal supporters if they are supporters support and encourage the team? Please dont blame Wenger he's a good manager . He has been at the Gunners for more than 12 years and has produced some good teams.
What is difficult for any team and manager is to combat another team with a great manager , resources and the magic that is charisma that Man U. have in abundance. When you have to play the "Reds" you have only 2 choices try and win if you think that MU have their minds else where or construct a defense and try to reduce the number of goals that they score. MU are a bit like Muhamed Ali and the Charisma is real , corporeal and exhausting and thats prior to the game. Chelsea have recruited Kenyon ( not a player) to try to create some of this charisma but to no avail they are just another albeit richer than most club.
When MU were relegated it was for 1 season only and they were at the top the whole time, L'pool were the league and European champions could not only not secure a win against them but complained because the fans queued in '000s to see them and not the 'pool. Its the history as well the players and games that became legends. Law, Charlton, Best, Crerand, Kanchelskis, Cantona, Scholes, beckham, Giggs, Ronaldo etc. etc so many and so special. The first English team to win the European cup , the only team to win the League, FA and European cup in one season and the continental cup and now the world club cup and the 'pool fade in to the aetheri love chelsea and i am glade i have supported this team for a very long time i am proud of chelsea
Haha.Well done Chelc.
Even the champions league chelsea have proved its capacities, but the problem of referees still a big barier for some teams like Chelsea.
CHELSEA R OWNAGE!!!
little wonder why arsene wenger still insist in using young players to play experienced ones. i thought he learnt his lessons after the defeat to man utd i guess i was wrong. Grooming young players is not a problem but knowing when to use them is his problem. A good couch should always be wearing his thinking cap.
Just when we about to take an interest in football Arsnal kicks the bucket!!!!
If you have stupid manger such as arsen wenger what do you expect, let is we see next season how humiliate arsenal again. Fore season couldn’t win empty can of pepsi
luck for chelsea...
Referee Dowd bottled it. Booked Fabregas for a gesture and after 32 minutes and a bookable tackle, he only gets a lecture! Consistancy Ref !
Chelsea Chelsea the best team
Chelsea too good for Arsenal... EXACTLY!
Chelski S H I T
Adeabayor insults football!
I really admire you when you 've just come to Arsenal. You never stop running, chasing the ball. This is the attitude what a player needs. Techniques, skills, goals all are so important to a game. However, all this kind of so-called " critical" dwarfed to the unwavering belief to run , to continue until the second after the referee blows his whistle. Why do you have such a change? Why do you dive? Sportsmanship is a part of the game. Why do you play football at the beginning? What's your goal? It is to enjoy the game! Ade, please, just start from where you start to play.
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