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Sunday October 5, 2008 Finished Stamford Bridge

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Chelsea

  • Cole 21’
  • Anelka 44’

Aston Villa

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  1. Brilliant Chelsea humble Villa

    Brilliant Chelsea humble Villa

    Chelsea produced a magnificent performance to claim a 2-0 Premier League win against Aston Villa that could have been much more emphatic. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Chelsea
    • Aston Villa
    • 90+4' Devastating stuff from Chelsea, who have absolutely destroyed a highly-rated Aston Villa side. Ominous stuff for their title rivals. Luiz Felipe Scolari's side look absolutely fantastic.
    • 90+1' Reo-Coker shoots from the edge of the area. It slices wide, but there is a small consolation as it hits a steward on the back of the head.
    • 90' Agbonlahor chases a long ball through, but Cech comes out of his box with supreme nonchalance and nips the ball away from him.
    • 88' Lampard drags a shot just wide from the edge of the box. Chelsea are closing in on 30 shots. Complete dominance - the only worry is that injury to Joe Cole.
    • 86' Shorey fouls Belletti, and that's a third yellow card for Villa.
    • 85' On comes Juliano Belletti as Chelsea look to see the game out, and he immediately unleashes an overhead kick just over the bar.
    • 83' Kalou runs at Barry, and for once Villa dispossess the Ivorian.
    • 80' Mikel! He fires into the side-netting. This is just absurdly one-sided considering Villa fancy themselves as the fourth or fifth best team in the country.
    • 78' Ballack takes the free-kick but blasts it over.
    • 77' Ridiculous hatchet-man antics from Stiliyan Petrov! He slides through Lampard and collects a richly-deserved yellow card.
    • 74' This is relentless stuff from Chelsea, who are really playing like a side with something to prove. Big Phil sides often take their foot off the gas in the second half, but not today.
    • 71' John Carew is brought off for Marlon Harewood with 20 minutes left for play.
    • 68' Now Di Santo is in on the act, getting on the end of a sumptuous move, but he cuts inside his man and blazes a shot high over the bar.
    • 66' Now Kalou has the ball in the net with an overhead kick, but he is ruled offside.
    • 65' Lampard slides a perfect pass to Kalou who fires at the edge of the box... blocked.
    • 64' Ballack fires over from a couple of yards out! How does he miss? Terry heads a corner into the danger zone, the ball bounces off Kalou and Ballack gets right underneath the shot. Should have been three, no question.
    • 62' Chances for Villa now as Cech comes out and Agbonlahor shields the ball from him. He swivels and hits a cross-cum-shot... wide.
    • 60' Malouda finds Ballack at the edge of the box who hits a stinging drive straight at Friedel. The ball comes back out to Lampard, whose excellent cross passes just between the advancing strikers and the far post.
    • 59' Off goes Joe Cole, to be replaced by Salomon Kalou. England face an anxious wait...
    • 57' John Carew prods a diagonal shot goalwards from wide on the right but he doesn't have any power on the effort.
    • 54' Joe Cole eventually comes back on after length treatment but he isn't moving well. A real concern for club and country, this.
    • 51' Petrov fells Joe Cole with a clumsy challenge... the England man is limping and Fabio Capello doesn't look best pleased.
    • 48' Stiliyan Petrov has the first chance of the second half - he drags a shot just wide from the edge of the box.
    • 46' Second half under way, and some changes to report. Aston Villa have brought on James Milner and Carlos Cuellar for Luke Young and Curtis Davies. Luiz Felipe Scolari has looked to underline his authority by bringing on a child - Franco Di Santo is on for Anelka.
    • 45+3' Blimey. Chelsea are playing absolutely brilliantly, and goodness only knows what Martin O'Neill will have to say at half-time.
    • 45+2' Joe Cole races down the left channel in pursuit of a through-ball. He gets there but slices his shot well wide.
    • 45' Immediate chance for Villa to hit back. The ball drops to Agbonlahor at the edge of the box whose touch is poor and he drags his shot off-target. When you're having the kind of day Villa are having, you need to take those.
    • 44' GOAL!!! It's two for Chelsea, and persistence pays off! Cole pulls it back to Ballack on the penalty spot whose shot is parried, as is Anelka's follow up, but Nicolas Anelka is there again to tuck away the second rebound and that gives Villa a mountain to climb.
    • 41' Villa knock the ball long into the box again, and Cech clears with a monstrous punch.
    • 39' First decent cross of the game for Aston Villa. Agbonlahor swings it in from the right but Young and Carew - possibly surprised to see the ball coming their way - fail to attack it.
    • 37' Anelka has a shot charged down by Curtis Davies.
    • 36' Reo-Coker shoves Michael Ballack to the ground and he is starting to show his frustration.
    • 34' Villa just cannot hold on to the ball. For a side without three of their vaunted spine - Carvalho, Essien and Drogba - Chelsea look ominously strong.
    • 32' Malouda! He latches onto an Anelka layoff and drills a rasping shot.. Friedel makes a good save.
    • 30' Last season this fixture at Stamford Bridge ended 4-4. There could be eight goals again today, but it would be a surprise if Villa got any of them.
    • 28' Ballack and Malouda leave the free-kick for LAMPARD!! He hits it with plenty of power but no direction. Straight at Friedel who parries.
    • 27' Davies brings Lampard down with a clumsy challenge and this is a very dangerous free-kick for Chelsea..
    • 24' OFF THE BAR!! Anelka belts a 25-yarder that beats Friedel but not the woodwork. Great effort.
    • 23' Michael Ballack momentarily does a very passable impression of Zinedine Zidane and Chelsea win another corner. It comes to nothing but Villa are getting thrashed.
    • 21' GOAL!!! Chelsea lead, and you have to say they deserve it. Malouda collects Davies's poor clearance and finds Lampard, who in turn slips a superb pass for Joe Cole, who smashes the ball gleefully past Friedel from 10 yards out!
    • 18' Barry has a crack from the edge of the box, but slices it just wide.
    • 16' LAMPARD!! JUST WIDE!! Anelka lobs a cute pass to the edge of the six yard box and Lampard looks odds-on to score, but he sends his header just wide! What a let-off for Villa.
    • 15' Bosingwa clips his cross towards the six yard box... and beyond it. And the ball trickles out for a throw.
    • 13' Kevin Pietersen is in the crowd, wearing a wifebeater underneath a shiny leather jacket. That's England cricket captain Kevin Pietersen.
    • 11' Corner Villa, conceded by Ivanovic. Young's delivery is cleared as far as Petrov, who mis-hits a very poor volley. But at least Villa are in opposition territory.
    • 9' So close Chelsea again!! Anelka charges inside from the left flank and squares it across the face of goal, but Cole cannot reach it! A minute earlier, Anelka failed to connect with what looked like a routine header.
    • 6' Now Malouda has a crack for Chelsea. This one is easier for Friedel, who beats it away to Nicky Shorey!
    • 5' Ballack stings Brad Friedel's hands with a 25-yarder!! Then Nicolas Anelka strays just offside, but it is Chelsea in the ascendancy.
    • 4' First chance of the game to Villa! Gareth Barry swings in a free-kick from the right and finds the head of Carew... he nods it just wide, but is flagged offside anyway.
    • 2' The teams line up almost as expected. Alex's buttock injury keeps him out, with Branislav Ivanovic making a rare start. John Terry, Ashley Cole and Joe Cole all return.
    • 1' Welcome to LIVE coverage of Chelsea versus Aston Villa from Stamford Bridge!

  • Team Stats

    Chelsea Stats Aston Villa
    60% Possession 39%
    35 Shots 10
    14 Shots on target 1
    1 Saves 5
    7 Corners 1
    16 Fouls 11
    2 Offsides 3
    0 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    16 Tackles 25
    466 Accurate passes 251
    70 Bad passes 64

  • 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
    • Chelsea
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Petr Cech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
      26 John Terry 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 36 5 2
      3 Ashley Cole 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 56 14 1
      17 José Bosingwa 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 40 4 0
      2 Branislav Ivanovic 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 22 1 3
      10 Joe Cole 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 24 1 2
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 75 8 0
      13 Michael Ballack 0 6 3 0 5 0 0 54 2 0
      8 Frank Lampard 0 5 2 0 2 0 1 62 21 4
      15 Florent Malouda 0 6 3 4 2 0 0 36 11 2
      39 Nicolas Anelka 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 19 2 0
      19 Paulo Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 13 0 1
      18 Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      42 Michael Mancienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Franco Di Santo 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 11 1 0
      40 Henrique Hilário 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      35 Juliano Belletti 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 1
    • Aston Villa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Brad Friedel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      15 Curtis Davies 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13 0 0
      21 Nicky Shorey 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 25 17 2
      2 Luke Young 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 2
      5 Martin Laursen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 2 1
      7 Ashley Young 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 15 3
      6 Gareth Barry 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 36 11 3
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 31 3 3
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 24 1 4
      10 John Carew 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 11 4 0
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 4 1
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Craig Gardner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Marlon Harewood 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 1
      24 Carlos Cuéllar 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13 1 2
      8 James Milner 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18 2 3
      22 Brad Guzan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Moustapha Salifou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 80' Mikel! He fires into the side-netting. This is just absurdly one-sided considering Villa fancy themselves as the fourth or fifth best team in the country.
    • 68' Now Di Santo is in on the act, getting on the end of a sumptuous move, but he cuts inside his man and blazes a shot high over the bar.
    • 64' Ballack fires over from a couple of yards out! How does he miss? Terry heads a corner into the danger zone, the ball bounces off Kalou and Ballack gets right underneath the shot. Should have been three, no question.
    • 60' Malouda finds Ballack at the edge of the box who hits a stinging drive straight at Friedel. The ball comes back out to Lampard, whose excellent cross passes just between the advancing strikers and the far post.
    • 45' Immediate chance for Villa to hit back. The ball drops to Agbonlahor at the edge of the box whose touch is poor and he drags his shot off-target. When you're having the kind of day Villa are having, you need to take those.
    • 44' GOAL!!! It's two for Chelsea, and persistence pays off! Cole pulls it back to Ballack on the penalty spot whose shot is parried, as is Anelka's follow up, but Nicolas Anelka is there again to tuck away the second rebound and that gives Villa a mountain to climb.
    • 28' Ballack and Malouda leave the free-kick for LAMPARD!! He hits it with plenty of power but no direction. Straight at Friedel who parries.
    • 24' OFF THE BAR!! Anelka belts a 25-yarder that beats Friedel but not the woodwork. Great effort.
    • 21' GOAL!!! Chelsea lead, and you have to say they deserve it. Malouda collects Davies's poor clearance and finds Lampard, who in turn slips a superb pass for Joe Cole, who smashes the ball gleefully past Friedel from 10 yards out!
    • 16' LAMPARD!! JUST WIDE!! Anelka lobs a cute pass to the edge of the six yard box and Lampard looks odds-on to score, but he sends his header just wide! What a let-off for Villa.
    • 9' So close Chelsea again!! Anelka charges inside from the left flank and squares it across the face of goal, but Cole cannot reach it! A minute earlier, Anelka failed to connect with what looked like a routine header.
    • 6' Now Malouda has a crack for Chelsea. This one is easier for Friedel, who beats it away to Nicky Shorey!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Chris Foy

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

    Captain: John Terry

    Starting line-up

    • P. Cech
    • J. Bosingwa
    • J. Terry
    • B. Ivanovic
    • A. Cole
    • J. Mikel
    • F. Lampard
    • M. Ballack
    • J. Cole Goal Substitution Out (59′)
    • F. Malouda Substitution Out (83′)
    • N. Anelka Goal Substitution Out (46′)

    Subs

    • W. Bridge
    • P. Ferreira
    • J. Belletti Substitution In83′
    • S. Kalou Substitution In59′
    • M. Mancienne
    • H. Hilario
    • F. Di Santo Substitution In46′

    Injured

    • D. Drogba
    • M. Essien
    • .. Alex
    • .. Deco
    • R. Carvalho

    Suspended

    None

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    Captain: Martin Laursen

    Starting line-up

    • B. Friedel
    • L. Young Substitution Out (46′)
    • C. Davies Substitution Out (46′)
    • M. Laursen
    • N. Shorey Yellow Card
    • N. Reo-Coker
    • G. Barry
    • S. Petrov Yellow Card
    • G. Agbonlahor
    • A. Young
    • J. Carew Substitution Out (71′)

    Subs

    • M. Harewood Substitution In71′
    • Z. Knight
    • C. Cuellar Substitution In46′ Yellow Card
    • J. Milner Substitution In46′
    • M. Salifou
    • C. Gardner
    • B. Guzan

    Injured

    • W. Bouma

    Suspended

    None

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