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Sunday May 17, 2009 Finished Stamford Bridge

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Chelsea

  • Malouda 4’
  • Anelka 59’

Blackburn Rovers

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  1. Hiddink bows out of Bridge

    Hiddink bows out of Bridge

    Chelsea beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in the Premier League in manager Guus Hiddink's final game at Stamford Bridge. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Chelsea
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • 90+2' It's all over, and Guus Hiddink leaves the Stamford Bridge dugout for the final time. A comprehensive win.
    • 90' Chelsea are not even trying to go forward... they are just playing the ball nonchalantly around sideways.
    • 89' That's a bit naughty from Ashley Cole, sliding in with a tired challenge on Andrews. Referee Styles could book him but doesn't.
    • 87' Diouf tries an outrageous curling effort to the far corner from the left, but it falls a foot or so wide!
    • 86' Warnock drives a cross-shot from the left that Cech parries for a corner.
    • 84' ESSIEN!!! Fires a 25-yarder and Robinson dives to his right to beat it away.
    • 82' Offside against Malouda, who begins his sprint just a little early down the left wing.
    • 80' Lampard delivers a corner from the Chelsea left, but Drogba domehow contrives to send a free header high over the bar!
    • 79' Cech comes way out of his goal to intercept a long ball, and ends up just shepherding it past the 18-yard line to pick it up.
    • 77' There is a bit of an exhibition feel to the end of this game. Blackburn are not offering a great deal.
    • 75' Tugay!! Strikes a low left-footed shot from 30 yards, but Cech gets everything behind it and makes a comfortable save. Crisp strike, though.
    • 74' Warnock crosses from the Blackburn left, but there is nobody in the box attacking it.
    • 72' This is so comfortable for Chelsea. They are absolutely cruising.
    • 71' Lampard shoots... but strikes it straight into the wall.
    • 70' Warnock tackles Essien 25 yards from goals and referee Rob Styles says free-kick!
    • 69' Khizanishvili takes a chance with a dangerous backpass, but Robinson hoofs clear just before Malouda arrives!
    • 67' Drogba!!! Wastes a chance, firing well over from the edge of the box.
    • 66' Chelsea are strolling now. They appear intent on putting on a real show.
    • 65' Off goes Morten Gamst Pedersen - he is replaced by Benni McCarthy.
    • 63' Yellow card Doran for a foul on Essien that failed to bring the Ghanaian down on that storming run.
    • 62' Essien bursts through the centre on an amazing run, muscling past three players.. but he is penalised for a foul on Doran.
    • 60' That goal moves Amelka level with Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the Premier League scoring charts on 18. And Ronaldo is unlikely to play next weekend...
    • 59' GOAL!! ANELKA!! He fires a right-foot shot low into the left corner from the edge of the box and Chelsea are surely going to collect maximum points.
    • 56' Chelsea want a penalty as Keith Andrews pulls back Ashley Cole by the shirt, but Rob Styles remains unmoved!
    • 54' Lampard surges clear down the left channel with Anelka inside him... he tries to pull him back but the ball is cut out.
    • 53' SO CLOSE!!! Lampard drives a low cross to the far post where Malouda arrives but sends the ball across the face of goal back into the arms of Robinson!
    • 52' Guus Hiddink gets up and takes a bow from the Stamford Bridge faithful as they chant 'Roman, sign him up'. Abramovich chuckles.
    • 51' Doran wins a corner off Cole on the Blackburn right... Villanueva delivers but Essien heads clear.
    • 50' Lampard takes a pot shot from the edge of the box but fires high over the bar.
    • 49' Lampard plays a brilliant ball down the left wing for Malouda, who pulls back for Drogba but the Ivorian scuffs his shot!
    • 47' Anelka is caught as Warnock bursts through on goal... Cech is out well to smother the ball.
    • 46' Blackburn have now lost their other centre-back, with Gael Givet failing to come back after half-time. Zurab Khizanishvili replaces him.
    • 46' Chelsea get the second half under way.
    • 45+3' That's half-time, and Chelsea lead it by a single goal.
    • 45+3' Oh, here's that picture of the new Chelsea kit we promised. Malouda celebrates opening goal
    • 45+2' Cole is on the deck again after Keith Andrews brings him down. Free-kick Chelsea that Lampard will deliver... Robinson punches clear!
    • 45' Three minutes of stoppage time will be played.
    • 44' Ryan Nelsen is struggling and has to come off. He is replaced by teenage attacker Aaron Doran, while Chris Samba will go all the way back to play centre-back.
    • 43' Chelsea defend a corner and then try to 'flair' their way up the field. Hiddink's side are determined to enjoy themselves.
    • 42' More intricate passing from Chelsea - this is more like watching Arsenal. But again the final ball is lacking and Cole crosses out for a goal-kick.
    • 40' A really concerted spell of pressure from Chelsea who camp out in the final third, but they cannot capitalise and in the end a weak, low shot ends up in the hands of Paul Robinson.
    • 38' Malouda crosses from the left fotr Drogba, but the ball arrives at an awkward height and he cannot control it.
    • 37' The Chelsea full-backs Cole and Bosingwa are having a field day down the flanks and have been the source of much danger for the visitors.
    • 36' After a short delay, Essien is ready to come back on. His eyes are still watering, however.
    • 34' Grella goes in strongly on Essien as the Chelsea man clears, and the home side are not happy. The Blackburn midfielder's boot ended up in Essien's, er, tackle, on his follow-through.
    • 33' Chelsea are enjoying a lot of possession and Blackburn are clinging on at times here.
    • 31' Pedersen tries a long shot that Cech is forced to beat away for a corner. The Norwegian nearly caught him out.
    • 30' Ashley Cole goes down under a Diouf challenge but again referee Styles says no foul!
    • 29' MALOUDA!! Tries to flick the ball over Robinson and into the net, but Givet races back to clear it.
    • 28' Roman Abramovach looks on fairly glumly from the stands...
    • 27' Bosingwa goes down at the edge of the Blackburn box but referee Styles says he dived! Yellow card! And the replay shows the ref was right...
    • 25' Bosingwa gives the ball away carelessly at the edge of the box and Villaneuva looks for a shot, but he is crowded out.
    • 24' Essien finds Malouda out wide but the Frenchman crosses straight out for a goal-kick. Essien is hobbling after a tackle by Diouf but he should be OK.
    • 22' Drogba is released down the left channel, Nelsen goes shoulder to shoulder with him and keeps him wide, and the Ivorian's shot goes well wide.
    • 21' Anelka pulls back low from the left for Ashley Cole, who finds himself in an unusually advanced central position and shins his shot straight at Robinson.
    • 20' This is a really open, attractive game - you simply cannot imagine it finishing 1-0.
    • 19' SAMBA!!! Blackburn take it down the other end and Diouf clips a cross from the right that the stand-in striker heads over from close range!
    • 18' LAMPARD!!! Runs on to an Anelka pullback from the right and sidefoots the ball against the crossbar!!
    • 17' Grella sees a shot at the edge of the Chelsea box blocked, before Samba sends an acrobatic volley wide.
    • 16' Another Emerton throw is won in the air by Alex...
    • 14' Emerton flings in a long throw from the Blackburn left, which is headed easily clear.
    • 13' Blackburn have not made a bad start, the goal aside..
    • 11' Bosingwa miscontrols and it is a Blackburn throw... Warnock crosses deep from the left towards Diouf, but sends the ball out of play.
    • 9' Cole is in space overlapping on the left and middles for ANELKA!!! He fires a low shot straight at Robinson! That was a real chance...
    • 8' Robinson boots a long clearance downfield... Carlos Villanueva chases after it but the ball bounces through to Cech.
    • 7' Blackburn launch a free-kick into the Chelsea area and Terry heads clear. Diouf gathers the ball and crosses for Nelsen, whose header flashes over the bar.
    • 5' That was a fine counter-attack by Chelsea with Bosingwa releasing Anelka down the right and his cross arriving perfectly for Malouda.
    • 4' GOAL!!! Florent Malouda opens the scoring with a superb header!! Anelka crosses from the right and his fellow Frenchman buries a powerful header from 15 yards. Great goal.
    • 3' Malouda plays it in to Lampard in the box, he chests it down but the shot hits Givet in the back!
    • 1' Pedersen!! Has the first chance of the game - a right-foot shot straight at Cech.
    • 1' Game on! Blackburn kick off, playing from left to right in red and black halves. Chelsea are wearing next season's home kit, which we'll show you as soon as we get a photo.
    • - Guus Hiddink says he has "no regrets" about leaving Chelsea to return to the Russia job full-time. Read more here
    • - CHELSEA: Cech, Bosingwa, Alex, Terry, Ashley Cole, Essien, Mikel, Lampard, Drogba, Anelka, Malouda... Subs: Hilario, Ivanovic, Di Santo, Sinclair, Belletti, Mancienne, Stoch
    • - BLACKBURN: Robinson, Andrews, Nelsen, Givet, Warnock, Diouf, Kerimoglu, Grella, Pedersen, Samba, Villanueva... Subs: Bunn, McCarthy, Khizanishvili, Mokoena, Treacy, Olsson, Doran
    • - It's a Guus Hiddink love-in at Stamford Bridge as the Dutchman takes charge of his final game as Chelsea manager. Blackburn Rovers are the visitors, and although they are safe you never expect anything less than 100 per cent from a Sam Allardyce side.

  • Team Stats

    Chelsea Stats Blackburn Rovers
    58% Possession 41%
    23 Shots 10
    8 Shots on target 3
    1 Saves 4
    2 Corners 4
    6 Fouls 6
    2 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 22
    475 Accurate passes 299
    64 Bad passes 71

  • 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 12 0 0
      26 John Terry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 5 5
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0
      3 Ashley Cole 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 42 11 5
      17 José Bosingwa 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 46 1 3
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 9 6
      8 Frank Lampard 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 44 12 1
      5 Michael Essien 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 64 6 3
      15 Florent Malouda 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 43 13 1
      39 Nicolas Anelka 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 30 5 0
      11 Didier Drogba 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 19 2 0
      35 Juliano Belletti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Scott Sinclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      43 Miroslav Stoch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Franco Di Santo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      42 Michael Mancienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Branislav Ivanovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Henrique Hilário 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Blackburn Rovers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Paul Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0
      21 Gaël Givet 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0
      6 Ryan Nelsen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
      4 Christopher Samba 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 4 1
      3 Stephen Warnock 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 34 9 3
      19 Carlos Villanueva 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 42 15 2
      17 Keith Andrews 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 0 5
      11 Vincenzo Grella 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 43 10 2
      5 Kerimoglou Tugay 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 53 11 2
      12 Morten Gamst Pedersen 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 12 7 1
      18 El Hadji Diouf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 3 0
      24 Keith Treacy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Aaron Mokoena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Aaron Doran 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 1 2
      13 Zurab Khizanishvili 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 1 3
      38 Mark Bunn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Benedict McCarthy 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 4 1
      29 Martin Olsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 84' ESSIEN!!! Fires a 25-yarder and Robinson dives to his right to beat it away.
    • 75' Tugay!! Strikes a low left-footed shot from 30 yards, but Cech gets everything behind it and makes a comfortable save. Crisp strike, though.
    • 67' Drogba!!! Wastes a chance, firing well over from the edge of the box.
    • 59' GOAL!! ANELKA!! He fires a right-foot shot low into the left corner from the edge of the box and Chelsea are surely going to collect maximum points.
    • 53' SO CLOSE!!! Lampard drives a low cross to the far post where Malouda arrives but sends the ball across the face of goal back into the arms of Robinson!
    • 30' Ashley Cole goes down under a Diouf challenge but again referee Styles says no foul!
    • 29' MALOUDA!! Tries to flick the ball over Robinson and into the net, but Givet races back to clear it.
    • 21' Anelka pulls back low from the left for Ashley Cole, who finds himself in an unusually advanced central position and shins his shot straight at Robinson.
    • 19' SAMBA!!! Blackburn take it down the other end and Diouf clips a cross from the right that the stand-in striker heads over from close range!
    • 18' LAMPARD!!! Runs on to an Anelka pullback from the right and sidefoots the ball against the crossbar!!
    • 17' Grella sees a shot at the edge of the Chelsea box blocked, before Samba sends an acrobatic volley wide.
    • 9' Cole is in space overlapping on the left and middles for ANELKA!!! He fires a low shot straight at Robinson! That was a real chance...
    • 4' GOAL!!! Florent Malouda opens the scoring with a superb header!! Anelka crosses from the right and his fellow Frenchman buries a powerful header from 15 yards. Great goal.
    • 3' Malouda plays it in to Lampard in the box, he chests it down but the shot hits Givet in the back!
    • 1' Pedersen!! Has the first chance of the game - a right-foot shot straight at Cech.
    • - It's a Guus Hiddink love-in at Stamford Bridge as the Dutchman takes charge of his final game as Chelsea manager. Blackburn Rovers are the visitors, and although they are safe you never expect anything less than 100 per cent from a Sam Allardyce side.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rob Styles

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Guus Hiddink

    Captain: John Terry

    Starting line-up

    • P. Cech
    • J. Bosingwa Yellow Card
    • J. Terry
    • .. Alex
    • A. Cole
    • J. Mikel
    • F. Lampard
    • M. Essien
    • N. Anelka Goal
    • F. Malouda Goal
    • D. Drogba

    Subs

    • J. Belletti
    • S. Sinclair
    • B. Ivanovic
    • M. Mancienne
    • H. Hilario
    • F. Di Santo
    • M. Stoch

    Injured

    • J. Cole
    • .. Deco
    • P. Ferreira
    • R. Carvalho

    Suspended

    None

  • Blackburn Rovers

    Manager: Sam Allardyce

    Captain: Ryan Nelsen

    Starting line-up

    • P. Robinson
    • K. Andrews
    • R. Nelsen Substitution Out (44′)
    • G. Givet Substitution Out (46′)
    • S. Warnock
    • E. Diouf
    • K. Tugay
    • V. Grella
    • M. Pedersen Substitution Out (65′)
    • C. Villanueva
    • C. Samba

    Subs

    • B. McCarthy Substitution In65′
    • A. Mokoena
    • Z. Khizanishvili Substitution In46′
    • J. Brown
    • K. Treacy
    • M. Olsson
    • D. Aaron Substitution In44′ Yellow Card

    Injured

    • R. Santa Cruz
    • D. Dunn
    • J. Roberts
    • B. Emerton
    • S. Reid

    Suspended

    None

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  1. play up pompey

    From Michael, on Sun 17 May 5:42PM

  2. boo hoo boo hoo guess who

    From Colin H, on Sun 17 May 5:41PM

  3. play station c.u.n.t.s every body keep typing play­ station c.u.n.t.s until they go away

    From bigbanger, on Sun 17 May 5:40PM

  4. comon blues esp. lamps, hes on my fantasy team =)

    From victorc, on Sun 17 May 5:40PM

  5. Alex Ferguson is such a piss artist that he has burst­ all the blood vessels on his nose!

    From Tom..., on Sun 17 May 5:39PM

  6. hmmm yer whatever mate.... as far as am concerned,­ chelsea are far better than manu or liverpool. bloody­ hell, if you dont support the team playing then why be­ interested in whats going on hmmm

    From klw, on Sun 17 May 5:39PM

  7. nobody is intrested inyour STUPID freeeeeee plastation­ 3 or i phone

    From Jerry Joe, on Sun 17 May 5:38PM

  8. Glen Hoddle for Chelsea

    From Colin H, on Sun 17 May 5:38PM

  9. Come on chelsea you know you can do it even if we are­ 3rd in the league !!!!!

    From CLAIR, on Sun 17 May 5:38PM
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    lets face it united are just the best chelsea just dont­ compair

    From phi1.simpson, on Sun 17 May 5:37PM

  11. well done chelsea . amazing pass from robinson

    From shaji, on Sun 17 May 5:37PM

  12. Petr Cech is a brilliant goal keeper. No wonder Chelsea­ are doing so good

    From Claire, on Sun 17 May 5:36PM

  13. play station c.u.n.t.s get lost

    From bigbanger, on Sun 17 May 5:36PM

  14. GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!! BLACKBURN 2-0 down to Chelsea!?­ You're embarising yourselfs and your fans,­ you're better than this. You should be able to tell­ from my ID what footballteam I support by the way.

    From villaspark96, on Sun 17 May 5:35PM

  15. yahoo get rid of the play station c.u.n.t.s

    From bigbanger, on Sun 17 May 5:35PM

  16. the man united team did'nt look too happy after the­ Arsenal match in the dressing room when old whisky­ nose did his round of handshakes, indeed they were un­ happy with the zoro zero result, proving that they­ could not overpower Arsenal

    Anthony not an arsenal

    From Anthony, on Sun 17 May 5:34PM
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    CHELSEA ARE @#$% PLAYERS LOU YOU WANT YOURE BRAIN­ TESTED MATE.
    THEY ARE NOTHING BUT CHEATING­ SCUMBAGS
    LIVERPOOL ROCK AS THEY DONT CHEAT LIKE MAN U­ OR CHELSEA
    COME ON BLACKEBURN BEAT THE CHEATERS

    From Christina, on Sun 17 May 5:33PM

  18. hope ronaldo gets rested against hull,lmao! CMON­ Nicky-son!!!

    From Danny J, on Sun 17 May 5:33PM

  19. come on blackburn beat the 3rd place

    From lfc no.1 fan, on Sun 17 May 5:32PM

  20. Webmaster - is this suppose to be a site for­ advertising? What's the matter with you? You­ are so boring allowing this to happen - please clean up­ your act.

    From heatherkean, on Sun 17 May 5:31PM
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