Saturday May 2, 2009 Finished Stamford Bridge
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Chelsea dismiss Fulham
Nicolas Anelka scored in the first minute as Chelsea beat Fulham 3-1 at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League's West London derby. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Chelsea
- Fulham
90+3' Chelsea win with a highly impressive performance, and credit Guus Hiddink for picking such a strong side. Fulham had no answer today.
90+2' Murphy tries to take a quick one... Cech saves and the Fulham skipper is booked! But he will get another crack.... this one hits the wall and goes out for a corner.- 90+2' Ballack is penalised for a push on Murphy and Fulham will see this free-kick as a shooting chance.
- 90+1' Three minutes of added time will be played.
- 89' Cech claims a high, hopeful Fulham ball and it is all too easy for Hiddink's men now.
- 87' Chelsea are toying with Fulham now, knocking the ball around and containing them with ease. After the manic start, you now feel we could play for days without the Cottagers pulling one back.
- 85' Off comes Drogba at last, and Franco Di Santo gets a brief run-out in his place.
83' Malouda crosses from the left for ANELKA!! He sends his glancing header just wide!- 81' Malouda delivers a corner from the Chelsea left... cleared.
- 78' Now Chelsea have entered their familiar 'close the game' mode. They are controlling the ball and sucking the life out of Fulham.
76' Olivier Dacourt comes on for Zamora - Fulham's bench fresh out of strikers following Nevland's injury earlier.- 74' Zamora has gone down injured after a wild John Terry challenge that goes unpunished. He will limp off.
- 73' Bosingwa!! He is allowed to carry the ball forward down the right, buts inside and drills a left-foot shot just wide.
- 72' Paintsil does well to get his cross in from the right but it is just too high for Kamara, who is the only Fulham player in the danger zone.
- 70' Ballack!! Loops a header over the bar from around the penalty spot. Difficult chance.
- 68' DROGBA!!! Anelka crosses low from the right and Drogba slides in at the near post but puts the ball inches wide!
- 66' Kamara shoots from range but it is straight at Cech.
- 65' Drogba could be in if he controls this cross from the left... poor touch from the Ivorian.
- 64' Chelsea want a penalty as Paintsil flattens Malouda with a muscular shoulder-to-shoulder challenge. Referee Wiley says play on!
- 62' Drogba is down again... somebody trod on his foot. Just get him off.
- 60' LAMPARD!!! Chelsea finally take the free-kick and the England mudfielder smashes one that Schwarzer helps over the bar.
59' Drogba was caught in the chest by Paintsil's shoulder. He finally gets back to his feet and will probably come off as a precaution.- 58' Drogba is STILL down! It doesn't look too serious but he has been on the floor an age. Why the referee doesn't get him off the pitch is a mystery.
- 55' Drogba is caught by the flailing body of Pantsil and stays down. That collision may have taken the wind out of him.
53' GOOAAALL!!! The Chelsea break results in a third as Anelka released Drogba, who gets away from Hughes and slides the ball under the body of Schwarzer! More great stuff from Chelsea.- 52' Poor control by Bosingwa nearly lets Konchesky in but Lampard wins the ball back and starts a counter-attack...
- 50' Dempsey tries a long shot but it is always off target and Cech watches it go out for a goal kick.
- 49' Zamora beats the offside trap and looks for the unmarked Kamara in the middle... Cut out!
- 47' Fulham win an early corner on their left, but a blue shirt rises high and the ball is headed clear.
- 46' Two Chelsea changes to inform you of - Branislav Ivanovic and Michael Ballack on for Michael Essien and Alex. We do not think either of those is injury-enforced.
46' We are back under way at Stamford Bridge!- 45+2' That's half-time, and after a frantic start the game has settled into a more sedate pace.
- 45+1' Two minutes of added time to be played...
- 44' Anelka finds Essien on the right who shapes to shoot and STRIKES!!! Wide from 20 yards!
- 43' The subsequent corner is booted out for a throw, from which Drogba finds himself shoved off the ball by Pantsil and it's a Fulham goal kick.
- 42' Chelsea corner headed clear and played back in towards Anelka, whose shot is deflected wide.
- 40' The corner is cleared as far as Konchesky, whose follow-up dribbles wide.
- 39' GERA!!! He smashes a 25-yarder from the right and it takes a touch out for a Fulham corner.
- 37' Kamara makes his presence known with a clumsy trip on Mikel, who himself knows a thing or two about crude fouls.
- 36' That knock will force Nevland out of the game - he is replaced by Diomansy Kamara.
- 34' Drogba goes down very easily and gesticulates manically. He could be booked for diving and/or dissent if he isn't careful.
- 32' Pantsil fouls Drogba and Lampard will have a shot from the free-kick... zings it over the bar.
- 31' Half an hour goal and Chelsea probably deserve their lead, but neither manager will be happy with his team's defending.
- 29' Nevland has taken a whack to the right thigh and the Fulham physio comes out to give him a squirt of the magic spray.
- 28' Konchesky appears to trip Drogba in the Fulham box but referee Alan Wiley says no foul... and the replay shows it was a superb tackle from the defender.Good play and good refereeing.
- 26' The pace of the game has dropped a little since those opening minutes but it is still entertaining stuff.
- 25' The ball comes off the ref on its way to Drogba, who helps it on to Malouda... and his cross is headed clear by Konchesky.
- 24' Fulham swing a corner in from their left, and Cech makes a good catch before attempting to start a counterattack.
- 22' We've already got plenty of photos from today's game. Click here to see them.
- 21' Lobbed over the top for Nevland to chase but the ball bounces through to Cech.
20' Drogba has the ball in the net but it won't count. The striker is adjudged offside from Lampard's through ball. The replay shows he was level!- 18' Bosingwa may be temporarily flummoxed by the bright yellow billboards advertising Michael Jackson concerts as he dribbles the ball inexplicably out for a Fulham throw.
- 16' Both sides are finding plenty of space... Chelsea may have one eye on midweek, as they appear not to be closing down with their usual vigour.
- 14' Nevland thrashes at a volley from the edge of the box but he sends it over.
- 13' Drogba nearly latches on to a long ball but Schwarzer just gets there first.
- 11' A really ridiculous start to this game, and we are loving every minute. Not a defensive clinic by any means but highly entertaining stuff.
- 10' GOOOAAALLL!!! Chelsea are back in front!! Drogba gets in behind on the Chelsea right and cuts back for Malouda who fires a left-foot shot back into the right corner!
- 8' Chelsea have regained some composure after that equaliser and are dominating. This may very well be the same 11 that lines up against Barcelona on Wednesday.
- 7' Lampard jinks past two challenges and tries a lofted shot from the edge of the box.... just wide!
- 5' What an amazing start in this derby! Chelsea were all at sea defensively for that equaliser. Three men stepped up for offside but Alex tracked back and Cech made a bit of a ricket with Nevland's shot.
- 4' GOOAAALLL!!! Erik Nevland levels for Fulham!! He is released down the right channel, outpaces Alex and hits a diagonal shot that squirms underneath Cech and finds the corner of the net.
- 3' Gera tries to hit back for Fulham with a shot from the edge of the box but it is weak and bounces into the arms of Cech.
- 1' GOOOAAALL!!! Nicolas Anelka gives Chelsea the lead and it is a fantastic goal! The Frenchman finishes after a sweeping move down the left involving Malouda, Anelka and Drogba. What a start for Chelsea.
1' Game on, Chelsea kick off playing from right to left.- - It is a lovely sunny afternoon at Stamford Bridge and both teams seem to be in jovial mood ahead of kick-off.
- - It is a West London derby as Chelsea take on Fulham at Stamford Bridge! Guus Hiddink has sprung something of a surprise by picking a full-strength side four days before Chelsea's Champions League second leg against Barcelona!
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Team Stats
Chelsea Stats Fulham 59% Possession 40% 15 Shots 11 4 Shots on target 2 0 Saves 0 5 Corners 4 7 Fouls 6 1 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 1 0 Red cards 0 18 Tackles 9 559 Accurate passes 354 63 Bad passes 41 -
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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Chelsea G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 1 Petr Cech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 1 3 3 Ashley Cole 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 58 11 1 17 José Bosingwa 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 64 0 1 26 John Terry 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 56 8 0 12 John Obi Mikel 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 83 9 3 8 Frank Lampard 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 44 8 0 5 Michael Essien 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 39 4 3 15 Florent Malouda 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 48 7 0 11 Didier Drogba 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 20 2 1 39 Nicolas Anelka 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 44 2 1 13 Michael Ballack 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 42 11 3 42 Michael Mancienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Franco Di Santo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 10 0 2 35 Juliano Belletti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Salomon Kalou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Fulham G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 1 Mark Schwarzer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 1 3 Paul Konchesky 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 43 8 2 4 John Paintsil 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 27 1 1 5 Brede Hangeland 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 32 6 0 13 Danny Murphy 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 48 5 2 20 Dickson Etuhu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 6 1 23 Clint Dempsey 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 29 6 0 11 Zoltan Gera 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 34 2 1 9 Bobby Zamora 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16 1 0 10 Erik Nevland 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 16 Olivier Dacourt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Diomansy Kamara 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 12 4 1 22 Fredrik Stoor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Chris Smalling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Pascal Zuberbühler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Julian Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Summary
- 83' Malouda crosses from the left for ANELKA!! He sends his glancing header just wide!
- 73' Bosingwa!! He is allowed to carry the ball forward down the right, buts inside and drills a left-foot shot just wide.
- 68' DROGBA!!! Anelka crosses low from the right and Drogba slides in at the near post but puts the ball inches wide!
- 66' Kamara shoots from range but it is straight at Cech.
- 64' Chelsea want a penalty as Paintsil flattens Malouda with a muscular shoulder-to-shoulder challenge. Referee Wiley says play on!
- 60' LAMPARD!!! Chelsea finally take the free-kick and the England mudfielder smashes one that Schwarzer helps over the bar.
- 53' GOOAAALL!!! The Chelsea break results in a third as Anelka released Drogba, who gets away from Hughes and slides the ball under the body of Schwarzer! More great stuff from Chelsea.
- 49' Zamora beats the offside trap and looks for the unmarked Kamara in the middle... Cut out!
- 44' Anelka finds Essien on the right who shapes to shoot and STRIKES!!! Wide from 20 yards!
- 39' GERA!!! He smashes a 25-yarder from the right and it takes a touch out for a Fulham corner.
- 28' Konchesky appears to trip Drogba in the Fulham box but referee Alan Wiley says no foul... and the replay shows it was a superb tackle from the defender.Good play and good refereeing.
- 20' Drogba has the ball in the net but it won't count. The striker is adjudged offside from Lampard's through ball. The replay shows he was level!
- 10' GOOOAAALLL!!! Chelsea are back in front!! Drogba gets in behind on the Chelsea right and cuts back for Malouda who fires a left-foot shot back into the right corner!
- 4' GOOAAALLL!!! Erik Nevland levels for Fulham!! He is released down the right channel, outpaces Alex and hits a diagonal shot that squirms underneath Cech and finds the corner of the net.
- 1' GOOOAAALL!!! Nicolas Anelka gives Chelsea the lead and it is a fantastic goal! The Frenchman finishes after a sweeping move down the left involving Malouda, Anelka and Drogba. What a start for Chelsea.
- - It is a West London derby as Chelsea take on Fulham at Stamford Bridge! Guus Hiddink has sprung something of a surprise by picking a full-strength side four days before Chelsea's Champions League second leg against Barcelona!
Team lineup & ratings
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Lineup
Live Team Line-Up
ChelseaCaptain: John Terry
Starting line-up
- P. Cech
- J. Bosingwa
- Alex
- J. Terry
- A. Cole
- M. Essien
- F. Lampard
- J. Mikel
- N. Anelka
- F. Malouda
- D. Drogba
Subs
- M. Ballack
46′ - S. Kalou
- M. Mancienne
- Hilário
- Belletti
- B. Ivanovic
- F. Di Santo
FulhamStarting line-up
- M. Schwarzer
- J. Pantsil
- A. Hughes
- B. Hangeland
- P. Konchesky
- D. Etuhu
- D. Murphy
- C. Dempsey
- Z. Gera
- B. Zamora
- E. Nevland
Subs
- P. Zuberbühler
- O. Dacourt 76′
- J. Gray
- C. Baird
- C. Smalling
- D. Kamará
- F. Stoor
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Chelsea should be finishing in 2nd or fist hopefully this season -
it going to be very interesting with new commers from the lower leagues.I am a life long CFC fan. please some one tell me why all English people besides CFC supporters seem to want Barca to win.
In 1999 i was cheering on Man U.
Someone please let me know why. obviously there will be some silly answers like "we just hate Chelsea". but seriously folks...WHY?great game by chelsea......this game should be finished 4 - 1 or 5 - 1 for chelsea
For all you ManSHITster fagssssssssss, let's clear something out. Barca too won the double in 2006, and they ended up dominating their opponents in Champions League and La Liga, unlike ManSHITster, who hardly won CL against chelsea in penalties, and hardly won PremierSHIT on the last game. So don't go talking trash about Barca. And for you that say Barcas defence is bad, check the records, because Barca has conceded 12 goals in CL and scoring 29 goals, ManSHITster has conceded 5 goals, but only scored 15, and Chelsea, they conceded 12 goals, just as much as Barca, but only scored 19. So the facts show that Barca has conceded just as much as Chlsea, but has scored almost double of what chelsea and manSHITster has score, so quit talking about Barcas defence, because they have an attacking that makes up for everything. Henry Eto'o Messi, have scored 69 goals in La Liga, and 90 goals total in all competitions, More than manSHITster and chelsea as a team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!For all you ManSHITster fagssssssssss, let's clear something out. Barca too won the double in 2006, and they ended up dominating their opponents in Champions League and La Liga, unlike ManSHITster, who hardly won CL against chelsea in penalties, and hardly won PremierSHIT on the last game. So don't go talking trash about Barca. And for you that say Barcas defence is bad, check the records, because Barca has conceded 12 goals in CL and scoring 29 goals, ManSHITster has conceded 5 goals, but only scored 15, and Chelsea, they conceded 12 goals, just as much as Barca, but only scored 19. So the facts show that Barca has conceded just as much as Chlsea, but has scored almost double of what chelsea and manSHITster has score, so quit talking about Barcas defence, because they have an attacking that makes up for everythin
Chelsea will beat Barca for one reason they are much better as team then barca.. barca is better player by player but they are NOT better then chelsea as a team !! CHELSEA4LIFE !!! WE will win THE CL :)
west brom 2 win the league
bring on barca
Big up to Chelsea, but we need to trash Barca next week to lift up champions League Trophy.I think Chelsea has more oportunity to win Barca Cos Chelsea can play shot and long passing, but Barca don,t play that.So if Chelsea can mantain long passing and shot, definitelly We will lift this champions League Trophy.Blues For Lifeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
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Chelsea is a Fulham team, and all you "glory boys" who have nothing but the fear of failure in your lives, if you want a true Chelsea team, then take the ground out of Fulham! You not required there!
Why are people like Warner244 hell bent on stupidity - Chelsea's ground is in Fulham, you @#$%! Chelsea are a Fulham team! Dope!
Barca have been fine tuning their away performances for next week - they've just stuck 6 past Real. come on Barca, let's see a Barca v. Arsenal final.
chelsea is the best 3-1 4-4 lever pool 1-0 west ham 2-1 to day we are going win the titel @#$% you man utd
chelsea like balls in their face
stick the blue flag up your arse! black and white will never pass!
PLAY QUARESMA
ManU all the way
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