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  1. Chelsea held at home again

    Chelsea held at home again

    Hull City dealt Chelsea's fading Premier League title hopes another blow by hanging on for a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Chelsea
    • Hull City
    • 90+4' There's the final whistle and Hull have hung on for a point! Stay with us for Portsmouth v Liverpool at 17:30 UK time.
    • 90+3' Chelsea are laying siege to the Hull box but there does not appear to be a way through!
    • 90+1' Everybody up for Chelsea as Lampard clips a free-kick into the box... headed away!
    • 90' A Hull corner comes all the way to Ashbee at the far post and he volleys goalwards.. well wide!
    • 89' Fagan finds himself in space and gets Terry one-on-one... corner!
    • 87' DROGBA!!! He fires the free-kick at goal but it goes two yards wide of the right post.
    • 87' High foot on Kalou by Garcia and this is a real chance for Chelsea from the free-kick.
    • 86' Kalou wins a throw on the right, deep inside Hull territory, Belletti flings it into the box but Hull scramble it clear.
    • 84' It might seem a little early for a team to play the ball into the corner, but Hull have already started...
    • 81' Off goes Geovanni, and he is replaced by Ryan France. Into the final 10 minutes.
    • 80' Richard Garcia is guilty of a clumsy foul on Belletti and that's a yellow card for the Hull midfielder.
    • 80' That's like the Drogba of old! He receives an Anelka pass on the turn, muscles his way past Turner and Zayatte and shoots, but his low effort is straight at Duke.
    • 79' Kalou crosses low from the right and Zayatte clears for Chelsea's 12th corner - which is taken by Matt Duke.
    • 78' Clear foul by Bosingwa to present Hull with a promising free-kick... awful attempt by Geovanni, smashing it into the crowd.
    • 76' Chelsea look to be running out of ideas here. Anxious faces around Stamford Bridge. If the result here stays as it is and Manchester United win their two games in hand, the Blues will be 10 points off the top.
    • 73' Scolari takes off Ballack, who has been good today. Deco replaces him. Less than 20 minutes to go and it is still goalless.
    • 73' Chelsea come away on a dangerous-looking break but Drogba strays offside.
    • 70' Chelsea have a strong penalty appeal after Dawson appears to use his hand to stop a Salomon Kalou shot, but referee Mason says no!
    • 68' DEAN MARNEY!! He runs onto a sensational through ball from Geovanni and shoots low, left-footed from the left side of the box... his shot rolls inches wide!
    • 65' Chelsea free-kick 40 yards from goal, dead centre... Lampard floats it towards Ballack, whose header loops wide. The German says it should have been a corner - and the replay shows he is right.
    • 63' Big Phil makes a change - Didier Drogba comes on for Ricardo Quaresma, who has enjoyed a decent debut.
    • 61' That is not Alex's finest moment - he has just been outpaced by Kevin Kilbane. But once the Hull man reaches the ball he knocks it out for a throw.
    • 58' Ashley Cole tries an ambitious chip from outside the box, but sends the ball well over Duke's crossbar. Nice idea, poor execution.
    • 57' That is Mikel's last action and he is replaced by Juliano Belletti, who will presumably slot into that holding midfield role.
    • 56' Ricketts tries to 'do' Mikel down the left flank but it is too easy for the Chelsea man who just sees the ball out for a goal kick.
    • 54' What a chance for Fagan as he dispossesses Mikel and races through the left channel... he attempts to chip Hilario but the keeper catches it easily.
    • 53' The ball goes out for a Chelsea throw, and the gleeful visiting fans refuse to return the ball to Bosingwa. Then, as a replacement ball is found, they chuck it back. Simple fun...
    • 51' Speculative shot by Salomon Kalou from the edge of the box... wide. He's been quiet so far.
    • 50' Marney drives in a Hull free-kick from the left and Terry does well to block a goalbound header.
    • 48' That's a bad tackle by Ian Ashbee, sliding in late on Ballack after the German has got rid of the ball. Lee Mason has little option but to show the Hull captain a yellow card.
    • 46' Second half under way! Chelsea now playing from left to right as we see it. No personnel changes from either coach.
    • 45+2' No goals at half-time. Chelsea on top but Hull have also shown signs of life.
    • 45+1' Hilario dives pointlessly for the corner and misses by a mile. Lucky for him Chelsea manage to clear while the goalkeeper gathers himself.
    • 45+1' Hull free-kick, played into the box by Marney.. it takes a deflection off Terry and loops over for a corner.
    • 44' Marney shoots from 25 yards but his shot starts off going wide and drifts even further off target.
    • 42' Turner gets in the way of an Ashley Cole cross from the left and concedes another corner. Duke drops the cross but eventually gathers at the third or fourth attempt.
    • 41' Kilbane!! He heads just wide from 12 yards on a rare attack for Hull.
    • 40' Quaresma delivers another corner from the Chelsea right.. Ballack is challenged in the air and cannot direct his header goalwards.
    • 38' Chelsea continue to pile forwards. It is surely just a matter of time before they break through the division's most porous defence.
    • 36' Quaresma is a surprisingly big man. He looks like a Portuguese Andy Reid. Maybe slightly taller. And more tanned.
    • 34' Ballack runs over the ball and leaves it for LAMPARD!! He smashes it goalwards and Zayatte blocks it with his nether regions! The Hull man looks to be in serious discomfort for a moment or two, but should be OK to continue.
    • 33' Another free-kick for Chelsea in shooting range, five yards outside the box, just right of centre.
    • 30' Ballack shoots from the free-kick, curling it around the outside of the wall, and it hits the side netting! So close!
    • 29' Zayatte catches Ballack from behind as the German winds up to shoot. It's a clumsy challenge and presents Chelsea with a good opportunity from the free-kick.
    • 28' Geovanni has a crack from the resultant free-kick but pings it a yard or so over.
    • 27' Cynical foul by Mikel, tugging Geovanni back. Yellow card and a free-kick just outside the Chelsea area.
    • 26' Quaresma's corner is cleared as far as Lampard, whose 25-yard shot bounces and is deflected just wide!
    • 24' Ashbee intercepts a loose Terry pass and races forward... the ball comes off his shoulder and a handball is given. The Hull skipper is apoplectic at that!
    • 22' Corner comes in from the Chelsea right... Alex heads over!
    • 21' Cech, incidentally, has a back injury that has prevented him from taking his place today. Not a good time to get rid of Carlo Cudicini.
    • 20' Chelsea race away on the break and Quaresma is in space on the left... he shoots for the far corner and Duke tips it behind for a corner!
    • 19' Hull corner - up come Turner and Zayatte. Garcia delivers and Turner heads goalwards... cleared off the line! It was a weak effort, in fairness.
    • 17' Quaresma overhits a through ball down the left for Cole, who turns and applauds, but you know he is a bit annoyed about that.
    • 15' In fact Lampard takes a highly ambitious shot at goal and booms the ball out for a goal kick.
    • 14' Ashbee brings Ballack down on the left, 35 yards from goal. Lampard will deliver another of his dangerous inswingers.
    • 12' Kilbane goes through the back of Quaresma, who takes a theatrical dive. You can tell he's going to be entertaining, if nothing else.
    • 11' Ashley Cole is well forward down the Chelsea left. Too far, it turns out - offside.
    • 9' Geovanni attempts an instinctive volley from nearly 30 yards. It's brilliant, but it flashes a yard or so wide of Hilario's left-hand post!
    • 6' Lampard drives in a corner from the Chelsea right which Hull clear. Strong start from the home side.
    • 4' Ricardo Quaresma's first act as a Chelsea player is to commit a blatant handball inside the Hull box.
    • 2' WHAT A MISS!!! JOHN TERRY!!! Lampard curls in a free-kick from the left onto which Ballack gets a flick. Duke can only parry and Terry somehow contrives to sky the rebound from two yards out. Unbelievable.
    • 1' Game on! The big team news is that Petr Cech is out for Chelsea - Hilario comes in - while Ricardo Quaresma makes his debut for the Blues. Geovanni returns for Hull.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Chelsea versus Hull from Stamford Bridge!

  • Team Stats

    Chelsea Stats Hull City
    63% Possession 36%
    24 Shots 13
    3 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 3
    13 Corners 3
    18 Fouls 11
    4 Offsides 1
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 24
    299 Accurate passes 132
    46 Bad passes 47

  • 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
      40 Henrique Hilário 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 20 1 3
      3 Ashley Cole 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 28 11 1
      17 José Bosingwa 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 26 2 6
      26 John Terry 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 36 4 2
      8 Frank Lampard 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 29 5 2
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 29 4 3
      13 Michael Ballack 0 3 1 1 5 0 0 35 4 2
      18 Ricardo Quaresma 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 11 4 0
      39 Nicolas Anelka 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 4 2
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 4 1 2 3 1 0 28 3 1
      11 Didier Drogba 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 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
      35 Juliano Belletti 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 16 1 1
      2 Branislav Ivanovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Rhys Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Anderson Deco 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 1 1
    • Hull City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Matt Duke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      6 Michael Turner 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 0
      3 Andy Dawson 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 17 8 3
      21 Sam Ricketts 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 3
      24 Kamil Zayatte 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 3 1
      7 Craig Fagan 0 3 1 2 3 1 0 11 6 0
      22 Dean Marney 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 16 6 6
      4 Ian Ashbee 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 17 3 2
      10 Marcio Geovanni 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 16 3 4
      17 Kevin Kilbane 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 16 15 4
      14 Richard Garcia 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 1 1
      2 Nathan Doyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Péter Halmosi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Boaz Myhill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Ryan France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      28 Manucho Gonçalves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Bryan Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Nick Barmby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' A Hull corner comes all the way to Ashbee at the far post and he volleys goalwards.. well wide!
    • 87' DROGBA!!! He fires the free-kick at goal but it goes two yards wide of the right post.
    • 80' That's like the Drogba of old! He receives an Anelka pass on the turn, muscles his way past Turner and Zayatte and shoots, but his low effort is straight at Duke.
    • 70' Chelsea have a strong penalty appeal after Dawson appears to use his hand to stop a Salomon Kalou shot, but referee Mason says no!
    • 68' DEAN MARNEY!! He runs onto a sensational through ball from Geovanni and shoots low, left-footed from the left side of the box... his shot rolls inches wide!
    • 54' What a chance for Fagan as he dispossesses Mikel and races through the left channel... he attempts to chip Hilario but the keeper catches it easily.
    • 41' Kilbane!! He heads just wide from 12 yards on a rare attack for Hull.
    • 30' Ballack shoots from the free-kick, curling it around the outside of the wall, and it hits the side netting! So close!
    • 26' Quaresma's corner is cleared as far as Lampard, whose 25-yard shot bounces and is deflected just wide!
    • 22' Corner comes in from the Chelsea right... Alex heads over!
    • 19' Hull corner - up come Turner and Zayatte. Garcia delivers and Turner heads goalwards... cleared off the line! It was a weak effort, in fairness.
    • 9' Geovanni attempts an instinctive volley from nearly 30 yards. It's brilliant, but it flashes a yard or so wide of Hilario's left-hand post!
    • 2' WHAT A MISS!!! JOHN TERRY!!! Lampard curls in a free-kick from the left onto which Ballack gets a flick. Duke can only parry and Terry somehow contrives to sky the rebound from two yards out. Unbelievable.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Chelsea versus Hull from Stamford Bridge!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Lee Mason

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

    Captain: John Terry

    Starting line-up

    • H. Hilario
    • J. Bosingwa
    • .. Alex
    • J. Terry
    • A. Cole
    • J. Mikel Yellow Card Substitution Out (57′)
    • M. Ballack Substitution Out (73′)
    • F. Lampard
    • R. Quaresma Substitution Out (63′)
    • S. Kalou
    • N. Anelka

    Subs

    • D. Drogba Substitution In63′
    • .. Deco Substitution In73′
    • J. Belletti Substitution In57′
    • B. Ivanovic
    • R. Taylor
    • F. Di Santo
    • M. Stoch

    Injured

    • J. Cole
    • M. Essien

    Suspended

    None

  • Hull City

    Manager: Phil Brown

    Captain: Ian Ashbee

    Starting line-up

    • M. Duke
    • S. Ricketts
    • M. Turner
    • K. Zayatte
    • A. Dawson
    • I. Ashbee Yellow Card
    • D. Marney
    • .. Geovanni Substitution Out (81′)
    • R. Garcia Yellow Card
    • K. Kilbane
    • C. Fagan

    Subs

    • N. Barmby
    • B. Hughes
    • P. Halmosi
    • R. France Substitution In81′
    • B. Myhill
    • N. Doyle
    • .. Manucho

    Injured

    • G. Boateng
    • J. Bullard

    Suspended

    • B. Mendy

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  1. chelsea team next season­ cech,terry,bosingwa,puyol,s.ramos,lampard,ballack,beckh­ am,anelka,drogba,ronaldo if possible
    manager:me
    owner­ roman abromanwhich

    From Sam, on Thu 19 Feb 11:40AM

  2. why did scolari get sacked i would of sacked tony­ mowbray chelsea are not in relagation zone are they ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ they should have given him more time

    From Sam, on Thu 19 Feb 11:35AM

  3. CHELSEA RULEZ MAN ARE @#$%

    From Sweet, on Sat 14 Feb 1:01PM

  4. CHELSEA RULEZ MAN ARE @#$%

    From Sweet, on Sat 14 Feb 1:01PM

  5. petr cech is not playing what

    From KEVIN, on Thu 12 Feb 8:04PM

  6. Come on you hard core Chelsea suporters, Hulls first­ ever season in the the top flight
    we dont have the­ money or the experience of other top flight clubs. We­ got some players that other clubs did;t want and Hull­ have made them gel into a above average team and the­ manager deserves a lot of credit for his­ achievements.If Hull stay up it will be FANSTASTIC AND­ IF RELEGATED hull will be the richer with the­ experience of playing in the top flight.Hull W.Brom.­ Stoke. they are not that bad,I think it was Bill­ Shankley who said: no club has the devine right to win­ any thing.

    From JAMES, on Tue 10 Feb 11:29AM

  7. WERS PETR­ CECH?!?!?!?!!??!!!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!??!­ ?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!­

    /CHELSEA FC­ RULEZZZZZZZZZZZZZ/

    From Sweet, on Mon 9 Feb 7:31PM

  8. NUMBER 446 IS A IDIOT CHELSEA WO THAT GAME WE FRASH­ LIVERPOOL HUDREDS OS TIMES
    ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ /CHELSEA FC RULEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ/

    From Sweet, on Mon 9 Feb 7:27PM

  9. yo chelsea is the best its not the manegers fult that­ chelsea is gettig @#$% they has not wake up in fridy­ they ganna frash watford ­ ­ ­ /CHELSEA FC­ RULEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ/

    From Sweet, on Mon 9 Feb 7:25PM

  10. Nunber 453 is­ Right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From nic.newton10, on Sun 8 Feb 5:48PM

  11. HULL ARE @#$%

    From mama, on Sun 8 Feb 1:31PM

  12. Its a pity,Oh chelsea,how the might falling.Chelsea of­ all peoples.Chelsea can you bring us mourinho back.Its­ the only coach for chelsea team.DECO;ANEIKA;FELIPE­ SCOLARI,,,,,,,,,A big mistake for chelsea.This is my­ advise for chelsea as the club in my heart.From­ vienna,Austria.

    From solomon, on Sun 8 Feb 12:55PM

  13. come back mourinho...hehehehe

    From amayzz, on Sun 8 Feb 11:24AM

  14. WTF la... come on chelsea... i hope chelsea can win­ next game..

    From sharul_bmx, on Sun 8 Feb 10:03AM

  15. scolari should not be saked cuz this is his first­ season!!!!!shut nad and let him do his busness and give­ another chance for a second season!!!tthats what i­ think should chelsea do!!!!!!

    From anthonybteich, on Sun 8 Feb 9:23AM

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    From Angela, on Sun 8 Feb 8:27AM

  17. HULL REALLY DESERVE THE POINT...I FEEL THAT SOME OF THE­ HULL SHOT CLOSER THAT CHELSEA SHOTS..KILBANE,MARNEY­ SHOULD HV SCORED..GOOD WORK HULL!!!

    From govindan_taiping, on Sun 8 Feb 3:18AM

  18. sake Scolari!!! tat f_cker...

    From khaiwenng, on Sun 8 Feb 2:12AM

  19. chelsea is a @#$% team thier only based on money they­ deserve to loose

    From Samsiva, on Sun 8 Feb 1:15AM

  20. SAKE SCOLARI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Ikmal, on Sun 8 Feb 1:11AM
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