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  1. Essien strikes for Chelsea

    Essien strikes for Chelsea

    Michael Essien's first Premier League goal of the season gave Chelsea a 1-0 win against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Chelsea
    • Manchester City
    • 90' All over at the Bridge and Chelsea run out comfortable winners. City were poor and created virtually nothing. They have now gone 12 Premier League away matches without a win. Chelsea go second in the league with the win, which could and arguably should have come by a more convincing margin.
    • 84' Anelka slides in Malouda on the left and his shot finds the side-netting at Given's near post.
    • 81' Bojinov immediately into the action, hitting a crisp volley into Petr Cech's hands from just outside the box.
    • 78' Robinho leaves the field to jeers from the Chelsea fans. The Brazilian has failed to impact this match. Valeri Bojinov comes on in his palce.
    • 75' At 1-0 down City are still very much in this, but they just haven't looked like breaking down the Chelsea defence.
    • 72' Evans earns himself a booking for a nasty foul and Lampard lines up a free-kick from 30 yards...the wall does its job.
    • 70' Drogba is struggling with a knock and is forced to come off. Florent Malouda comes on in his place.
    • 66' Elano makes way for City, with Kelvin Etuhu coming on. Etuhu almost makes an instant impression, shooting wide with his first touch.
    • 62' BELLETTI HITS THE POST!! He drives forward and shoots across Given from 25 yards, but the woodwork saves City.
    • 55' City make their first change. Caicedo is replaced by the young Welsh international Ched Evans.
    • 53' Essien plays a one-two with Lampard and shoots from 25 yards...but his effort skids past the post.
    • 51' Drogba with another chance, this time running on goal from the right. He shoots, but Given saves at his near post. City are hanging on.
    • 47' DROGBA WITH A WONDERFUL CHANCE FOR CHELSEA!! But a two-pronged tackle from Richard Dunne and Onuoha denies the striker a perfect start to the second half.
    • 46' Off we go with the second half at Stamford Bridge. No further changes to report from either side.
    • 45' Lovely run from Stephen Ireland, who eventually finds Caicedo, but Terry makes the tackle. With that comes the half-time whistle. Chelsea thoroughly deserve their 1-0 lead. Back in 15!
    • 42' Chelsea are forced into a change. Deco has a hamstring problem and Juliano Belletti enters the fray in his place.
    • 39' Robinho in a good position for City inside the Chelsea box...he sends in a cross-come-shot from wide on the right, but a blue shirt clears comfortably.
    • 36' Lovely stuff from Chelsea. Drogba is played in by Lampard and his clever backheel finds BALLACK...WHO SHOOTS OVER FROM 12 YARDS!!
    • 32' Lampard sends Anelka through for Chelsea. Onuoha clearly pulls his shirt...the first time outside the box, the second inside. But the referee gives neither as the Frenchman goes down in a heap.
    • 31' Essien tries one from outside the box, but he pulls it wide.
    • 29' Elano goes in the book for a cynical trip on Ballack. The pair had been bickering just minutes early about a quick free-kick.
    • 23' Rare break forward for City. Felipe Caicedo lets fly from 20 yards, but he drags his left-foot shot past the post.
    • 18' CHELSEA LEAD!!! Lampard picks out Essien with a free-kick and the midfielder takes it first-time on the half-volley and finds the top corner from just inside the box. WHAT A FINISH!!!
    • 13' Anelka almost gets onto Drogba's flick, but Nedum Onuoha makes a solid tackle. From the resultant corner Lampard's shot is deflected behind for another...the second sees Carvalho jump highest, but his header is wide of target.
    • 11' First break from City. Robinho slides in Bridge, but the left-back is just offside as he bursts into the box.
    • 9' Essien has started superbly. He bursts forward and finds Drogba with slide rule pass, but the Ivorian is offside...just.
    • 5' It's all Chelsea in the early exchanges. City are taking time to settle and the visitors have barely seen the ball.
    • 2' Essien mis-hits a shot from the edge of the box and LAMPARD IS PERFECTLY PLACED TO HOOK IT HOME FROM SIX YARDS!! But he's offside. Correct decision by the referee's assistant.
    • 1' Mike Riley blows his whistle and we're away, under bright sunshine in south west London.
    • - City held Liverpool at Anfield in February, but Mark Hughes's team have only won once away from home in the Premier league all season - and that win came last August against Sunderland.
    • - Chelsea will go second if they win today. They trail Liverpool by three points, but have a better goal difference and will move above the Reds with victory.
    • - TEAM NEWS: Nigel de Jong, Craig Bellamy and Vincent Kompany miss out through injury for City, but Shaun Wright-Philips and Wayne Bridge will start against their former club.
    • - TEAM NEWS: Ricardo Carvalho returns for Chelsea and starts alongside John Terry at the back, with Alex relegated to the bench. Michael Essien will anchor midfield, with Deco in support of Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka.
    • - Good afternoon and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Chelsea v Manchester City in the Premier League.

  • Team Stats

    Chelsea Stats Manchester City
    54% Possession 45%
    24 Shots 7
    3 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 2
    5 Corners 2
    7 Fouls 7
    6 Offsides 2
    0 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    29 Tackles 26
    397 Accurate passes 313
    51 Bad passes 35

  • 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 7 1 0
      6 Ricardo Carvalho 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 45 1 3
      3 Ashley Cole 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 39 10 6
      17 José Bosingwa 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 0 0
      26 John Terry 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 29 10 2
      5 Michael Essien 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 52 4 1
      20 Anderson Deco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 2 6
      13 Michael Ballack 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 51 6 4
      8 Frank Lampard 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 55 12 4
      11 Didier Drogba 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13 2 0
      39 Nicolas Anelka 0 2 0 1 2 3 0 32 2 1
      18 Ricardo Quaresma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Henrique Hilário 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Florent Malouda 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 6 1 1
      35 Juliano Belletti 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 1
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Manchester City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      37 Shay Given 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
      22 Richard Dunne 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 36 1 2
      5 Pablo Zabaleta 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 46 4 5
      25 Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 7 1
      2 Micah Richards 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 0 1
      4 Nedum Onuoha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 3 3
      8 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 3 3
      11 Blumer Elano 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 30 2 1
      7 Stephen Ireland 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 2 6
      20 Felipe Caicedo 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 2 0
      10 Robson de Souza 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 26 4 1
      15 Javier Garrido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      36 Leandro Gláuber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Valeri Bojinov 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      29 Kelvin Etuhu 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
      1 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Ched Evans 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 5 2
      19 Gelson Fernandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' All over at the Bridge and Chelsea run out comfortable winners. City were poor and created virtually nothing. They have now gone 12 Premier League away matches without a win. Chelsea go second in the league with the win, which could and arguably should have come by a more convincing margin.
    • 47' DROGBA WITH A WONDERFUL CHANCE FOR CHELSEA!! But a two-pronged tackle from Richard Dunne and Onuoha denies the striker a perfect start to the second half.
    • 18' CHELSEA LEAD!!! Lampard picks out Essien with a free-kick and the midfielder takes it first-time on the half-volley and finds the top corner from just inside the box. WHAT A FINISH!!!
    • 2' Essien mis-hits a shot from the edge of the box and LAMPARD IS PERFECTLY PLACED TO HOOK IT HOME FROM SIX YARDS!! But he's offside. Correct decision by the referee's assistant.
    • - Good afternoon and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Chelsea v Manchester City in the Premier League.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Riley

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Guus Hiddink

    Captain: John Terry

    Starting line-up

    • P. Cech
    • J. Bosingwa
    • J. Terry
    • R. Carvalho
    • A. Cole
    • M. Essien Goal
    • M. Ballack
    • F. Lampard
    • .. Deco Substitution Out (41′)
    • D. Drogba Substitution Out (70′)
    • N. Anelka

    Subs

    • F. Malouda Substitution In70′
    • .. Alex
    • R. Quaresma
    • J. Belletti Substitution In41′
    • S. Kalou
    • J. Mikel
    • H. Hilario

    Injured

    • J. Cole

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: Richard Dunne

    Starting line-up

    • S. Given
    • M. Richards
    • N. Onuoha
    • R. Dunne
    • W. Bridge
    • S. Wright-Phillips
    • S. Ireland
    • P. Zabaleta
    • B. Elano Yellow Card Substitution Out (66′)
    • .. Robinho Substitution Out (78′)
    • F. Caicedo Substitution Out (55′)

    Subs

    • -. Glauber
    • J. Garrido
    • V. Bojinov Substitution In78′
    • J. Hart
    • G. Fernandes
    • K. Etuhu Substitution In66′
    • C. Evans Substitution In55′ Yellow Card

    Injured

    • C. Bellamy
    • M. Petrov
    • M. Benjani
    • N. De Jong
    • V. Kompany

    Suspended

    None

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  1. CHELSEA TERE GILER.LAMPARD PALING POWER

    From Anas, on Fri 20 Mar 8:04AM

  2. GOOD JOB GUYS, PLS KEEP IT UP.

    From teejay_ait77, on Mon 16 Mar 4:52PM

  3. good job Chelsea. Keep it up, we can do better and­ clinch the trophy. - Tunji

    From teejay_ait77, on Mon 16 Mar 4:47PM

  4. what happen to kalou plz coach be aware dat kalou is­ better than malouda both left and right, so u people­ should stop putting malouda when kalou is aroundor even­ queresman dat guy is to much is just u people putting­ regular u would ave see what he we do 4 other club.

    From anthony a, on Mon 16 Mar 12:44PM

  5. i hope mikel obi can lean from michel essien and­ inprove his game. this his give me and i give you type­ of football even pregnant woman can play it, he is­ nomore the star that we use to know.

    From mateaco, on Mon 16 Mar 12:29PM

  6. I REALLY WANT ROBINHO TO GO CHELSEA HE SUITS MAN CITY­ ...BUT HE WILL MATCH UP WITH CHELSEA AND THE QUALITY OF­ THE PLAYERS

    From Ademola, on Mon 16 Mar 11:50AM

  7. No Bellamy? He'll never be fit player long term­ pouring that much booze down his throat. Meet the real­ Craig Bellamy Man C you're welcome to him

    From Ronsenglish, on Mon 16 Mar 10:49AM

  8. KAu Buduh CHELSEA....Kaluk Goal Ah.....i hope liverpool­ will win 100 match!!!! over again!!!!!!!!!!

    From eem, on Mon 16 Mar 9:08AM

  9. good job chelsea..bit MU.....ha..ha..ha

    From ayub, on Mon 16 Mar 8:18AM

  10. CHELSEA RULE THE­ WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Lewis, on Mon 16 Mar 7:40AM

  11. hahahaha............very good for chelsea..!!!

    From AcAn jE LaA, on Mon 16 Mar 5:30AM

  12. good lord....al capone, what an extraordinary rant that­ was, calculated tho abit like benitez. you talk about­ these fans of chelsea that are false or only there­ because of the money and about the stretford end and­ kop section, what a load of S$%T, what are you on­ about, 95% of man u and liverpool fans are glory­ supporters who live outside of the respective cities­ and its alot easier to support man u and liverpool than­ it chelsea i have been a chelsea supporter for 20­ years long before the money we have always had a good­ fan support were ust not as lucky as man u and­ liverpool to have such a big one, oh by the way not­ sure who you support but as far as fans leaving did you­ see old trafford 20 mins before the end? THERE'S­ YOUR SO CALLED TRUE SUPPORTERS!!!!!!

    From martin, on Sun 15 Mar 11:42PM

  13. im sorry all but 6 trophies awat us this season

    From Nikolay, on Sun 15 Mar 9:39PM

  14. Two very boring teams bought with cash NOT history.­ Yawn yawn...

    From lee, on Sun 15 Mar 8:16PM

  15. Post 453 - sounds like I have hit a nerve! 1994 was not­ centuries ago it was 15 years ago. The fact is you have­ won the league about 3 times. Everton, Man City and­ Villa are far bigger clubs than Chelsea. Nobody will­ ever respect you because you have bought the sucess­ others have worked for over 50 years to get. It would­ be no different if Wigan suddenly got taken over and­ won the league. Your 'fans' have appeared only­ because of that sucess and by handing out plastic flags­ at your games you want to create an artifical­ atmosphere and be like the Kop or Stretford end! They­ boo at half time when it is 0-0, want the manager­ sacked when you lose two games and disappear before the­ end when you get beat! Yet you welcome these people?

    From Al Capone, on Sun 15 Mar 7:43PM

  16. chelsea are best :)

    From nino, on Sun 15 Mar 7:42PM

  17. AL CAPONE!! The laffs on u mate,same old rant about­ history.Whats the point in teams playing 50 odd matches­ a season if morons like you are just going to bring up­ the @#$% of a century past?Why not just stop playing­ football altogether and just turn stadiums into­ churches or in the case of Old Trafford a mosc!Chelsea­ won the Cup Winners pre Abramovich in 99 and then beat­ the CL winners that summer for the European Super­ Cup.Ill tell you where i was in 1994 i was 12yrs old­ and i chose to follow a team only 1 other person in my­ school year supported,because i come from London and­ didnt want to follow a bunch of northerners like all­ the other red lovin SHEEP!So what if a lot of todays­ Chelsea fans are new blood,i think thats great and i­ welcome any challenge from new clubs coming up in the­ world.Screw Your History Football Is Now!! and Chelsea­ Blues will be gettin stronger and stronger 4ever!!

    From Danny J, on Sun 15 Mar 6:59PM

  18. why next year 3 english team will go straight to group­ stage champions league? and the 4th place only play in­ qualifying. please someone give me the answer. thanks.

    From Emirates, on Sun 15 Mar 6:48PM

  19. a massive defeat for the smallest team in­ manchester....ha ha ha

    From m.fowler771, on Sun 15 Mar 6:42PM

  20. oh ,,with blood and soul i dedigate all to d best BLUE­ ,, bt too sad its too late ,, but i still bilif it can­ still be done at d late hr just like d big goalz at d­ late time,,, and to d @#$% of Man U who still by now­ bilif in history ,, sleep with with, and die with it ,,­ remember its not what u have once become ,, but wat u­ are now ,, d world think of d BluE, nt d lipping­ steling goalz winning like Man U,,
    So where are ur­ refz wen Liverpol wip ur @#$% 4-1,,lol,, sorrrry,, stil­ more to come for ,, wait for more trach ,,lol,,

    Big­ Up To All My Blue Fan!!!
    We rule the world of soccer­ now ,,
    Check out d fans round d world ,,
    D GOD of­ soccer live ryt in d heart of d Blue !!
    Am happy to­ belong here !!!
    BLUE FOR LIFE ,,

    From kayay o, on Sun 15 Mar 6:32PM
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