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Chelsea

  • Belletti 28’

Tottenham Hotspur

  • Bent 45’
  1. Spurs off mark with Chelsea draw

    Spurs off mark with Chelsea draw

    Chelsea lost their 100 per cent start to the new Premier League season when they were held to a 1-1 draw by arch rivals Tottenham. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Chelsea
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • 90'+4 There it is! All over at Stamford Bridge! And Spurs win their first point of the season!
    • 90'+1 Lampard makes a burst forward into the box! Danger here, but Woodgate is there to snuff out the danger!
    • 90' Four minutes of injury time to be played.
    • 89' Scolari throws on Di Santo for the final moments of the game... Anelka makes way for the youngster.
    • 87' Huddlestone over the resulting free kick... straight into the wall.
    • 86' Bale breaks through! What a run from the Welshman! And the only way to stop him is by bringing him down! Yellow card for Bosingwa!
    • 83' Not long left for Chelsea to find another goal... if it stays this way, Chelsea could be knocked off the top of the table by the end of today.
    • 79' Kalou bursts free after Anelka beats King in the air to flick on! Oh dear, the substitute's effort is dragged wide though and Gomes isn't troubled at all!
    • 76' Chelsea make a statement of intent... off goes Belletti and on comes Salomon Kalou.
    • 74' Ashley Cole goes down in a heap... the trainer comes on to take a look at him while Fabio Capello looks on in the stands.
    • 72' Juande Ramos makes another change... O'Hara comes on for Bentley.
    • 70' Twenty minutes left and as things stand, a point would be a good result for Spurs...
    • 67' Super approach play from Spurs! Huddlestone lets off a shot that is deflected behind for another corner off Terry!
    • 66' Chelsea make their first change of the day now... off goes Joe Cole for Florent Malouda.
    • 65' Oooh! Carvalho heads over the bar from Lampard's corner! Perhaps he should have done better there...
    • 63' Here comes another change... Huddlestone replaces Gunter.
    • 61' Anelka grazes a post with a crisp drive from Lampard's through pass! But the offside flag is up and it wouldn't have counted anyway.
    • 59' Time for a Spurs change now... Aaron Lennon comes on to replace Dos Santos.
    • 56' Chelsea need to just up the tempo here, just as they did in the first half.
    • 54' Lampard tries to chip Gomes from the edge of the box! This time it's slightly overcooked and the ball sails over the bar!
    • 51' The sun has finally made an appearance in west London... and the players are bathed in a hazy sunshine now.
    • 48' But Spurs hit back, Bale haring forward and winning a corner for the visitors!
    • 47' Real chance for Chelsea to take the lead again! Essien plays in Ashley Cole in an advanced position! Oooh! His cross-shot flashes wide of the far post!
    • 46' Back underway at Stamford Bridge! No changes to tell you about.
    • 45'+2 And there goes the half-time whistle! A real hammer blow for Chelsea, who were cruising until then!
    • 45'+1 GOAL! Spurs equalise out of the blue! And it's Darren Bent who opens his account for the season, latching onto a fortuitous deflection off Lampard to close in on goal and finish under the body of Cech! 1-1!
    • 45' Joe Cole gets his name taken for a lunge on Zokora!
    • 44' The atmosphere's gone a bit flat as half-time approaches...
    • 42' Despite the odd foray forward from Spurs, Chelsea look in complete control of the game now.
    • 40' Jenas does well now to escpae his markers on the right... but he loses control of the ball as he moves inside... shame, he'd done well until then.
    • 36' Here come Spurs though, looking to pull back level... and they win a coner as Bentley's cross is deflected behind!
    • 34' Chelsea have had eight attempts on goal to Spurs's two so far.
    • 30' And Chelsea look likely to grab another at the moment... Spurs are rocking.
    • 29' In fairness, Chelsea probably deserve that. Spurs have held their own, but the hosts have looked more threatening on the front foot.
    • 28' GOAL! Chelsea take the lead through a scrappy goal by Juliano Belletti! It comes from a corner, but Darren Bent makes a complete hash of clearing his lines and Belletti pounces to turn the ball in!
    • 27' Off the bar from Essien! Superb effort from the Chelsea midfielder! He's 25 yards out and no one closes him down so he thinks 'why not'! Gomes is beaten, but he's saved by the woodwork!
    • 26' What a pass through from Belletti for Anelka! Lovely first touch from the Frenchman! But his shot can't quite match that, and the ball balloons into the crowd!
    • 25' 25 minutes gone and it's been a fairly even opening period.
    • 22' Deco attempts a back heel... it goes straight to a Spurs shirt. At least is shows he's human.
    • 21' Oooh! Good delivery from Deco which causes a bit of confusion in the box... it nearly falls to Anelka! But that's a good block from Woodgate and Spurs can clear.
    • 20' Straight down to the other end and Chelsea win a corner of their own, thanks to Joe Cole!
    • 19' Bentley sends it over again... header clear by Ashley Cole at the near post.
    • 18' Bentley hares off on a decent run forward... and he wins a corner off Lampard!
    • 16' Jenas looks to play in Bent, but a good sliding challenge from Terry wins the ball and the Spurs move breaks down.
    • 14' Lovely play from Zokora on the left wing to get out of trouble... and here come Spurs, playing the ball across midfield.
    • 12' Lampard! Oh, he should do better here. The ball falls to him on the edge of the box, on the volley, but he drags his effort wide of the mark!
    • 10' Oooh, that's a poor challenge from Deco on Dos Santos... and sure enough, the Portoguese goes into the book.
    • 8' Hectic opening at Stamford Bridge! Chances at both ends so far!
    • 7' Dos Santos skins Bosingwa on the left.... he centres for Bent! But the Spurs striker fluffs his shot, which is deflected behing for a corner in the end!
    • 6' Oooh! Brilliant from Lampard! He latches onto the ball after Joe Cole dummies on the edge of the box... he goes for goal by chiping Gomes! It's going in! No! The keeper backpeddles rapidly and gets a finger tip to the ball!
    • 5' Lampard chops down Zokora... and the England man gets a stern talking to from referee Howard Webb. The message is clear - next time it's a yellow.
    • 4' Bentley swings it in... not a bad ball but Lampard gets there to head clear for Chelsea.
    • 3' The pitch is lovely and greasy today... plenty of scope for sliding tackles... and as if to prove the point Bale slides in on Bosingwa, who catches the Welshman on the head... free kick to Spurs!
    • 2' Lampard has clearly got his shooting boots on today... it takes just 70 seconds before he fires a shot off at goal... well wide this time, but Chelsea have set their stall out early on.
    • 1' Underway in west London!
    • - Here come the teams onto the Stamford Bridge pitch...
    • - It's pretty miserable weather in London today... grey and overcast with some light rain... so perfect for a game of football then!
    • - Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)
    • - Tottenham: Gomes, Zokora, Woodgate, King, Gunter, Bentley, Jenas, Modric, Bale, Giovani, Bent - Subs: Cesar, Huddlestone, Lennon, Gilberto, Dawson, O'Hara, Assou-Ekotto
    • - The teams are in... Chelsea: Cech, Belletti, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, Bosingwa, Essien, Lampard, Joe Cole, Deco, Anelka - Subs: Cudicini, Di Santo, Malouda, Bridge, Ferreira, Kalou, Alex
    • - There's no love lost between these two... expect a rip roaring game!
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's big game at the Bridge!

  • Team Stats

    Chelsea Stats Tottenham Hotspur
    60% Possession 39%
    17 Shots 5
    2 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 0
    5 Corners 8
    13 Fouls 10
    2 Offsides 2
    3 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    16 Tackles 25
    455 Accurate passes 285
    60 Bad passes 61

  • 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 10 1 0
      6 Ricardo Carvalho 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 58 1 2
      3 Ashley Cole 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 32 11 0
      17 José Bosingwa 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 36 0 4
      35 Juliano Belletti 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 35 3 1
      26 John Terry 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 71 11 2
      20 Anderson Deco 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 65 7 1
      5 Michael Essien 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 61 10 1
      8 Frank Lampard 0 7 1 2 1 0 0 53 11 4
      10 Joe Cole 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 3 1
      39 Nicolas Anelka 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 14 2 0
      18 Wayne Bridge 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
      15 Florent Malouda 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Franco Di Santo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      19 Paulo Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Tottenham Hotspur
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Heurelho Gomes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
      39 Jonathan Woodgate 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 12 1 3
      16 Chris Gunter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 2
      26 Ledley King 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 5 1
      17 Giovani dos Santos 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16 1 0
      8 Jermaine Jenas 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 40 3 3
      4 Didier Zokora 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 36 2 6
      3 Gareth Bale 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 30 13 5
      5 David Bentley 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 25 6 0
      14 Luka Modric 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 35 12 2
      10 Darren Bent 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 16 6 0
      7 Aaron Lennon 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0
      32 Benoit Assou-Ekotto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Tom Huddlestone 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 7 1 3
      24 Jamie O'Hara 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 8 0
      21 César Sánchez Dominguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Michael Dawson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Gilberto da Silva Melo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 79' Kalou bursts free after Anelka beats King in the air to flick on! Oh dear, the substitute's effort is dragged wide though and Gomes isn't troubled at all!
    • 67' Super approach play from Spurs! Huddlestone lets off a shot that is deflected behind for another corner off Terry!
    • 54' Lampard tries to chip Gomes from the edge of the box! This time it's slightly overcooked and the ball sails over the bar!
    • 47' Real chance for Chelsea to take the lead again! Essien plays in Ashley Cole in an advanced position! Oooh! His cross-shot flashes wide of the far post!
    • 45'+1 GOAL! Spurs equalise out of the blue! And it's Darren Bent who opens his account for the season, latching onto a fortuitous deflection off Lampard to close in on goal and finish under the body of Cech! 1-1!
    • 28' GOAL! Chelsea take the lead through a scrappy goal by Juliano Belletti! It comes from a corner, but Darren Bent makes a complete hash of clearing his lines and Belletti pounces to turn the ball in!
    • 27' Off the bar from Essien! Superb effort from the Chelsea midfielder! He's 25 yards out and no one closes him down so he thinks 'why not'! Gomes is beaten, but he's saved by the woodwork!
    • 26' What a pass through from Belletti for Anelka! Lovely first touch from the Frenchman! But his shot can't quite match that, and the ball balloons into the crowd!
    • 6' Oooh! Brilliant from Lampard! He latches onto the ball after Joe Cole dummies on the edge of the box... he goes for goal by chiping Gomes! It's going in! No! The keeper backpeddles rapidly and gets a finger tip to the ball!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Howard Webb

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

    Captain: John Terry

    Starting line-up

    • P. Cech
    • J. Bosingwa Yellow Card
    • J. Terry
    • R. Carvalho
    • A. Cole
    • J. Belletti Goal Substitution Out (76′)
    • M. Essien
    • F. Lampard
    • .. Deco Yellow Card
    • J. Cole Substitution Out (66′)
    • N. Anelka Substitution Out (89′)

    Subs

    • F. Malouda Substitution In66′
    • C. Cudicini
    • W. Bridge
    • .. Alex
    • P. Ferreira
    • S. Kalou Substitution In76′
    • F. Di Santo Substitution In89′

    Injured

    • M. Ballack
    • D. Drogba

    Suspended

    None

  • Tottenham Hotspur

    Manager: Juande Ramos

    Captain: Ledley King

    Starting line-up

    • H. Gomes
    • C. Gunter Substitution Out (63′)
    • L. King
    • J. Woodgate
    • G. Bale
    • D. Zokora
    • L. Modric
    • J. Jenas
    • D. Bentley Substitution Out (72′)
    • G. Dos Santos Substitution Out (59′)
    • D. Bent Goal

    Subs

    • C. Sanchez
    • D. Gilberto
    • B. Assou-Ekotto
    • A. Lennon Substitution In59′
    • M. Dawson
    • T. Huddlestone Substitution In63′
    • J. O'Hara Substitution In72′

    Injured

    • A. Hutton

    Suspended

    None