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Sunday December 14, 2008 Finished Stamford Bridge

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Chelsea

  • Anelka 51’

West Ham

  • Bellamy 33’
  1. West Ham deny Chelsea

    West Ham deny Chelsea

    Chelsea missed the chance to return to the top of the Premier League as West Ham held them to a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Chelsea
    • West Ham
    • 90+4' Gianfranco Zola takes a point on his return to Stamford Bridge, and Chelsea fail at home again! Liverpool stay top of the league.
    • 90+3' David Di Michele on for Bellamy. Pure time-wasting.
    • 90+1' WHAT A CHANCE CARLTON COLE!! Behrami plays him through and he gets past Alex, but scuffs his shot and Cech makes a decent save!
    • 89' LAMPARD GOES DOWN!! He claims he was tripped by Neill but the referee rightly decides the West Ham man pulled his leg away just in time. Which makes that a fairly shameless dive from Lampard.
    • 88' Frank Lampard gets everything behind a long-raneg free-kick but Robert Green makes a good catch.
    • 87' West Ham make another change, as Luis Boa Morte replaces Jack Collison.
    • 86' Deco's passing radar has been on the blink today. You might ask why he is still using radar when there is more sophisticated technology available.
    • 83' Bosingwa clips a cross to the edge of the box - Kalou meets it but with nowhere near enough power to trouble Green.
    • 80' Chelsea bring on Juliano Belletti for John Obi Mikel, who has worked pretty hard today.
    • 79' WHAT A GAFFE ROBERT GREEN!! The corner comes in and he miscues his punch, with the ball looping towards goal and Scott Parker heads it off the line! He then partially redeems himself with a decent save from Alex!
    • 78' Deco over the top for Drogba who knocks the ball down for KALOU!! His effort deflected over!
    • 77' Craig Bellamy is a waspish little character, but when he goes shoulder-to-shoulder with John Terry there is only going to be one winner.
    • 75' Chelsea: Salomon Kalou has a habit of nicking late goals, and he is brought on for Joe Cole.
    • 72' Zola takes off Noble, replacing him with Hayden Mullins. Noble doesn't look best pleased but Mullins is a good option for this kind of situation.
    • 71' Cole holds the ball up and lays it off for Bellamy, who sends an ambitious shot just wide.
    • 69' Carlton Cole is in trouble again and gets a ticking off from referee Riley after tangling with Terry. He has already been booked and needs to be careful.
    • 67' An Alex shot is deflected over for a corner... DROGBA!!! He volleys goalwards but Green saves! Where was the marking?
    • 64' After a flurry of Chelsea activity, the game seems to have settled down into a pattern not dissimilar to the first half. Few chances, and West Ham presently look comfortable. Ish.
    • 61' Another promising pass hits Anelka. Is that what a good striker is there for, or is he just getting in the way?
    • 58' Cole fires a low shot into the box which hits Anelka, then Lampard shoots over the top. Drogba is down injured. It isn't serious but it doesn't stop him staying on the ground for the best part of a minute.
    • 55' West Ham all at sea now! Joe Cole finds space in the area but loses possession before he can get his shot away.
    • 53' Carlton Cole!! Spins past Alex and fires his shot just wide from the edge of the box!
    • 52' West Ham nearly restore the lead as the ball comes in towards Carlton Cole but he cannot make good contact and Chelsea survive.
    • 51' GOAL!!! Chelsea are level! Nicolas Anelka is the scorer with Drogba involved in the build-up. Drogba drags a superb first-time pass to Lampard who dinks the ball superbly over the top for Anelka, and he beats Green frmo close range!
    • 48' An early corner comes to nothing, but Chelsea seem to have come out with real fire in their bellies.
    • 46' The second half is under way and this could be as important a half of football as Big Phil has had at Chelsea.
    • 46' An enormous cheer goes up as Didier Drogba comes out of the tunnel stripped and ready to go. The big Ivorian replaces Michael Ballack.
    • 45+2' Half-time at Stamford Bridge, and West Ham have the lead. Craig Bellamy goes to remonstrate with the referee and Lucas Neill sensibly drags him away to the sanctity of the dressing room!
    • 45+1' Mark Riley is handing out yellow cards like mince pies. Or something. Craig Bellamy is the fifth player booked.
    • 45' Deco's shot is charged down but falls to Anelka at the edge of the box... he shoots but it takes a touch and bounces into the arms of Green.
    • 43' West Ham work the ball away from the back with some dazzlingly composed play - but then Carlton Cole gives it back to Chelsea with a very loose pass.
    • 41' A big reception for Didier Drogba as he warms up down on the touchline. He came off the bench and scored against Cluj in midweek and you have to fancy he'll be on early in the second half. He's such a handful.
    • 39' Carlton Cole gets in Alex's way to stop him taking a free-kick quickly and that is another booking.
    • 38' West Ham win another corner and Chelsea are tottering here... the ball is flicked on and floats across the face of goal before Nicolas Anelka heads it away.
    • 37' Michael Ballack was booked for dissent in the aftermath of the goal, and now Alexandra Burke's Love Rival is yellow carded for a late challenge on Scott Parker.
    • 36' My word there are a lot of tattoos on Craig Bellamy's arms. He looks like a flipping lizard..
    • 34' Chelsea are furious - they say Noble handled it. They might have a point, but a couple of minutes earlier Deco got away with a much more blatant handball so maybe it just evens that out.
    • 33' GOAL!!! Craig Bellamy scores for West Ham!! Noble uses his shoulder to control the ball on the left and finds Bellamy who chests the ball down and wallops it inside the near post!!
    • 33' Bosingwa lets fly with an extremely optimistic left-foot strike from 30 yards but drags it low and wide.
    • 32' Lampard smashes a 30-yard strike that cannons back off Davenport's head. Ouch. That will leave his ears ringing.
    • 30' Noble's corner is cleared but then quickly played back in towards the taker, who is caught offside.
    • 30' Joe Cole tracks back to cover Herita Ilunga and that's a corner for West Ham on the left side...
    • 29' Well, it is pretty uninspiring stuff at the moment. No shots on target. Chelsea's home record this season in the Premier League is played 8, won 3, drawn 3, lost 2.
    • 27' Deco looks for Ballack in the area... Ilunga heads it over for a corner.
    • 25' Another man down. This time it is Valon Behrami, who has fallen on the little track by the side of the pitch. He is holding his arm but he'll be OK.
    • 23' Didier Drogba is on the bench looking cold and moody. Mind you, he looks exactly the same 85 per cent of the time he is on the pitch.
    • 21' Cynical foul by John Obi Mikel on Carlton Cole (another Cole..) and that is a clear yellow card.
    • 17' A slip by Alexandra Burke's Love Rival lets Bellamy in, but the Welshman is adjudged to have fouled the Chelsea defender.
    • 16' Lampard delivers an inswinging free-kick towards Alex at the far post... he heads it just wide! Green completely lost that in flight.
    • 14' Chelsea play the ball around with some lovely one-touch flicks before Cole (Joe) lifts it over the top for Anelka but Green comes out to collect the ball.
    • 12' In order to distinguish between Chelsea's two Coles, we'll henceforth be naming Ashley after X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke, whose adoration of her mentor Cheryl borders on the unsettling. So, for today, Chelsea's left-back is 'Alexandra Burke's love rival'. OK?
    • 10' Ballack plays a reverse pass into the box for Joe Cole, but the pass has just too much pace on it.
    • 8' A potential injury concern for Chelsea, whose captain John Terry is hobbling after a tackle with Scott Parker. It's not international week, so he will play on unless he is absolutely unable to do so.
    • 7' Joe Cole plays a brilliant give-and-go with Lampard who returns it to Cole's feet and Parker blocks the shot behind for a corner!
    • 4' Lampard dummies and Ballack hits a left-foot shot well over from 30 yards. A poor effort.
    • 3' Chelsea are playing from left to right as we see it in their blue shirts, blue shorts and white socks. West Ham have claret and blue shirts, white shorts and light blue socks. You need to know these things.
    • 2' Collison flies into a tackle on Deco and comes off second best. He limps off after extensive treatment and the visitors will pray it is nothing serious.
    • 1' Game on! A tremendous noise around Stamford Bridge. Chelsea line up, as expected, with Didier Drogba on the break, while West Ham give young Jack Collison a start.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Chelsea versus West Ham as Gianfranco Zola returns to Stamford Bridge. He has got a tremendous reception from the home fans in recognition of his seven years at the club. Spare a thought for his opposite number Luiz Felipe Scolari who has been in hospital witha kidney stone but has recovered sufficiently to be here today.

  • Team Stats

    Chelsea Stats West Ham
    59% Possession 40%
    31 Shots 6
    8 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 4
    9 Corners 4
    19 Fouls 14
    2 Offsides 3
    3 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    26 Tackles 25
    461 Accurate passes 282
    67 Bad passes 37

  • 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
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 29 0 2
      3 Ashley Cole 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 62 24 1
      17 José Bosingwa 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 49 0 4
      26 John Terry 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 29 7 5
      10 Joe Cole 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 27 1 3
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 60 7 3
      8 Frank Lampard 0 9 3 3 0 1 1 67 8 2
      13 Michael Ballack 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 18 3 1
      20 Anderson Deco 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 64 12 0
      39 Nicolas Anelka 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 22 3 0
      18 Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Henrique Hilário 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Didier Drogba 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11 2 2
      35 Juliano Belletti 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
      2 Branislav Ivanovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 2
      19 Paulo Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • West Ham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robert Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0
      15 Matthew Upson 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20 2 1
      3 Hérita N'Kongolo Ilunga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 6 5
      2 Lucas Neill 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 1 0
      27 Calum Davenport 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 1 2
      8 Scott Parker 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 42 4 7
      31 Jack Collison 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 38 2 1
      16 Mark Noble 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 26 5 2
      21 Valon Behrami 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 17 2 5
      10 Craig Bellamy 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 23 6 0
      12 Carlton Cole 0 3 1 7 2 1 0 21 6 0
      20 Julian Faubert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Freddie Sears 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Hayden Mullins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 2
      32 David Di Michele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Luis Boa Morte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Diego Tristán 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Jan Lastuvka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+1' WHAT A CHANCE CARLTON COLE!! Behrami plays him through and he gets past Alex, but scuffs his shot and Cech makes a decent save!
    • 89' LAMPARD GOES DOWN!! He claims he was tripped by Neill but the referee rightly decides the West Ham man pulled his leg away just in time. Which makes that a fairly shameless dive from Lampard.
    • 79' WHAT A GAFFE ROBERT GREEN!! The corner comes in and he miscues his punch, with the ball looping towards goal and Scott Parker heads it off the line! He then partially redeems himself with a decent save from Alex!
    • 78' Deco over the top for Drogba who knocks the ball down for KALOU!! His effort deflected over!
    • 67' An Alex shot is deflected over for a corner... DROGBA!!! He volleys goalwards but Green saves! Where was the marking?
    • 53' Carlton Cole!! Spins past Alex and fires his shot just wide from the edge of the box!
    • 51' GOAL!!! Chelsea are level! Nicolas Anelka is the scorer with Drogba involved in the build-up. Drogba drags a superb first-time pass to Lampard who dinks the ball superbly over the top for Anelka, and he beats Green frmo close range!
    • 33' GOAL!!! Craig Bellamy scores for West Ham!! Noble uses his shoulder to control the ball on the left and finds Bellamy who chests the ball down and wallops it inside the near post!!
    • 7' Joe Cole plays a brilliant give-and-go with Lampard who returns it to Cole's feet and Parker blocks the shot behind for a corner!
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Chelsea versus West Ham as Gianfranco Zola returns to Stamford Bridge. He has got a tremendous reception from the home fans in recognition of his seven years at the club. Spare a thought for his opposite number Luiz Felipe Scolari who has been in hospital witha kidney stone but has recovered sufficiently to be here today.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Riley

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

    Captain: John Terry

    Starting line-up

    • P. Cech
    • J. Bosingwa
    • J. Terry
    • .. Alex
    • A. Cole Yellow Card
    • J. Mikel Yellow Card Substitution Out (80′)
    • F. Lampard
    • M. Ballack Yellow Card Substitution Out (46′)
    • .. Deco
    • J. Cole Substitution Out (75′)
    • N. Anelka Goal

    Subs

    • D. Drogba Substitution In46′
    • W. Bridge
    • P. Ferreira
    • J. Belletti Substitution In80′
    • S. Kalou Substitution In75′
    • B. Ivanovic
    • H. Hilario

    Injured

    • R. Carvalho

    Suspended

    None

  • West Ham

    Manager: Gianfranco Zola

    Captain: Lucas Neill

    Starting line-up

    • R. Green
    • L. Neill
    • C. Davenport
    • M. Upson
    • H. Ilunga
    • J. Collison Substitution Out (87′)
    • S. Parker
    • M. Noble Substitution Out (72′)
    • V. Behrami
    • C. Bellamy Goal Yellow Card Substitution Out (90′)
    • C. Cole Yellow Card

    Subs

    • L. Boa Morte Substitution In87′
    • D. Di Michele Substitution In90′
    • H. Mullins Substitution In72′
    • J. Faubert
    • J. Lastuvka
    • .. Diego Tristan
    • F. Sears

    Injured

    • K. Dyer
    • D. Ashton
    • J. Spector

    Suspended

    None