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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Everton
    • Chelsea
    • FT And there is the full time whistle - Chelsea have to settle for a point - their record of 11 away wins in a row is over. Liverpool will be top dogs at Christmas.
    • 90+2 So late pressing from Chelsea on the back of a Mikel free-kick but Everton are defending well.
    • 90' Looks like we are heading for a draw. Two extra minutes.
    • 87' Final Chelsea change - on comes Wayne Bridge for Deco.
    • 85' Pienaar was offside in any event so even if the referee thought Pienaar's challenge was fair it would not have counted.
    • 84' GOAL DISALLOWED FOR EVERTON.Contentious decision - Cech made a great save to deny Osman from close range but the ball spilled out a bit. He tried desperately hard to hang onto it. Pienaar kicked it out of his hands but illegally so in the eyes of the referee.
    • 82' Everton with a free-kick 30 yards out in a pretty central position but Arteta can only curl it over the bar.
    • 81' Cech now has to deal with a tricky back pass as Everton continue to press.
    • 80' Superb low cross from Baines - Fellaini sticks out a boot and the ball goes JUST WIDE - so close for Everton.
    • 77' And from the resulting corner Cech has to push away a header from Lescott.
    • 76' Hibbert's cross deflects off Lampard and Cech has to readjust to tip over the bar.
    • 74' Powerful run from Lampard but his shot is then high and well wide.
    • 72' Drogba found by a long Lampard pass but then he is just guided out of play by Lescott much to the delight of the home fans.
    • 70' 20 minutes to go and you sense that the Everton fans feel Chelsea are here for the taking.
    • 68' Ballack now the third Chelsea man booked for dissent he is not happy with the Everton wall. Alex then fires into the wall and then miles over from the free.
    • 72' Drogba found by a long Lampard pass but then he is just guided out of play by Lescott much to the delight of the home fans.
    • 65' Nice play from Pienaar and Arteta sets up Jagielka who sees his header blocked - half hearted appeal for a penalty - and then Fellaini just can't get a proper head on another good cross but a good spell from Everton here.
    • 64' Everton looking the more likely side at the moment but still very even.
    • 61' Massive blow for Everton - Joseph Yobo has gone off with what looks to be a hamstring injury. On comes Leighton Baines to play left-back with Lescott moving into the centre.
    • 60' Very solid catch from Cech ends another Everton attack.
    • 60' Little bit of a mix up at the back from Everton as Lescott heads when he should have left it for Howard but they get away with it.
    • 58' Decent pace about the game now but still both keepers are having comfortable nights.
    • 57' Osman chops down Drogba in midfield - free-kick but no booking.
    • 55' Alex gets his head on a long Lampard free into the box but Deco just can't quite get on the end of the flick down.
    • 54' Superb tackle by Jagielka to deny Bosingwa who had stormed into the box.
    • 54' Very good defending by Cole as he heads back to Cech under pressure from Fellaini.
    • 53' Chelsea having to do some defending now as Everton begin to get some balls into the box.
    • 52' Superb cross from Hibbert and Fellaini gets in between two defenders but he can only head the ball straight at Cech - good chance though.
    • 50' Looks like Everton will get more possession in this second-half with the extra man but they are not going to change their conservative game plan.
    • 48' Mikel drags a shot well wide of the target after the ball fell out to him when a Deco crossed free hit the wall.
    • 46 And we are back underway.
    • 46' Double change from Chelsea at half-time - Didier Drogba and Branislav Ivanovic have come on and Nicolas Anelka and Joe Cole have been sacrificed.
    • HT And there is the half-time whistle. No goals and very little action but the Terry sending off will give the fans plenty to talk about over their half-time pie.
    • 45+1 Very good sliding tackle from Hibbert stops the ball getting to Deco in a dangerous area.
    • 45' We are going to have two extra minutes at the end of the half.
    • 43' Decent turn and shot from just inside the box from Yobo and Cech has to get down quick to make a smart save.
    • 43' Lampard is unhappy with a free awarded to Everton just outside the box. He gives some lip to Phil Dowd and gets a yellow for his troubles. And then Ashley Cole gets booked for the same!! Chelsea need to "cool their jets." Chance for Arteta from the free...but he can't get it over the wall.
    • 42' Everton with a rare chance to get a ball in the box with men in there but Hibbert produces a poor ball.
    • 41' Mikel has gone back into defence with Ballack going a little deeper since Terry's sending off. Everton are going to carry on as they have been doing.
    • 38' Cahill goes diving in between Cole and Ballack looking for a header - no card though and rightly so. Getting a little tasty out there now - shame about the football though.
    • 35' Well it has gone red hot now because JOHN TERRY HAS BEEN SENT OFF - a straight red for a bad lunge on Leon Osman. There didn't look to be any malice but it was a high dangerous tackle and Terry can not really complain. Phil Dowd thought long and hard about it before giving the Chelsea captain his marching orders.
    • 34' The crowd have gone a bit flat - this is pretty dull stuff to be honest. Don't expect to see any cheesy "Christmas cracker" puns in the tabs tomorrow.
    • 32' Mikel shifts and shifts looking for space to shoot on the edge of the area before finally going for a pass but Joe Cole is offside.
    • 29' Anelka beginning to stray out to the wings a bit in a desperate bid for space - it is very crowded out there.
    • 26' The match has the feel of an ice hockey powerplay at the moment - Everton well drilled at the back but nothing is sticking for them beyond half-way anymore.
    • 24' Patient build-up from Chelsea and Joe Cole is nearly found in the box but Jagielka clears behind for a corner.
    • 23' Everton are starting to defend a little deep and are inviting Chelsea on to them.
    • 22' Bosingwa furious he didn't get a corner and rightly so. The ball clearly went off Lescott last and the linesman was right there.
    • 20' Chelsea getting on top now - Deco has just worked an angle for a shot but it was blocked on its way - it fell to Anelka who handballed when laying it back for Frank Lampard whose deflected effort went over anyway.
    • 18' OFF THE POST FROM ANELKA - but he was offside anyway - Anelka just got in the way of an Alex header and nearly turned the ball in but he strayed offside and there was not enough power in the original header to worry Howard.
    • 16' Chelsea enjoy a little spell in the Everton final third but the home side look well organised back there.
    • 14' Phil Neville leaves a high boot in on Mikel - he gets a talking to from Phil Dowd but escapes without a booking. Sensible refereeing - did I just say that???
    • 12' Everton very lively at the moment - Osman puts up another good cross to the back post but while Fellaini gets a header on target there is no power in it.
    • 10' Osman put a cross to the back post - Cahill has a tough angle so heads back across the goal. It hits Alex but with no power so Cech can gather.
    • 9' Decent link-up play from Cahill nearly gets a counter attack move going but his little flick to Hibbert has just a bit too much juice on it.
    • 7' Decent low effort from Phil Neville from 30 yards out - low and hard but Cech was watching it all the way and gets down to make a comfortable save.
    • 6' Howard rushes out well to slide in and get a long ball that Joe Cole was chasing.
    • 5' Everton with a free in a good position on the left hand side. Arteta whips in a decent cross but it flies over the heads of the crowd and Cech can gather with ease.
    • 4' Everton beginning to settle a bit now and we have a more even contest as a result.
    • 2' And already Howard is forced into a save. Bosingwa's cross field ball found Ashley Cole at the edge of the area and his half volley was well struck but a little too straight. Howard puts it out for a corner and Chelsea can not do anything with it.
    • 2' Chelsea stroking the ball around with ease in these opening stages - Everton haven't had a kick yet.
    • 1' And Chelsea get us underway playing from left to right.
    • - Both teams coming out now - Chelsea wearing their black away shirts tonight.
    • - Everton can jump into the top six today but they have not beaten Chelsea for eight years - ouch...
    • - Again Everton without any strikers so Tim Cahill plays up front on his own. Arteta passed a late fitness test but Castillo is out so Hibbert comes in a right back and Phil Neville moves into midfield.
    • - So the big news is that Didier Drogba is again on the bench with Nicolas Anelka playing as a lone striker once again.
    • - Chelsea Team: Cech, Bosingwa, Alex, Terry, Ashley Cole, Mikel, Joe Cole, Ballack, Lampard, Deco, Anelka Subs: Cudicini, Ivanovic, Drogba, Malouda, Bridge, Kalou, Belletti
    • - Everton Team: Howard, Hibbert, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott, Neville, Osman, Arteta, Fellaini, Pienaar, Cahill Subs: Nash, Baines, Van der Meyde, Rodwell, Jutkiewicz, Gosling, Kissock
    • - Welcome to our LIVE coverage of this final Premier League game before Christmas. Chelsea need to win here if they are to take the Xmas number one.

  • Team Stats

    Everton Stats Chelsea
    47% Possession 52%
    12 Shots 10
    6 Shots on target 1
    1 Saves 5
    6 Corners 5
    11 Fouls 16
    1 Offsides 3
    0 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 1
    18 Tackles 21
    310 Accurate passes 354
    82 Bad passes 64

  • 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
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 36 15 2
      2 Tony Hibbert 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 33 2 3
      6 Phil Jagielka 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 21 9 3
      10 Mikel Arteta 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 51 15 4
      17 Tim Cahill 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 24 5 1
      25 Marouane Fellaini 0 4 2 3 2 0 0 26 4 1
      18 Philip Neville 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 38 4 1
      21 Leon Osman 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 21 0 3
      20 Steven Pienaar 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 26 15 0
      7 Andy van der Meyde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      36 John Kissock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Leighton Baines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 10 0
      32 Dan Gosling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Carlo Nash 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Lucas Jutkiewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Jack Rodwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Chelsea
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Petr Cech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 37 0 3
      3 Ashley Cole 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 36 20 2
      17 José Bosingwa 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 23 0 4
      26 John Terry 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 7 0
      10 Joe Cole 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 1 0
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 60 10 5
      8 Frank Lampard 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 44 7 2
      13 Michael Ballack 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 38 6 0
      20 Anderson Deco 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 36 8 1
      39 Nicolas Anelka 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 10 3 0
      18 Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Didier Drogba 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 6 0 2
      15 Florent Malouda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      35 Juliano Belletti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Branislav Ivanovic 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 0 2
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 84' GOAL DISALLOWED FOR EVERTON.Contentious decision - Cech made a great save to deny Osman from close range but the ball spilled out a bit. He tried desperately hard to hang onto it. Pienaar kicked it out of his hands but illegally so in the eyes of the referee.
    • 80' Superb low cross from Baines - Fellaini sticks out a boot and the ball goes JUST WIDE - so close for Everton.
    • 77' And from the resulting corner Cech has to push away a header from Lescott.
    • 76' Hibbert's cross deflects off Lampard and Cech has to readjust to tip over the bar.
    • 65' Nice play from Pienaar and Arteta sets up Jagielka who sees his header blocked - half hearted appeal for a penalty - and then Fellaini just can't get a proper head on another good cross but a good spell from Everton here.
    • 52' Superb cross from Hibbert and Fellaini gets in between two defenders but he can only head the ball straight at Cech - good chance though.
    • 43' Decent turn and shot from just inside the box from Yobo and Cech has to get down quick to make a smart save.
    • 35' Well it has gone red hot now because JOHN TERRY HAS BEEN SENT OFF - a straight red for a bad lunge on Leon Osman. There didn't look to be any malice but it was a high dangerous tackle and Terry can not really complain. Phil Dowd thought long and hard about it before giving the Chelsea captain his marching orders.
    • 2' And already Howard is forced into a save. Bosingwa's cross field ball found Ashley Cole at the edge of the area and his half volley was well struck but a little too straight. Howard puts it out for a corner and Chelsea can not do anything with it.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Phil Dowd

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    Starting line-up

    • T. Howard
    • T. Hibbert
    • J. Yobo Substitution Out (61′)
    • P. Jagielka
    • J. Lescott
    • S. Pienaar
    • M. Arteta
    • P. Neville
    • L. Osman
    • M. Fellaini
    • T. Cahill

    Subs

    • C. Nash
    • A. Van der Meyde
    • L. Baines Substitution In61′
    • D. Gosling
    • L. Jutkiewicz
    • J. Rodwell
    • J. Kissock

    Injured

    • L. Saha
    • J. Vaughan
    • V. Anichebe

    Suspended

    None

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

    Captain: John Terry

    Starting line-up

    • P. Cech
    • J. Bosingwa
    • J. Terry Red Card
    • .. Alex
    • A. Cole Yellow Card
    • J. Mikel
    • F. Lampard Yellow Card
    • M. Ballack Yellow Card
    • .. Deco Substitution Out (87′)
    • J. Cole Substitution Out (46′)
    • N. Anelka Substitution Out (46′)

    Subs

    • F. Malouda
    • D. Drogba Substitution In46′
    • C. Cudicini
    • W. Bridge Substitution In87′
    • J. Belletti
    • S. Kalou
    • B. Ivanovic Substitution In46′

    Injured

    • M. Essien
    • R. Carvalho
    • F. Di Santo

    Suspended

    None

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