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  • Bosingwa 38’
  • Anelka 78’

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  1. Chelsea down Stoke to go top

    Chelsea down Stoke to go top

    Chelsea went to the top of the Premier League as they defeated Stoke City 2-0 at the Britannia Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Stoke City
    • Chelsea
    • 90+3' That's it and Chelsea go top of the Premier League as they maintain their 100% away record under Luiz Felipe Scolari.
    • 90' Three minutes added time but Chelsea are cruising home now.
    • 89' Tonge's shot is high, wide and not very handsome.
    • 87' Paulo Ferreira replaces Ballack.
    • 85' Lampard's shot is blocked by Faye.
    • 83' Ballack cushions a header into Lampard's path but the midfielder scuffs his shot straight at Sorensen from point blank range.
    • 81' Sidibe is replaced by Amdy Faye who returns after a three-match ban.
    • 80' Neat work from Malouda and Anelka and the ball falls to Ballack but his effort is sliced away with the outside of his boot past the far post.
    • 78' GOAL CHELSEA!! Cort fails to deal with a cross from the right and as he slips he only manages to chest the ball straight into the path of Anelka whose shot finds the net despite Sorensen getting a strong hand on it.
    • 76' Stoke's fifth corner - they have improved vastly since the break - and Cech has to be alert to gather a downward header ahead of Cresswell.
    • 74' The end of Drogba's afternoon with Juliano Belletti coming on and Anelka moving into a central role.
    • 72' Higginbotham's long throw is punched clear by Cech. He has stepped into the mantle of the injured Delap.
    • 71' Fuller has been lively since coming on but his bending 20-yard shot fails to test Cech.
    • 70' Drogba tries to trick Danny Higginbotham in the penalty area but the veteran defender stands his ground and clears.
    • 68' Richard Cresswell is booked for a lunging tackle on Malouda.
    • 66' Sharp passing from Chelsea and Lampard finds Anelka in the right channel but he blazes his shot over from ten yards.
    • 64' Michael Tonge comes on for Lawrence.
    • 62' Griffin's long-range shot is over the bar but this is Stoke's best spell.
    • 60' Stoke's best chance as Cort's header from a corner is cleared off the line by Terry.
    • 59' Stoke win a free-kick but Lawrence can't clear Lampard with his delivery.
    • 57' Bosingwa's cross is deflected and Sorensen scoops the ball off the head of Griffin.
    • 56' Stoke win just their second corner but Petr Cech claims comfortably.
    • 54' A spat between Griffin and Malouda after the Frenchman prevents the home captain from taking a quick free-kick and both are booked.
    • 52' Ricardo Fuller replaces the peripheral Dave Kitson.
    • 50' Cort blocks Ballack's shot - it's one-way traffic.
    • 48' A superb save as Sorensen pushes Malouda's shot on to the crossbar after Faye gifts the ball away in a dangerous position.
    • 47' Chelsea continue where they left off with Lampard's shot deflected off Leon Cort and narrowly past the post.
    • 46' Half-time change for Chelsea with Eurosport blogger Nicolas Anelka on for Kalou.
    • 45+2' Half-time and Chelsea take a deserved lead into the break.
    • 44' Too much purchase on Ballack's attempted through ball and Sorensen collects.
    • 42' Another free-kick in a dangerous position for Chelsea but Drogba chips it over the top.
    • 40' Again Sorensen saves Stoke, coming off his line to get to Malouda's through ball just ahead of Kalou.
    • 38' GOAL CHELSEA!! Jose Bosingwa feeds the ball out to the right, collects the return ball beautifully on his chest and beats Sorensen with a smart finish which Griffin can do nothing about on the line.
    • 37' Stoke's first corner and the ball is headed back across goal to Sidibe whose nod on goal is tame.
    • 36' Drogba gets clear down the left channel but is unable to deliver a cross and the ball harmlessly runs out of play.
    • 35' Lampard's shot is blocked on the edge of the penalty area by a posse of Stoke bodies.
    • 33' Lampard tries to chip Sorensen from 40 yards from a free-kick but the cheeky attempt is too high.
    • 31' Lawrence's delivery is woeful, way over the crossbar.
    • 30' Terry is given a stern warning after pulling back Mamady Sidibe quite blatantly.
    • 28' Faye has gone down holding his left side and looks in some trouble.
    • 26' Florent Malouda feeds Drogba down the left but again Sorensen is alert to the danger and claims the catch.
    • 24' But Sorensen plucks the ball out of the air to avert the danger.
    • 23' Abdoulaye Faye is forced to head away at the back post for a fourth Chelsea corner.
    • 21' Cole rolls the ball into Drogba but the Ivorian's flick in the penalty area does not come off.
    • 19' Cole brings down Liam Lawrence and a first sight of goal for Stoke as Andy Griffin's swiftly taken free-kick is glanced to safety by Ballack.
    • 17' Chelsea totally dominant so far.
    • 15' Another fine save from Sorensen as he stretches out his left boot to deny Didier Drogba.
    • 13' Cole (Ashley, Joe is injured) screws a shot wide of the far post.
    • 12' Soresen is forced to dive to his right to tip the resulting free-kick from Ballack around the post.
    • 11' Salif Diao brings down Lampard on the edge of his own penalty area.
    • 9' From the corner, Sorensen holds on to Ballack's header with John Terry waiting to pounce if there was a spill.
    • 8' Michael Ballack's stinger forces Thomas Sorensen into a good save, the Dane tipping the fierce shot from 25 yards over the bar.
    • 6' But Frank Lampard's delivery is far too deep.
    • 5' And it is Cole who forces the first corner of the match.
    • 3' Ashley Cole has made some probing runs down the left in the opening few minutes.
    • 1' Martin Atkinson gets the game underway!
    • 15:50 Leon Cort and Richard Cresswell replace Ibrahima Sonko and Rory Delap - who failed a late test - for Stoke.
    • 14:45 Alex, Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba are back for Chelsea as they head to the Potteries.

  • Team Stats

    Stoke City Stats Chelsea
    30% Possession 69%
    8 Shots 20
    2 Shots on target 7
    3 Saves 2
    5 Corners 5
    10 Fouls 9
    1 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    14 Tackles 21
    171 Accurate passes 486
    45 Bad passes 97

  • 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
    • Stoke City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Thomas Sorensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 0
      5 Leon Cort 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
      3 Danny Higginbotham 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 15 1
      2 Andy Griffin 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 0
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 3 1
      4 Seyi Olofinjana 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 2 1
      18 Salif Diao 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 13 4 5
      7 Liam Lawrence 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 2 4
      11 Mamady Sidibe 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 9 6 1
      12 Dave Kitson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1
      9 Richard Cresswell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 3 0
      6 Glenn Whelan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Ibrahima Sonko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Steve Simonsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Amdy Faye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      23 Michael Tonge 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 2 0
      10 Ricardo Fuller 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 0
      8 Tom Soares 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 13 4 0
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 1 5
      3 Ashley Cole 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 61 26 1
      17 José Bosingwa 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 44 2 1
      26 John Terry 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 41 8 3
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 72 8 5
      13 Michael Ballack 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 62 9 0
      8 Frank Lampard 0 6 1 1 1 1 1 61 17 2
      15 Florent Malouda 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 59 18 1
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 2
      11 Didier Drogba 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 14 1 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
      16 Scott Sinclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Nicolas Anelka 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 14 3 0
      2 Branislav Ivanovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      35 Juliano Belletti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1
      19 Paulo Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

  • Summary

    • 83' Ballack cushions a header into Lampard's path but the midfielder scuffs his shot straight at Sorensen from point blank range.
    • 78' GOAL CHELSEA!! Cort fails to deal with a cross from the right and as he slips he only manages to chest the ball straight into the path of Anelka whose shot finds the net despite Sorensen getting a strong hand on it.
    • 60' Stoke's best chance as Cort's header from a corner is cleared off the line by Terry.
    • 48' A superb save as Sorensen pushes Malouda's shot on to the crossbar after Faye gifts the ball away in a dangerous position.
    • 38' GOAL CHELSEA!! Jose Bosingwa feeds the ball out to the right, collects the return ball beautifully on his chest and beats Sorensen with a smart finish which Griffin can do nothing about on the line.
    • 15' Another fine save from Sorensen as he stretches out his left boot to deny Didier Drogba.
    • 12' Soresen is forced to dive to his right to tip the resulting free-kick from Ballack around the post.
    • 8' Michael Ballack's stinger forces Thomas Sorensen into a good save, the Dane tipping the fierce shot from 25 yards over the bar.
    • 15:50 Leon Cort and Richard Cresswell replace Ibrahima Sonko and Rory Delap - who failed a late test - for Stoke.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Martin Atkinson

  • Stoke City

    Manager: Tony Pulis

    Captain: Andy Griffin

    Starting line-up

    • T. Sorensen
    • A. Griffin Yellow Card
    • A. Diagne-Faye
    • D. Higginbotham
    • L. Cort
    • R. Cresswell Yellow Card
    • S. Olofinjana
    • S. Diao
    • L. Lawrence Substitution Out (64′)
    • D. Kitson Substitution Out (52′)
    • M. Sidibe Substitution Out (81′)

    Subs

    • A. Faye Substitution In81′
    • S. Simonsen
    • I. Sonko
    • R. Fuller Substitution In52′
    • T. Soares
    • G. Whelan

    Injured

    • R. Delap

    Suspended

    None

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

    Captain: John Terry

    Starting line-up

    • P. Cech
    • J. Bosingwa Goal
    • J. Terry
    • .. Alex
    • A. Cole
    • J. Mikel
    • M. Ballack Substitution Out (87′)
    • F. Lampard
    • S. Kalou Substitution Out (46′)
    • F. Malouda Yellow Card
    • D. Drogba Substitution Out (74′)

    Subs

    • N. Anelka Substitution In46′ Goal
    • W. Bridge
    • P. Ferreira Substitution In87′
    • J. Belletti Substitution In74′
    • S. Sinclair
    • B. Ivanovic
    • H. Hilario

    Injured

    • J. Cole
    • M. Essien
    • .. Deco
    • R. Carvalho

    Suspended

    None

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