Saturday March 21, 2009 Finished White Hart Lane
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Chelsea beaten at Tottenham
Chelsea blew the chance to cut the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester United when they slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Tottenham Hotspur
- Chelsea
90+6 ... no, it was the final whistle! Spurs hold on and move into the top half of the table, a huge blow for Chelsea who could have closed the gap on United to one point!!
90+5 Ballack is played through and he finishes weakly straight at Gomes but he spills it for a corner!! Swung far post and Spurs can't clear, shot from the edge of the box but blocked and was that a handball? The whistle goes...
90+3 SPURS SUB: Lennon off to a standing ovation, Zokora on to shore it up and waste some time.- 90+2 Corner to Chelsea after Gomes has to fly out following a defensive error... swung to the edge of the six-yard box AND ALEX WITH A HEADER OFF THE BAR AND THE LOOSE BALL IS TIPPED AWAY BY GOMES! What a chance! Not Chelsea's day...
- 90' Two minutes added time being played...
- 88' Cole on the left plays it high and long into the box and Drogba heads it towards goal with Gomes stranded off his line but over.
- 86' SPURS SUB: Modric off for O'Hara.
84' Ballack goes in high and late on Modric and sees yellow.- 83' Chelsea are piling it forward but, well, lacking in inspiration as Gomes takes another easy one out of the air.
- 82' Free-kick to Chelsea around 30 yards out after Woodgate is penalised for a foul on Drogba but Alex sends it well over.
- 81' Spurs go down the other end and Lennon is in but his cross is miles over, shocking delivery.
- 80' Terry plays a high one into the box and Drogba rises to loop a powerful header past Gomes but wide of the far post!
- 78' Free-kick to Chelsea... sent into the box AND JOHN TERRY FLIES IN WITH A DOWNWARD HEADER FOR 1-1 BUT NO! INCREDIBLE SAVE BY GOMES! Ooooh that was some stop from the Brazilian, he got down quick and low to block the goal-bound header and then got his left hand across to push the loose ball away with Chelsea players bundling in.
- 77' Palacios is booked after a soft foul on Malouda, for cumulative offences says the referee.
- 75' CHELSEA SUB: Malouda on for Essien.
- 72' Poor free kick from Lamps, into the wall and the follow up is harmlessly wide.
- 71' A very, very soft free kick to Chelsea after Ballack pirouttes to the ground under a challenge from Jenas. For a big lad he ain't half soft.
- 69' Lampard gets the ball from Anelka and tries a low drive but well wide.
- 67' Quaresma plays it in from the right AND DROGBA IS IN BUT A GREAT SAVE BY GOMES! WHAT A STOP! Corner Chelsea, Gomes flew across to tip it behind.
- 64' Chelsea are having a bit more of the ball now and Drogba gets it on the edge of the box and feeds Anelka but he can't control it and Spurs clear. Now it's swung far post and Lampard arrives late but Corluka gets ahead of him and the header is wide.
- 60' Chelsea fans must be chewing their hands off, United are now two goals and two men down at Fulham! Gera got a second and Rooney was sent off for a second yellow card. It's there for the taking but Chelsea aren't at the races!
- 59' Good run by Lennon again down the right, he was in acres of space to get the crossfield pass from Assou-Ekotto, good cross for MODRIC but his volley into the ground is saved!
- 57' Corner to Spurs on the left, Modric to take this one...
- 55' Good cross into the area from Lampard but well claimed by Gomes at the far post.
- 54' Chelsea with some pressure, Drogba can't get a shot away and neither can Essien, wide left with Ballack who goes down very easily under a challenge from Corluka and the ref gives away a free kick. Very, very harsh...
- 53' King puts a low Drogba centre behind for a corner.
- 51' Modric on the ball on the edge of his area, he surges forward, skips past one man, then another, this is a hreat run and he plays a superb through ball for Bent who is clean through on the left but oh dear, he is clearly lacking confidence and instead of cutting in and getting a shot across he stands it up and plays the ball backwards and Chelsea clear.
49' Modric with pressure on Bosingwa who's clearance is poor and it's with Lennon on the right, he has Cole ahead of him and sends it low to the edge of the box WHERE MODRIC IS THERE TO SEND A LOW DRIVE INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR 1-0! Great strike by Modric!! Chelsea are behind, and United's putative slip-up at Fulham could not be so bad after all.- 47' Spurs immediately get forward but Bent can't get on to the ball and it goes out for a goal kick.
46' Second half underway!!- 45+2 Half-time, goalless but Spurs have had the better of it.
- 45+1 Free-kick to Spurs but Chelsea clear. Two minutes added time being played.
- 45' Drogba lives! He was dead for a moment but gets to his feet and is totally fine, of course. His capacity for recovery is quite something.
- 44' Drogba is down in some trouble with Chelsea's medical staff all around him, he was taken out by King who flew across to fairly win a header but his momentum knocked Drog for six.
- 43' Palacios gets forward to latch on to an Alex header but is challenged by Essien as he shoots, is off balance and the shot loops into the arms of Cech.
- 42' Spurs win a corner on the left after good work from Modric. Everyone is forward for this, a bit of delay taking it... and straight down the throat of Cech.
- 40' Chelsea get forward but don't really test Gomes with the shot from Drogba.
- 38' Spurs break as Modric plays a diagonal ball wide left to Keane who races on to it, cuts inside and shoots low across Cech but too close to the Chelsea keeper, who gets down and holds on.
- 36' Lennon gets in down the right but Cole is on him and takes the ball away before a hilariously clumsy piece of miscontrol that sees him flick it off his own shin and out for a corner.
- 34' Chelsea really are struggling at the moment as Redknapp looks on wondering if his team can make a breakthrough.
- 32' Great crossfield pass by Lampard to Kalou but his cross is weak and across goal... Belletti gets it in the right corner, cuts the ball back to ANELKA WITH A SUPERB SHOT BUT A GREAT SAVE BY GOMES! Corner Chelsea.
- 30' Another good spell of Spurs pressure ends in a goal kick to Chelsea. They need to make this count as if any team can nab a scabby late goal, Chelsea can.
- 28' Spurs get forward down the left this time but Alex heads Modric's ball out for a throw.
- 26' Tottenham are definitely edging it in this first half, Chelsea don't seem to be with the pace of the game. Drogba and Anelka have barely got a touch between them.
- 24' Counter attack by Spurs, Keane running forward down the right, he plays it low in for BENT WHO'S IN but he fires straight at Cech! What a chance!
- 20' Cole gets in down the left, he plays it back to Ballack but the attempted cross is poor, out for a throw on the right.
- 19' Consecutive corners to Spurs but Chelsea clear.
- 18' Keane gets in behind the Chelsea defence after Bosingwa missed a header and Alex flies in but misses it AND KEANE LETS IT BOUNCE AND SMASHES IN A LEFT-FOOT SHOT BUT TIPPED BEHIND FOR A CORNER BY CECH! Great effort, great stop but some rubbish defending.
- 16' In case you were unaware, Premier League leaders Manchester United are a goal and a man down at Fulham after Paul Scholes inexplicably handled on the line. He walked and Danny Murphy dispatched the penalty. Ouch. Things could get rather tasty now...
- 14' Palacios goes down theatrically but it was a bodycheck by Ballack.
- 13' Spurs are having a decent spell with Chelsea on the back foot but they're not really creating any clear-cut chances... Cech plucks one out of the air and launches it downfield.
- 11' Terry with a good challenge to break up a Spurs attack, throw in on the right.
- 9' Spurs attack now with Jenas on the right edge of the box and he sends a superb rising drive that fizzes just over!!
- 8' Essien bulldozes his way through three Spurs defenders and he hammers a low drive on goal but saved by Gomes, he can't hold on to it and BALLACK FOLLOWS UP but Gomes dives on to it!
- 7' Keane is furious after his route is blocked by Terry following a backheel over the top but the flag is up anyway.
- 6' Great run forward by Bosingwa, cutting inside from the right and almost getting a shot away from the edge of the box but Spurs are back deep and get it clear.
- 4' Good delivery from Modric and Woodgate flying in but it comes off the side of his head and Chelsea clear.
- 3' Corner to Spurs on the right, won by Corluka...
- 1' Crunching but fair challenge from Ballack on Keane to get the match going!!
1' Match underway!!- - Finally this match is set to start, the players are on the pitch as referee Mike Dean tosses the coin...
- - UPDATE: We hear the delay is not traffic related but because of a suspicious package
- - This match has been delayed for half an hour due to bad traffic in North London, one assumes on account of Gooners going north for the match at Newcastle and egg-chasers coming the other way for England v Scotland.
- - Didier Drogba received a caution for throwing a coin back in the crowd during the Cup defeat to Burnley. Drog cautioned for assault
- - Spurs boss Harry Redknapp believes that the reason Aaron Lennon's career stalled at Spurs was down to poor coaching and that he has the potential to become one of the best: Redknapp: Lennon wasn't coached
- - Chelsea team: Cech, Bosingwa, Alex, Terry, Ashley Cole, Essien, Ballack, Lampard, Belletti, Drogba, Anelka; Subs: Hilario, Ivanovic, Di Santo, Malouda, Quaresma, Kalou, Mancienne
- - Tottenham team: Gomes, Corluka, Woodgate, King, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Jenas, Palacios, Modric, Bent, Keane; Subs: Cudicini, Zokora, Bentley, Huddlestone, Pavlyuchenko, Dawson, O'Hara
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Team Stats
Tottenham Hotspur Stats Chelsea 39% Possession 61% 12 Shots 20 5 Shots on target 7 5 Saves 2 8 Corners 8 8 Fouls 13 1 Offsides 3 2 Yellow cards 2 0 Red cards 0 19 Tackles 19 228 Accurate passes 388 46 Bad passes 27 -
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
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Tottenham Hotspur G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 1 Heurelho Gomes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 32 Benoit Assou-Ekotto 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 28 10 9 22 Vedran Corluka 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 34 1 0 26 Ledley King 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 15 5 1 39 Jonathan Woodgate 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 1 12 Wilson Palacios 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 23 4 3 7 Aaron Lennon 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 1 1 14 Luka Modric 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 27 11 1 8 Jermaine Jenas 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 22 0 1 10 Darren Bent 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 14 5 2 15 Robbie Keane 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 31 6 0 23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Didier Zokora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Michael Dawson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Roman Pavlyuchenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Tom Huddlestone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Jamie O'Hara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 David Bentley 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 6 1 0 33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 2 1 3 Ashley Cole 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 31 4 5 35 Juliano Belletti 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 17 0 0 17 José Bosingwa 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 55 1 2 26 John Terry 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 43 3 3 5 Michael Essien 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 53 3 2 8 Frank Lampard 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 51 1 2 13 Michael Ballack 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 51 3 3 11 Didier Drogba 0 5 1 2 2 3 0 13 5 1 39 Nicolas Anelka 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 28 2 0 15 Florent Malouda 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 1 0 42 Michael Mancienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Franco Di Santo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Henrique Hilário 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Branislav Ivanovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Salomon Kalou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Ricardo Quaresma 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
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Summary
- 90+5 Ballack is played through and he finishes weakly straight at Gomes but he spills it for a corner!! Swung far post and Spurs can't clear, shot from the edge of the box but blocked and was that a handball? The whistle goes...
- 90+2 Corner to Chelsea after Gomes has to fly out following a defensive error... swung to the edge of the six-yard box AND ALEX WITH A HEADER OFF THE BAR AND THE LOOSE BALL IS TIPPED AWAY BY GOMES! What a chance! Not Chelsea's day...
- 80' Terry plays a high one into the box and Drogba rises to loop a powerful header past Gomes but wide of the far post!
- 78' Free-kick to Chelsea... sent into the box AND JOHN TERRY FLIES IN WITH A DOWNWARD HEADER FOR 1-1 BUT NO! INCREDIBLE SAVE BY GOMES! Ooooh that was some stop from the Brazilian, he got down quick and low to block the goal-bound header and then got his left hand across to push the loose ball away with Chelsea players bundling in.
- 67' Quaresma plays it in from the right AND DROGBA IS IN BUT A GREAT SAVE BY GOMES! WHAT A STOP! Corner Chelsea, Gomes flew across to tip it behind.
- 60' Chelsea fans must be chewing their hands off, United are now two goals and two men down at Fulham! Gera got a second and Rooney was sent off for a second yellow card. It's there for the taking but Chelsea aren't at the races!
- 59' Good run by Lennon again down the right, he was in acres of space to get the crossfield pass from Assou-Ekotto, good cross for MODRIC but his volley into the ground is saved!
- 49' Modric with pressure on Bosingwa who's clearance is poor and it's with Lennon on the right, he has Cole ahead of him and sends it low to the edge of the box WHERE MODRIC IS THERE TO SEND A LOW DRIVE INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR 1-0! Great strike by Modric!! Chelsea are behind, and United's putative slip-up at Fulham could not be so bad after all.
- 38' Spurs break as Modric plays a diagonal ball wide left to Keane who races on to it, cuts inside and shoots low across Cech but too close to the Chelsea keeper, who gets down and holds on.
- 32' Great crossfield pass by Lampard to Kalou but his cross is weak and across goal... Belletti gets it in the right corner, cuts the ball back to ANELKA WITH A SUPERB SHOT BUT A GREAT SAVE BY GOMES! Corner Chelsea.
- 24' Counter attack by Spurs, Keane running forward down the right, he plays it low in for BENT WHO'S IN but he fires straight at Cech! What a chance!
- 18' Keane gets in behind the Chelsea defence after Bosingwa missed a header and Alex flies in but misses it AND KEANE LETS IT BOUNCE AND SMASHES IN A LEFT-FOOT SHOT BUT TIPPED BEHIND FOR A CORNER BY CECH! Great effort, great stop but some rubbish defending.
- 9' Spurs attack now with Jenas on the right edge of the box and he sends a superb rising drive that fizzes just over!!
- 8' Essien bulldozes his way through three Spurs defenders and he hammers a low drive on goal but saved by Gomes, he can't hold on to it and BALLACK FOLLOWS UP but Gomes dives on to it!
- - UPDATE: We hear the delay is not traffic related but because of a suspicious package
- - This match has been delayed for half an hour due to bad traffic in North London, one assumes on account of Gooners going north for the match at Newcastle and egg-chasers coming the other way for England v Scotland.
Live Team Line-Up
- Referee: Mike Dean
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Tottenham HotspurManager: Harry Redknapp
Captain: Ledley King
Starting line-up
- H. Gomes
- V. Corluka
- J. Woodgate
- L. King
- B. Assou-Ekotto
- A. Lennon
- J. Jenas
- W. Palacios
- L. Modric
- D. Bent
- R. Keane
Subs
- C. Cudicini
- D. Zokora
90′ - D. Bentley
- M. Dawson
- T. Huddlestone
- R. Pavlyuchenko
- J. O'Hara 86′
Injured
- J. Defoe
- A. Hutton
Suspended
None
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ChelseaManager: Guus Hiddink
Captain: John Terry
Starting line-up
- P. Cech
- J. Bosingwa
- J. Terry
- .. Alex
- A. Cole
- J. Belletti
- M. Essien
- F. Lampard
- M. Ballack
- N. Anelka
- D. Drogba
Subs
- F. Malouda 75′
- R. Quaresma 60′
- S. Kalou
- B. Ivanovic
- M. Mancienne
- H. Hilario
- F. Di Santo
Injured
- J. Cole
- .. Deco
- P. Ferreira
Suspended
None
The next season is going to be a cracking season for football. With the new promotions this should
be an interesting time.
Ha Ha!!! chelsea lost aganist spurs!!! what a loser they are
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was up
Modric is good
come on chelsea we should have won that cfc 4 life
toldya! gus bubble burst chelski @#$%
Not bad game but Chelsea need to play a little better then this a draw might be enought :)
Hahahahahahahahahaha SHAME :)
Liverpool Will Always Be Betr,
581 comments so far and hardly any mention from The Arsenhole Fans.With luck they have Pi**ed 0ff back to Sarf London were they belong.
charlie banks...does nowt but wanks!!
ben is your last name DOVER by any chance? probably is if your a liverpool supporter!
merseyside butt-monkeysSeveral match to the last match, the winner will be appear and they always play consistand !!!, it proven!!!! .The blue..... u re not be a champion on this season,
but you have given all of your trive.... i precise that..
go the blue go....!!!!!, guss dont leave your babies... they have found their trully papa.......I DO NOT SEE THE REASON WHY BLUES KEEP LOOSING OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS. THIS MATCH COULD HAVE GIVEN US THE TROPHY FOR THIS SEASON IF BLUES HAD WON THE TOTTENHAM MATCH, HOWEVER, I CAN PREDICT A LIVERPOOL AND CHELSEA WINNING THE PREMIER LEAGUE TROPHY FOR 2009. LASTLY, THE NON INCLUSION OF S. KALOU AT THE FIRST HALF GAME CAUSED GUS THE SAID MATCH. BELLETI IS NOT A GOOD START. BOSINGWA NEEDS TO BE CAUTIONED, AND ANELKA NEEDS TO BRAVE UP, BECAUSE ON THE INCLUSION OF SUPER DROGBA, ANELKA GOES BACK WHY? LET GUS WAKE UP AND GIVE US THIS TROPHY OR FACE THE SAME THING WITH SCOLARI!!!!!!! WE CANT WAIT ANY LONGER. ONYEOMA AFRICA (00).
livapool will do this, they will win the prem, not the fat pigs of man u
(jade goody is dead)Good try...............
Just bad luck.
Hope av win against liverpool, then chelsea;ll have a chance.good try chelsea but try next time to win but ur still better than RUBBISH OLD TOTS
padan muka yon chelsea ang kalah...........ha..ha..ha.........
Arsenal can be in top three if Chelsea lose again.
Chelsea!!!!!!!!!
WHy you loSe..???!!!
you should cannot lose...!!
Ooo...man!!
sorry chelsea, u r not champion in this season
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