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Saturday October 24, 2009 Finished Stamford Bridge

5 - 0

Chelsea

  • Givet 20’ (o.g.)
  • Lampard 48’, 59’ (pen.)
  • Essien 52’
  • Drogba 64’

Blackburn Rovers

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  1. Five-star Chelsea back on top

    Five-star Chelsea back on top

    Frank Lampard broke his scoring drought as Chelsea romped to a 5-0 demolition of Blackburn Rovers at Stamford Bridge to go top of the table. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Chelsea
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • 90'+5 There it is! All over! Chelsea go back to the top of the Premier League with a 5-0 thumping of Blackburn!
    • 90'+4 Diouf fires straight at Cech and that should be that.
    • 90'+3 Kalinic is brought down by Essien and Rovers have a free-kick, right on the edge of the box....
    • 89' Three minutes of added time to be played...
    • 88' Nzonzi goes for goal once again... but again it's high and wide...
    • 82' But here's Nzonzi who lets Hoillet's back drift across him before letting fly! Well blocked by a blue shirt...
    • 80' Ten minutes left and Blackburn must be wishing this would end...
    • 77' Chelsea make another change... Joe Cole departs to a standing ovation and a big hug from Ancelotti... and Sturridge comes on.
    • 75' Anelka again fires on goal! And Robinson is again forced into making a save!
    • 73' Chelsea are well on their way back to the top the Premier League, with Manchester United not playing until tomorrow.
    • 71' Lampard feeds Ivanovic with a lovely pass inside the full-back but the Serb blazes his cross way over everyone and into the stand on the far side.
    • 69' Rovers make a third and final change... Hoillet comes on to replace Pedersen.
    • 67' Carvalho is replaced by young Dutchman Bruma, who is making his debut today.
    • 66' Terry heads off the line as Olsson dinks the ball over Cech! The Chelsea skipper races back and throws himself into the back of the net... and he ends up heading into the arms of Cech, just to make it look even better! It's really not Blackburn's day!
    • 64' GOAL! DROGBA MAKES IT FIVE! It's a rout! The Ivorian holds off the challenge of Nelsen and nods home from Ballack's corner!
    • 62' Drogba bursts through... he falls over the challenge of Robinson, who flies off his line, but the ref refuses to point to the spot!
    • 61' And now it's time for Chelsea to make a change... Paulo Ferrera comes on.
    • 60' Salgado comes of for Jacobsen as Blackburn make another change.
    • 59' GOAL! LAMPARD NETS ANOTHER! He sends Robinson the wrong way and Chelsea lead 4-0!
    • 58' PENALTY TO CHELSEA! Nelsen loses the ball to Drogba and then upends him in the box... chance for a fourth!
    • 57' What a scramble in the Chelsea box... Kalinic is in there somewhere... he's on the floor actually... but Cech storms off his line to clear the danger up in the end!
    • 55' Oooh! Robinson nearly allows Anelka's long-range drive through his fingers! He recovers just in time and it stays 3-0...
    • 53' Rovers make a change... Roberts is replaced by Kalinic...
    • 52' GOAL! ESSIEN MAKES IT THREE! Fantastic strike from the Ghanaian, who is afforded far too much space by Nzonzi, 30 yards out... he strikes on goal and Robinson is beaten for a third time!
    • 51' Nikola Kalinic looks like he's going to make an apperance for Blackburn...
    • 49' Blackburn have it all to do now... they run the risk of being swamped...
    • 48' GOAL! LAMPARD SCORES TO END HIS DROUGHT! Essien plays in for Drogba who pulls back to Lampard near the penalty spot... and he makes no mistake, firing past Robinson to notch his first league goal for three months! 2-0 Chelsea!
    • 46' No changes to tell you about...
    • 46' Back underway at the Bridge!
    • 45'+4 And there goes the half-time whistle... Blackburn can count themseleves lucky not to be more than 1-0 down...
    • 45'+3 Robinson again to Rovers' rescue as he pounces on Drogba's close-range header from the resulting corner!
    • 45'+2 TERRY! NO! ROBINSON PULLS OFF A WONDER SAVE! Terry strikes his volley really well, but somehow the keeper gets a big hand to it!
    • 45'+2 Pedersen is booked for a cynical shirt tug...
    • 45'+1 Cole darts forward but his pass looking for Drogba is cut out by Nelsen...
    • 45' Two minutes of added time to be played...
    • 43' Oh dear, that's poor from Drogba, who fires the free-kick tamely into the wall... Lampard lashes wide from the rebound.
    • 42' Drogba turns well but Andrews isn't going to let him get any further... he hauls the Ivorian down and Chelsea have a free-kick, 25 yards out, dead centre.
    • 41' ANELKA! Into the side netting from the Frenchman after he cut inside Jacobsen!
    • 39' It opens up a little for Lampard... he lets fly! But this one's poor and the ball bounces well wide of Robinson's goal.
    • 37' DROGBA! Ooh! What a strike from the Ivorian! He lets fly from 30 yards out... it dips and swerves all over the shop, but Robinson is equal to it, punching behind for a corner!
    • 36' Ivanovic allows the ball to slip under his foot and Blackburn have a throw which Pedersen will launch into the box... Cech comes and and flaps but Andrews can't capitalise!
    • 33' Anelka! Ooh! That should be a second! Lampard feeds the Frenchman... he has a clear sight of goal, but Robinson is out quickly to narrow the angle! And the keeper makes the save!
    • 31' Oooh! Lampard heads inches wide from Belletti's excellent whipped cross! He's getting closer to a first Premier League goal in three months...
    • 29' Chelsea once again in possession... this time Essien decides to have a pop on goal... over the bar!
    • 26' Oooh! Pedersen drives wide of Cech's post after Roberts does well to hold the ball up and lay off to his team-mate!
    • 24' Ballack unleashes a drive on goal... Givet gets his head in the way... not sure how good an idea that was... Ballack can really hit them!
    • 23' The corner finds Drogba, but his first touch takes him away from goal and then he slices his effort way over the bar!
    • 22' Ivanvic centres and Olsson concedes a corner as Chelsea push for a second...
    • 20' GOAL! CHELSEA TAKE THE LEAD THROUGH AN OWN GOAL BY GIVET! Chelsea break quickly... Ballack to Anelka who delivers a great cross into the middle towards Drobga! Givet slides in and turns the ball into his own net, with Drogba breathing down his neck just behind him! 1-0 Chelsea!
    • 19' Cole bursts through! But his poke with the outside of his boot isn't difficult for Robinson to deal with!
    • 18' Emerton takes the free-kick, but there's too much height on it and Cech is able to claim.
    • 18' But here come Rovers... and Olsson wins a free-kick off Ivanovic, who gets a talking to from referee Wiley.
    • 17' Chelsea are playing it around nicely at the moment...
    • 16' Lovely flick from Cole towards Anelka! But the flag's up on the far side as Robinson claims.
    • 15' That's a sloppy pass from Anelka... but Pedersen can't captialise and Ivanovic wins it back for Chelsea.
    • 14' Ballack spreads play brilliantly... Belletti brings it down but Rovers win the ball back soon enough.
    • 13' Lampard fires over the bar from a free-kick, 25 yards out... Robinson isn't troubled at all...
    • 12' Lampard thinks about shooting himself... instead he feeds Drobga who delivers into the box where Ballack gets his head to it! Nice approach play, but no final product from the German.
    • 10' Chelsea back up to their full compliment as Lampard fires on goal from 25 yards! It's not far away from the England midfielder! Robinson doesn't move, but the ball drifts just the wrong side of the post!
    • 9' Carvalho' still off the pitch... and Chelsea are playing with 10 men at the moment.
    • 8' Carvalho stays down while he catches his breath... but he'll be fine to carry on.
    • 7' Carvalho stays down after a going over Roberts in an aerial challenge... looks like he's winded.
    • 6' Terry looks to play Drogba in down the left channel... Robinson comes off his line to claim on the edge of his box.
    • 5' Pedersen gets the better of Carvalho... but the Portuguese recovers well enough and Rovers' move breaks down.
    • 4' Robinson launches a long free-kick into the Chelsea box... Cech is there to claim imperiously.
    • 3' Ray Wilkins is having a few words with the fourth official... not sure why...
    • 2' Diouf get his first touch... there's one or two vague boos, but otherwise it doesn't seem like the Chelsea faithful mind him...
    • 1' COLE! WHAT A CHANCE! After just 29 seconds, the midfielder has a golden opportunity to score on his comeback, but he inexplicably heads wide! He was onside and all on his own then! What a story that would have been!
    • 1' Here we go then... underway at Stamford Bridge!
    • - Blackburn have to make do without Franco Di Santo, who is ineligible against his parent club, while David Dunn and Christopher Samba miss out with flu.
    • - So, Joe Cole starts for the first time since January but Ashley Cole misses out through injury. Juliano Belletti comes into replace the latter.
    • - This evening's referee is the fit-as-a-fiddle Alan Wiley (Staffordshire).
    • - Blackburn: Robinson, Jacobsen, Olsson, Nelsen, Givet, Andrews, Nzonzi, Pedersen, Emerton, Diouf, Roberts. Subs: Brown, McCarthy, Reid, Kalinic, Hoilett, Salgado, Jones
    • - Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Carvalho, Terry, Belletti, Essien, Ballack, Lampard, Joe Cole, Anelka, Drogba. Subs: Hilario, Malouda, Paulo Ferreira, Deco, Kalou, Sturridge, Bruma
    • - Blackburn have their last eight Premier League away matches. If they lose today it will equal their second-longest ever run of consecutive top flight away defeats and will be only two behind their club record 11 successive top flight defeats from November 1965 to April 1966.
    • - Rovers are one of only two Premier League teams without an away point this season -the others are neighbours Burnley.
    • - Of the 96 league meetings the two sides have had, Chelsea have won 38, Rovers 32 and there have been 26 draws.
    • - If Carlo Ancelotti's side lose today it will be the first time in nine years the club have lost three of their first 10 Premier League matches of the season - they lost three of their first 10 matches in 2000-01 during which time Gianluca Vialli was sacked and Claudio Ranieri took charge.
    • - But Chelsea head into the game off the back of defeat - to Aston Villa last weekend.
    • - Chelsea are also unbeaten in their last six Premier League matches against Blackburn without conceding a goal, winning the last three, since losing 1-0 at Ewood Park in May 2006.
    • - At home the Blues have won their last six and last three without conceding, since losing 2-1 to Arsenal on November 30.
    • - Indeed, Blackburn have it all to do at the Bridge, where Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 15 Premier League home matches.
    • - Blackburn travel down to London to meet Chelsea, who are unbeaten at Stamford Bridge so far this season.

  • Summary

    • 75' Anelka again fires on goal! And Robinson is again forced into making a save!
    • 66' Terry heads off the line as Olsson dinks the ball over Cech! The Chelsea skipper races back and throws himself into the back of the net... and he ends up heading into the arms of Cech, just to make it look even better! It's really not Blackburn's day!
    • 64' GOAL! DROGBA MAKES IT FIVE! It's a rout! The Ivorian holds off the challenge of Nelsen and nods home from Ballack's corner!
    • 59' GOAL! LAMPARD NETS ANOTHER! He sends Robinson the wrong way and Chelsea lead 4-0!
    • 58' PENALTY TO CHELSEA! Nelsen loses the ball to Drogba and then upends him in the box... chance for a fourth!
    • 55' Oooh! Robinson nearly allows Anelka's long-range drive through his fingers! He recovers just in time and it stays 3-0...
    • 52' GOAL! ESSIEN MAKES IT THREE! Fantastic strike from the Ghanaian, who is afforded far too much space by Nzonzi, 30 yards out... he strikes on goal and Robinson is beaten for a third time!
    • 48' GOAL! LAMPARD SCORES TO END HIS DROUGHT! Essien plays in for Drogba who pulls back to Lampard near the penalty spot... and he makes no mistake, firing past Robinson to notch his first league goal for three months! 2-0 Chelsea!
    • 45'+3 Robinson again to Rovers' rescue as he pounces on Drogba's close-range header from the resulting corner!
    • 45'+2 TERRY! NO! ROBINSON PULLS OFF A WONDER SAVE! Terry strikes his volley really well, but somehow the keeper gets a big hand to it!
    • 41' ANELKA! Into the side netting from the Frenchman after he cut inside Jacobsen!
    • 37' DROGBA! Ooh! What a strike from the Ivorian! He lets fly from 30 yards out... it dips and swerves all over the shop, but Robinson is equal to it, punching behind for a corner!
    • 33' Anelka! Ooh! That should be a second! Lampard feeds the Frenchman... he has a clear sight of goal, but Robinson is out quickly to narrow the angle! And the keeper makes the save!
    • 31' Oooh! Lampard heads inches wide from Belletti's excellent whipped cross! He's getting closer to a first Premier League goal in three months...
    • 29' Chelsea once again in possession... this time Essien decides to have a pop on goal... over the bar!
    • 26' Oooh! Pedersen drives wide of Cech's post after Roberts does well to hold the ball up and lay off to his team-mate!
    • 20' GOAL! CHELSEA TAKE THE LEAD THROUGH AN OWN GOAL BY GIVET! Chelsea break quickly... Ballack to Anelka who delivers a great cross into the middle towards Drobga! Givet slides in and turns the ball into his own net, with Drogba breathing down his neck just behind him! 1-0 Chelsea!
    • 10' Chelsea back up to their full compliment as Lampard fires on goal from 25 yards! It's not far away from the England midfielder! Robinson doesn't move, but the ball drifts just the wrong side of the post!
    • 1' COLE! WHAT A CHANCE! After just 29 seconds, the midfielder has a golden opportunity to score on his comeback, but he inexplicably heads wide! He was onside and all on his own then! What a story that would have been!
    • - Blackburn: Robinson, Jacobsen, Olsson, Nelsen, Givet, Andrews, Nzonzi, Pedersen, Emerton, Diouf, Roberts. Subs: Brown, McCarthy, Reid, Kalinic, Hoilett, Salgado, Jones
    • - Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Carvalho, Terry, Belletti, Essien, Ballack, Lampard, Joe Cole, Anelka, Drogba. Subs: Hilario, Malouda, Paulo Ferreira, Deco, Kalou, Sturridge, Bruma

Live Team Line-Up

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

    Captain: John Terry

    Starting line-up

    • P. Cech
    • B. Ivanovic
    • R. Carvalho Substitution Out (67′)
    • J. Terry
    • Belletti Substitution Out (61′)
    • M. Essien Goal
    • M. Ballack
    • F. Lampard Goal
    • J. Cole Substitution Out (77′)
    • N. Anelka
    • D. Drogba Goal

    Subs

    • F. Malouda
    • Paulo Ferreira Substitution In61′
    • S. Kalou
    • D. Sturridge Substitution In77′
    • Deco
    • Hilário
    • J. Bruma Substitution In67′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Blackburn Rovers

    Manager: Sam Allardyce

    Captain: Ryan Nelsen

    Starting line-up

    • P. Robinson
    • L. Jacobsen Substitution Out (60′)
    • M. Olsson
    • R. Nelsen
    • G. Givet Own Goal
    • M. Gamst Pedersen Yellow Card Substitution Out (69′)
    • B. Emerton
    • S. N'Zonzi
    • K. Andrews
    • E. Diouf
    • J. Roberts Substitution Out (53′)

    Subs

    • Míchel Salgado Substitution In60′
    • B. McCarthy
    • S. Reid
    • J. Brown
    • N. Kalinic Substitution In53′
    • D. Hoilett Substitution In69′
    • P. Jones

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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  1. Chelsea should work hard to maintain their lead in the­ Premiership race and use this opportunity to win­ Champion league for us. The King of Africa football­ (King Drogba) should work hard to the Worldcup for­ Africa. Chelsea for live, no Chelsea no Football.­ Quantity Surveyor Omovie Ambrose, Abuja Nigeria

    From omovie, on Sat 21 Nov 9:26AM

  2. my favorites is all members if the CHELSEA

    From bobadrian14, on Tue 27 Oct 2:46PM

  3. Chelsea is the best team.I'm fron ROMANIA but i­ like CHELSEA.I was at the match CHELSEA_CFR Cluj.I­ liked how played CHELSEA.I liaise with CHELSEA.my only­ favorite.BLUE IS THE COLOR,FOOTBALL IS THE­ GAME............GO GO GO CHELSEA.

    From bobadrian14, on Tue 27 Oct 2:45PM

  4. yes chelsea you re numbber one

    From nada, on Tue 27 Oct 1:54PM

  5. chelsea top rank in the premier leauge,
    i'm the­ blues from indonesia..
    john terry my inspiration

    From M. Ade Mulyawan, on Tue 27 Oct 2:34AM

  6. whoppee the mancheater scums got thier @#$% kicked by­ the pools..blues on top..

    From theonebehindthewheel, on Mon 26 Oct 9:44PM

  7. UP-Chelsea! UP-Chelsea!! UP-Chelsea!!!
    we need more­ winning in the next games to advance ahead and stay top­ of the league table....we should not over look any­ match or take them for granted.

    From nkari.monday, on Mon 26 Oct 12:11PM

  8. 313 roger h............WHAT AN ABSOLUTE PR.,K....YOU­ WERE DESTROYED....KN.,OB HEAD

    From deesydave, on Mon 26 Oct 10:30AM

  9. 9 goals in 2 games for chelsea!!

    From Josh, on Sun 25 Oct 5:35PM

  10. GO chelsea GO chelsea dont stop.from thomas

    From THOMAS, on Sun 25 Oct 5:33PM

  11. chelsea will win all 4 cups

    From cathybrown12, on Sun 25 Oct 5:22PM

  12. chelsea will win all 4 cups

    From cathybrown12, on Sun 25 Oct 5:22PM

  13. Chelsea you sure get top 1 i belive u man comon get a­ champion giv me see man,,.chelsea you can GOGOGO just­ wil man u 3-0

    From cheemeng0291, on Sun 25 Oct 4:29PM
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    LUCKY CHELSEA,BLACKBURN ROBBED.ROVERS DOMINATED THE­ WHOLE GAME AND WITH THE REFS HELP CHELSEA JUST HAD 5­ LUCKY BREAKS.

    From roger h, on Sun 25 Oct 4:24PM

  15. carlo ancelotti is the best!w italy!

    From tropegiuseppe, on Sun 25 Oct 1:36PM

  16. Don't worry Chelsea.. I'm backing Liverpool to­ beat Manchester United for you! From a Liverpool­ supporter.

    From Tony, on Sun 25 Oct 11:35AM

  17. yes .
    i know chelsea can win .
    goal .
    if liverpool win­ .
    chelsea will leading the table .

    From amer_ryuki, on Sun 25 Oct 7:49AM

  18. yes .
    i know chelsea can win .
    goal .
    if liverpool win­ .
    chelsea will leading the table .

    From amer_ryuki, on Sun 25 Oct 7:49AM
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    why have most of my jokes been removed??? Guess even­ Eurosport doesnt like chelsea......who cares? Liverpool­ will always be @#$% and Rafa will always be a­ waiter.....as for Stevie Me.......well Barton's­ twin and together they r the best attacking players!!

    From Rushad, on Sun 25 Oct 5:50AM

  20. man of the match FRANK LAMPARD. . . . . .

    From Nandhika, on Sun 25 Oct 5:42AM
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