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Chelsea

  • Drogba 36’, 90’

Hull City

  • Hunt 27’

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  1. Drogba double downs Hull

    Drogba double downs Hull

    Didier Drogba's injury-time goal sealed a 2-1 win over Hull City on the opening match of the new Premier League season at Stamford Bridge. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Chelsea
    • Hull City
    • 90+7' The final whistle goes, and Drogba's brace has sealed Carlo Ancelotti his first Premier League win!
    • 90+6' Drogba is holding the ball up at the corner flag. Hull win it back but surely their time has run out.
    • 90+4' For what it's worth, Drogba picked up a booking for whipping his shirt off celebrating that goal.
    • 90+4' Kalou has a rasping effort that flies past the far upright of Myhill's goal.
    • 90+3' Chelsea smell blood now and Lampard is at the byline trying to wriggle clear for a strike, but he's denied.
    • 90+2' GOAL!! Deco feeds Drogba down the left and the Ivorian chips a cheeky effort over the outstretched arm of Myhill and into the net - absolute heartbreak for Hull!
    • 90+1' The will be a whopping six minutes of injury time at the end of this game. Oh to have seen Phil Brown's when that board went up.
    • 90' Hull can make nothing of the corner and Chelsea come forward. Drogba gets on to a deflection and it's only a great bit of defending from Turner that denies him a second!
    • 89' Folan bursts down the right and his effort from and acute angle almost decieves Cech, who has to tip the ball over the bar for a corner!
    • 88' Chelsea win another corner, but Terry and Carvalho both jump to meet it and the ball loops over the bar.
    • 87' Play resumes now, with a slightly dazed Gardner soldiering through.
    • 85' Gardner goes up for a header in the Chelsea box and gets clattered by Cech! No hint of a foul though. Gardner is receiving treatment on the pitch now.
    • 84' Essien takes a swipe from distance, but the efofrt is well wide.
    • 82' Hull are close to completing a very good day's work here. Do Chelsea have what it takes to break them down?
    • 81' Hull swamp Drogba and Kalou to snuff out the attack, but there is no out for them play up to.
    • 80' Deco coems down the wing and chips a ball into the middle for KALOU... headed over the bar! Kalou almost scored with his first touch!
    • 80' Salomon Kalou comes on for Anelka.
    • 79' Ballack steps up to hit a shot from outside the box on the half-volley that flies over the bar. He's complaining that the ball deflected off the head of Turner, and replays prove him right.
    • 78' A Hull substitution to get Chelsea fans slightly worried here - Geovanni comes on for Mendy.
    • 77' More dogged defending from Hull, this time Mendy clearing behind. The spell ends with the referee spotting an offensive foul in the Hull box.
    • 76' bosingwa battles his way past two men and STRIKEs... saved by Myhill at the near post for a corner! Hull clear behind for another set piece from the other side.
    • 75' Essien tees up a shot from distance and strikes it JUST past the post! Myhill may have had it covered though.
    • 74' Deco is already getting himself right into the action. His quality ball to the far post is miscontrolled by Bosingwa and Hull survive.
    • 73' Cole fights with Mendy to get on to a high ball near the byline, but fouls the Tigers man in the process.
    • 72' Mouyokolo is judged to have fouled Drogba on the left wing, and Chelsea have a free-kick. Lampard's delivery is again punched clear by Myhill, who has made his presence felt in the air this afternoon.
    • 71' Ghilas almost makes a telling first contribution, but his low cross for Folan is intercepted.
    • 70' Chelsea make a change too, with Deco replacing the impressive Malouda.
    • 69' First change for Hull here, as Kamel Ghilas comes on for Stephen Hunt, who leaves the pitch to a hail off boos from the home fans.
    • 68' Barmby is penalised for going in on Cole with a high foot, and is deservedly booked.
    • 67' Boateng is roughed up by Ballack in midfield, and referee Alan Wiley blows up for the foul.
    • 66' Carvalho stumbles and Boateng has the ball with his back to ball. He tries to shoot on the turn but can't make the effort count.
    • 65' Ballack tries to feed Cole down the left channel, but his pass is terribly overhit.
    • 64' Boateng twists and turns on the edge of his area as he looks for a route out of danger. The Hull skipper clears but Chelsea are not finished yet. Lampard finds himself in the box but again it's Gardner who nicks the ball off him.
    • 63' Gardner stops Lampard sneaking through into the box with a well-timed interception.
    • 62' Malouda sends in a cross but Ballack can't dive in time to meet it with a header. How long can Hull resist this pressure?
    • 61' Lampard has space to carry the ball forward but his pass out to anelka is poor.
    • 60' Cech plucks Hunt's cross out of the air and sets up up the break. Anelka lifts a great diagonal ball into the box for Drogba but the Ivorian's control lets him down.
    • 59' Cole tries to come inside and Mendy dispossesses him. The long ball forward runs past Anelka and out.
    • 57' The ball comes in and Anelka miscues his shot and Carvalho has his effort blocked! Chelsea come again and this time Drogba strikes and Myhill saves at the near post!
    • 56' Gardner beats Drogba to Bosingwa's cross and Chelsea have another corner.
    • 56' Chelsea continue to hog the possession, but Hull still have plenty of man behind the ball.
    • 54' Hull survive the subsequent corner and eventually clear.
    • 53' Anelka bursts into the box and looks odds on to score, but a brilliant tackle from Dawson robs him of the chance.
    • 52' Anelka tries to fire a shot from distance but it rebounds off a Hull defender and away.
    • 51' Ballack goes for the overhead kick on the edge of the box, but you can almost here him creak and he hooks the ball wide for a goal kick.
    • 50' Nice work from Anelka to hold the ball up and find Malouda, but the cross is caught by Myhill.
    • 49' Malouda finds Anelka in the middle but the striker scuffs his first time pass and the move dies.
    • 48' Malouda sends in a good cross that Myhill punches clear. Chelsea build again and Drgoba finds Lampard... The shot hits the side netting.
    • 47' Essien clears a Hull corner and Chelsea can break. Mendy slides in to tackle Carvalho and concede the throw.
    • 46' Drogba gets a break and taps it inside to ANELKA... The Frenchman side-foots right at Myhill who saves! Hull almost caught cold there.
    • 46' Hull kick off to get the second half underway.
    • HT Michael Ballack is in his kit and ready to come on for the second half as Carlo Ancelotti makes his first roll of the dice. The German replaces Mikel.
    • HT So honours even at the halfway point. Can Hull keep this up for another 45 minutes? Here's a pic of Drogba clebrating his equaliser
    • 45+3' Michael Essien has an effort from distance that Myhill catches, and that's the end of an entertaining first half.
    • 45+3' Bernard Mendy gets the first yellow card of the new season with a needless foul on Malouda.
    • 45+2' Boateng out-muscles Drogba as the striker looked to turn and play the ball forward. The Hull skipper has led his team well so far.
    • 45+1' Mouyokolo hurls in a long throw that Olofinjana can only send behind for a goal kick. There will be three minutes of injury time.
    • 45' Cole slides in to tackle Mendy as Hull aim to finish the half on a high.
    • 44' Dean Marney - who seemed to buckle his ankle as he challenged Cole - will be replaced by Nicky Barmby.
    • 43' Chelsea repel some Hull pressure and break forward. The ball finds its way to Drogba in the centre, and he blasts a solid strike from distance that Myhill does well to hold on to.
    • 42' A little break in play and Dean Marney trots off for some treatment.
    • 41' Essien drills a low strike that Myhill is more than equal to.
    • 40' Olofinjana tidies up nicely in midfield under pressure from two men, but Hull then just whack upfield and back to Chelsea.
    • 39' Terry comes steaming in to attack the set iece, but Myhill is there to punch well clear with two hands.
    • 38' Turner thinks he's done enough to shepherd the ball out of play from Anelka, but the referee gives a corner.
    • 37' GOAL!! It's Drogba who strikes, and he really gets all of the ball, getting it over the wall and dipping wickedly a la Ronaldo past Myhill and in! Great strike.
    • 36' Olofinjana and Boateng double-team Mikel, and Chelsea have a free-kick in a promising position. It's pretty central, Lampard will fancy this.
    • 35' Drogba comes in from the left and curls a half-decent strike, but it's right at Myhill. The Ivorian is beginning to find his range.
    • 34' A third teasing cross from the Portuguese, and a good one, but nobody on the end of it.
    • 33' Essien finds Bosingwa again, and this time it's Dawson who hacks away the cross for a throw.
    • 31' Bosingwa nutmegs his man and gets the cross in, but Gardner heads away for a throw.
    • 30' Terry tries to feed Cole down the channel, but the ball is too long and Hull have a goal kick.
    • 29' Chelsea try to respond immediately with a long ball up to Drogba, who spins and volleys but the shot is wide of the near post.
    • 28' GOAL!! Chelsea don't clear the long ball and Boateng's shot from the edge of the area is deflected into the path of STEPHEN HUNT WHO SCORES!! Of all the people to beat Petr Cech, it was the Irishman!
    • 27' Bosingwa is penalised for the slightest of shirt tugs on Hunt.
    • 26' Lampard takes the free-kick quick and short to Malouda, who chips it to the far post for Essien... headed wide.
    • 25' Malouda has an effort blocked and Chelsea have a corner.
    • 24' Ashley Cole does well to chase the ball down at the Hull corner flag. He plays a slick one-two with Malouda, but he is offside when the return pass comes to him.
    • 23' Hull have a free-kick, and send plenty of big guys forward. Hunt's delivery is right into the arms of Cech. Chelsea try to break forward but Drogba is floored by Boateng.
    • 21' Don't forget that the SPL has also got underway today. Aberdeen v Celtic: LIVE
    • 20' The Tigers look to have weathered the early storm, but Chelsea are still very much bossing this game.
    • 18' Anelka puts Turner under pressure on the wing and wins the ball. He tries to lift a cross into the box for Drogba, but it's too high for his strike partner.
    • 17' Another corner for Hull, but this time Chelsea emerge with a goal kick.
    • 16' Stamford Bridge favourite Stephen Hunt bundles into Bosingwa and wins a corner. Marney's cross is headed away but only as far as BOATENG... Saved by the feet of Cech!
    • 15' Drogba's attempted through ball to Anelka clips a Hull player and Chelsea win a corner. Terry fends off Turner to win the header, but it's over the bar.
    • 14' Hull play their way forward rather nicely, and Hunt swings in a cross from the left for MARNEY... The header is looped way over the bar.
    • 12' Mouyokolo comes off worse from a clash with Malouda as the ball goes out of play.
    • 11' Terry repels Mendy's low cross and Chelsea can break, but Boateng busts a gut to get back and snuff out the attack.
    • 10' Marney finds Boateng on a rare Hull foray forward. The Tigers skipper chests down and toe punts a shot wide from distance.
    • 9' Malouda scoops a ball over the top for Anelka to chase, but last season's league top scorer is offside.
    • 8' Lampard's delivery is headed clear. Chelsea retain the ball.
    • 7' Dean Marney fouls Malouda in midfield. Lampard will send the free-kick in from deep.
    • 6' Hull are getting plenty behind the ball, with lone striker Caleb Folan the first line of defence.
    • 5' A goalless draw in this fixture last season saw Luiz Felipe Scolari sacked as Chelsea manager. New Blues boss Ancelotti will not be worrying about his job on this showing so far.
    • 4' Olofinjana fouls Essien in midfield to snuff out another Chelsea break - no mean feat. Chelsea dominant early on.
    • 3' Malouda feeds Lampard, but Olofinjana slides in to stop the England man firing a shot from the edge of the box. The ball loops free to Drogba, who miscues his snap volley into the stand! An inauspicious start for the Chelsea striker.
    • 2' Essien fires in a cross and Didier Drogba misses a golden opportunity! The Ivorian blasted wide from the edge of the six-yard box!
    • 1' Stephen Hunt makes his mark almost immediately, going in studs up on Lampard! Somehow the Irishman escapes a booking though.
    • 1' Chelsea kick off to get the 2009-10 season underway!
    • - Before kick off, there will be a minute's applause for the late great Sir Bobby Robson. The fact that these tributes are still being held now - even at the home of his former team's local rivals - shows just how loved the former England manager.
    • - We're just a few minutes away from the big kick-off now, so don't go anywhere!
    • - How do you think this one is going to go? Can you really see any way for Hull to get a result? Chelsea are traditionally strong starters, while Hull ended last term on an awful run. Any Tigers fans out there keeping the faith? Post your thoughts below!
    • - THE TEAMS ARE IN! As expected, Chelsea field a very strong looking line-up, while Hull are handed full debuts to Stephen Hunt, Steven Mouyokolo and Seyi Olofinjana. Caleb Folan is up front and Jozy Altidore is not even in the squad.
    • - Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, Mikel, Essien, Malouda, Lampard, Anelka, Drogba. Subs: Turnbull, Ivanovic, Ballack, Kalou, Deco, Sturridge, Hutchinson
    • - Hull: Myhill, Mendy, Turner, Gardner, Dawson, Marney, Olofinjana, Mouyokolo, Boateng, Hunt, Folan. Subs: Duke, Barmby, Geovanni, Halmosi, Ghilas, Zayatte, Cousin
    • - VIDEO: Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti outlines his goals for the season ahead of the season-opening clash with Hull at Stamford Bridge. Watch it here.
    • - We're still waiting for the teams, so here's an update on the who's in and out for this one. All the weekend's team news is here.
    • - CHELSEA TEAM NEWS: Chelsea are without Russian winger Zhirkov (knee) and recuperating long-term knee-injury victims Joe Cole and Paulo Ferreira. Alex (groin) and Juliano Belletti (Achilles) are also out. Striker Daniel Sturridge is set to make his debut from the bench after signing from Manchester City, as could back-up keeper Ross Turnbull - who joined from Middlesbrough - should anything happen to Petr Cech.
    • - HULL TEAM NEWS: Matt Duke is expected to get the nod over Tony Warner in goal for the Tigers with regular keeper Boaz Myhill struggling with a thumb injury. Richard Garcia, Jimmy Bullard and Ian Ashbee have knee injuries while Craig Fagan has a groin strain. Stephen Hunt, Jozy Altidore, Seyi Olofinjana and Kamel Ghilas are all set to be handed debuts.
    • - There is hope for them, though. Hull were just one of four away sides to keep a clean sheet at Stamford Bridge in 2008-09.
    • - The Tigers have scored just four goals in their last nine league games.
    • - By stark contrast, Hull picked up just three points from their last 10 games (all from draws) but still avoided relegation. That joy for Tigers fans was tempered by Phil Brown's impromptu singalong, however.
    • - Under Guus Hiddink, they won seven and drew one of their last eight games in 2008-09.
    • - The Blues are looking for a record eighth successive opening day win in the Premier League.
    • - Chelsea have scored 33 opening weekend Premier League goals, more than any other side.
    • 12:10 The long wait is over - the Premier League is back! This season kicks off with many people's favourites to take Manchester United's crown, Cheslea, against a side many have earmarked for the drop, Hull City. Kick-off at Stamford Bridge is at 12:45.

  • Summary

    • 90+2' GOAL!! Deco feeds Drogba down the left and the Ivorian chips a cheeky effort over the outstretched arm of Myhill and into the net - absolute heartbreak for Hull!
    • 90' Hull can make nothing of the corner and Chelsea come forward. Drogba gets on to a deflection and it's only a great bit of defending from Turner that denies him a second!
    • 89' Folan bursts down the right and his effort from and acute angle almost decieves Cech, who has to tip the ball over the bar for a corner!
    • 80' Deco coems down the wing and chips a ball into the middle for KALOU... headed over the bar! Kalou almost scored with his first touch!
    • 75' Essien tees up a shot from distance and strikes it JUST past the post! Myhill may have had it covered though.
    • 57' The ball comes in and Anelka miscues his shot and Carvalho has his effort blocked! Chelsea come again and this time Drogba strikes and Myhill saves at the near post!
    • 53' Anelka bursts into the box and looks odds on to score, but a brilliant tackle from Dawson robs him of the chance.
    • 48' Malouda sends in a good cross that Myhill punches clear. Chelsea build again and Drgoba finds Lampard... The shot hits the side netting.
    • 46' Drogba gets a break and taps it inside to ANELKA... The Frenchman side-foots right at Myhill who saves! Hull almost caught cold there.
    • 37' GOAL!! It's Drogba who strikes, and he really gets all of the ball, getting it over the wall and dipping wickedly a la Ronaldo past Myhill and in! Great strike.
    • 28' GOAL!! Chelsea don't clear the long ball and Boateng's shot from the edge of the area is deflected into the path of STEPHEN HUNT WHO SCORES!! Of all the people to beat Petr Cech, it was the Irishman!
    • 26' Lampard takes the free-kick quick and short to Malouda, who chips it to the far post for Essien... headed wide.
    • 16' Stamford Bridge favourite Stephen Hunt bundles into Bosingwa and wins a corner. Marney's cross is headed away but only as far as BOATENG... Saved by the feet of Cech!
    • 2' Essien fires in a cross and Didier Drogba misses a golden opportunity! The Ivorian blasted wide from the edge of the six-yard box!
    • 1' Stephen Hunt makes his mark almost immediately, going in studs up on Lampard! Somehow the Irishman escapes a booking though.
    • - THE TEAMS ARE IN! As expected, Chelsea field a very strong looking line-up, while Hull are handed full debuts to Stephen Hunt, Steven Mouyokolo and Seyi Olofinjana. Caleb Folan is up front and Jozy Altidore is not even in the squad.
    • - VIDEO: Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti outlines his goals for the season ahead of the season-opening clash with Hull at Stamford Bridge. Watch it here.
    • - CHELSEA TEAM NEWS: Chelsea are without Russian winger Zhirkov (knee) and recuperating long-term knee-injury victims Joe Cole and Paulo Ferreira. Alex (groin) and Juliano Belletti (Achilles) are also out. Striker Daniel Sturridge is set to make his debut from the bench after signing from Manchester City, as could back-up keeper Ross Turnbull - who joined from Middlesbrough - should anything happen to Petr Cech.
    • - HULL TEAM NEWS: Matt Duke is expected to get the nod over Tony Warner in goal for the Tigers with regular keeper Boaz Myhill struggling with a thumb injury. Richard Garcia, Jimmy Bullard and Ian Ashbee have knee injuries while Craig Fagan has a groin strain. Stephen Hunt, Jozy Altidore, Seyi Olofinjana and Kamel Ghilas are all set to be handed debuts.
    • 12:10 The long wait is over - the Premier League is back! This season kicks off with many people's favourites to take Manchester United's crown, Cheslea, against a side many have earmarked for the drop, Hull City. Kick-off at Stamford Bridge is at 12:45.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

    Captain: John Terry

    Starting line-up

    • P. Cech
    • J. Bosingwa
    • R. Carvalho
    • J. Terry
    • A. Cole
    • J. Mikel Substitution Out (45′)
    • M. Essien
    • F. Malouda Substitution Out (68′)
    • F. Lampard
    • N. Anelka Substitution Out (78′)
    • D. Drogba Goals×2 Yellow Card

    Subs

    • M. Ballack Substitution In45′
    • R. Turnbull
    • S. Kalou Substitution In78′
    • S. Hutchinson
    • D. Sturridge
    • Deco Substitution In68′
    • B. Ivanovic

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Hull City

    Manager: Phil Brown

    Captain: George Boateng

    Starting line-up

    • B. Myhill
    • S. Mouyokolo
    • M. Turner
    • A. Gardner
    • A. Dawson
    • S. Olofinjana
    • G. Boateng
    • D. Marney Substitution Out (43′)
    • B. Mendy Yellow Card Substitution Out (77′)
    • S. Hunt Goal Substitution Out (68′)
    • C. Folan

    Subs

    • N. Barmby Substitution In43′ Yellow Card
    • D. Cousin
    • P. Halmosi
    • K. Zayatte
    • M. Duke
    • K. Ghilas Substitution In68′
    • Geovanni Substitution In77′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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