Saturday January 15, 2011 Day 23 Finished Stamford Bridge

Chelsea 2 - 0 Blackburn Rovers

  • Ivanovic 57’
  • Anelka 76’

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  1. Chelsea grind out win

    Chelsea grind out win

    Chelsea won only their second Premier League game in 10 as second-half set-pieces helped them to a 2-0 victory at home to Blackburn Rovers. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Chelsea
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • - Don't forget you can watch highlights of this match, along with every Premier League game, from 00:01 on Monday morning (UK only).
    • 90+3 That's the whistle, Chelsea win only their second in 10 and move fourth for now.
    • 90+1 Three minutes added time being played.
    • 90' Drogba races into the box but a super challenge from Samba to force him wide.
    • 89' Cole watches Roberts's cross sail out for a goal kick.
    • 88' Givet has to head behind for a corner under pressure from Drogba.
    • 87' CHELSEA SUB: Sturridge on for Malouda.
    • 86' Drogba has a pop from 25 yards but it flies just over with Robinson covering anyway.
    • 85' Malouda smacks one in from range and it has some power, Robinson parrying and lucky that it loops wide and into his arms.
    • 84' Free-kick to Chelsea then which Drogba will take... Straight into the wall.
    • 83' Good turn by Ramires, Lampard now to Malouda, he finds Ramires... keep ball for the Blues until Malouda is fouled by Lowe.
    • 81' Chelsea are a bit more confident now, piling it on as they look for a third...
    • 79' CHELSEA SUB: Kalou on for Anelka.
    • 77' STAT: That was Anelka's first goal in 10 Prem games, a run of poor form mimicking Chelsea's.
    • 76' GOAL CHELSEA! 2-0, Anelka flicks it past Robinson after Ivanovic meets Malouda's corner with a power header. Anelka will claim that, his first in nine Prem games!
    • 75' SAMBA WITH A MISTAKE AND DROGBA IS IN BUT ROBINSON BLOCKS THE FINISH AND IT'S OFF NELSEN AND OVER! A shocking backpass from Samba. Corner.
    • 74' Drogba has his perm in his hands after going down on the edge of the box, convinced he was fouled. Cole runs it out for a goal kick.
    • 73' I know narrow wins are often satisfying but this is unconvincing from Chelsea, who are grinding it out.
    • 71' Blackburn are running out of ideas, if they ever had any. Notable that El-Hadji Diouf has not even been used today.
    • 70' Robinson rushes out to deny Lampard at his feet after a great through ball from Drogba.
    • 68' BLACKBURN SUB: Roberts on for Hoilett as Lampard shoots straight at Robinson.
    • 67' INCHES WIDE OF THE FAR POST! Terry with the header after Blackburn throught they had cleared Malouda's corner, Lampard hitting it back in and Terry angling the ball across the stranded Robinson but beyond the goal and the lunge of Anelka.
    • 66' Anelka cuts inside from the left but his shot takes a big deflection over for a corner.
    • 64' Robinson with a comfortable claim, releasing it to Santa Cruz who brings Pedersen into play. Now Hoilett on the right but Cole forces it out off him for a goal kick.
    • 63' Hoilett back defending clears a Malouda cross.
    • 62' Essien brings the ball forward but finds the tenacious Salgado in his way.
    • 61' Rovers looking for the long ball as Diouf challenges Ivanovic but Cole is able to clear.
    • 60' Malouda stings Robinson's palms from range but straight at him.
    • 58' GOAL CHELSEA! Ivanovic somehow squeezes out a low finish through the legs of Nelsen and Salgado and past Robinson after Terry's flick on wasn't cleared by Pedersen. Scrappy but effective.
    • 57' Malouda through Salgado's legs but Cole is blocked off by Samba. Corner.
    • 56' Samba hoofs away as Bosingwa aims one at Drogba.
    • 55' The corner comes to nothing, Malouda's ball whacked over by Drogba.
    • 54' Salgado denies Terry sliding in. Corner.
    • 53' Corner to Rovers and Pedersen puts in a super ball, off the back of Ivanovic's head AND DIOUF but he thrashes it over. Nelsen was causing problems there.
    • 52' Essien is furious after being penalised for a foul on Hoilett. Terry protests and with reason as Essien got the ball although did catch the Canadian.
    • 51' Givet with an error to let Anelka through but good defending from Nelsen to intercept.
    • 50' Robinson long but Hoilett can't get the better of Terry.
    • 49' OOF! Malouda with a bad, late tackle on Diouf (the nice one, not the nasty one).
    • 48' Nice skill by Olsson but Terry sticks out a leg to bring him down. Rovers free-kick on the right but Terry heads clear.
    • 47' Anelka on the right drills a shot across Givet and Robinson but just wide!
    • 46' Pedersen's long throw almost causes problems but Terry hoofs clear from Hoilett flying in.
    • 46' The second half is underway, Rovers kicking off. Santa Cruz is on for Rovers, by the way.
    • 45+3 Half-time and it's goalless at the Bridge, with Chelsea given the silent treatment by the fans.
    • 45+2 Malouda rides two or three heavy challenges but his cross is poor and Salgado watches it out for a throw.
    • 45+1 Malouda's ball drops in the six-yard box but Samba hacks it clear. In the first of three additional minutes.
    • 45' Kalinic is caught offside. Down the other end Ramires and Bosingwa combine to win a corner.
    • 44' Rovers break, Hoilett wide to Lowe but Ivanovic heads his cross away.
    • 43' This is more like it from Chelsea as they set up camp in the Rovers half. All a bit congested though.
    • 42' Bosingwa with a long-range effort that hits Pedersen. Corner. Half cleared but the ball drops Bosingwa who crosses and ANELKA OFF THE POST! Cleared for now but Chelsea come again and win a corner. That flick from Anelka hit the angle of post and bar.
    • 41' Drogba with a super cross but Ramires's header is more defensive than attacking, sending it backwards and out of the area, away from Anelka.
    • 40' Kalinic smacks it into the side netting but the whistle already went for a shove on Ivanovic.
    • 39' OW! A really heavy landing for Hoilett as he and Ramires collide when challenging for a header. No malice from Ramires but Hoilett landed on his head. He's okay though.
    • 38' It opens up for Bosingwa as Rovers all scuttle backwards to mark up, he cuts it back for Ramires but the shot is blocked.
    • 37' Hoilett tries to wriggle around Terry but Essien helps him out and Chelsea clear. Anelka on the right now cuts inside and finds Bosingwa wide, his ball is met by Malouda, he can't shoot so back wide and Bosingwa with the cross BUT LAMPARD HEADS OVER! Great football from the champions.
    • 35' ANELKA JUST WIDE! Lovely low clipped drive from range with Nelsen closing him down, this match is opening up suddenly.
    • 34' HOILETT DENIED BY CECH! Shocking defending as the Canadian was afforded time and space to race through and shoot low, Kalinic flies on to the rebound but bodies fly in and Chelsea survive!!
    • 33' GREAT TACKLE BY GIVET! Drogba got clear of the last defender, he looked well offside as he raced on to Anelka's pass, and a goal seemed a formality but for Givet's hooked, sliding intervention. Corner.
    • 32' Ooooh. Late by Lampard on Nelsen but the Kiwi gets up after a brief theatrical interlude.
    • 31' Great dipping cross by Drogba on the left but an equally astute clearance by Nelsen. Chelsea still on it though...
    • 30' Drogba buys a corner off Nelsen on the Chelsea right. Aimed for Lampard but half-cleared to Essien. Bosingwa has a pop from a long way out and sends it a long way over.
    • 29' Bosingwa on the right, now Anelka, now Ramires, nice short passing but Nelsen clears from Drogba.
    • 28' Olsson and Bosingwa clash, the Portugal right-back getting the last touch so a Rovers throw. Chelsea bring it from the back as Terry surges forward....
    • 27' Apologies, a throw by the corner flag. The Norway midfielder launches it long but Chelsea manage to bring it clear.
    • 26' Diouf wns a corner off Cole after Chelsea lost the ball from their own throw. Pedersen to take...
    • 25' Essien releases Malouda, who exchanges passes with Cole. Now Bosingwa on the right with a dangerous fizzing cross just beyond the near-post Anelka and shepherded behind by a sliding Salgado. Why didn't Drogba attack that? He was just stood on the edge of the box waiting for a ball that was never coming from there.
    • 24' ROVERS SUB: Jason Lowe comes on for Dunn.
    • 23' Drogba with an ambitious effort from 30+ yards which sails well over. Dunn is struggling and will come off already...
    • 22' Ivanovic with a foul on fellow Balkan Kalinic but the free-kick from Pedersen is poor, straight down Cech's throat.
    • 21' CRUNCH! Diouf and Terry enjoy an old-school 50-50, Blackburn clearing.
    • 20' Dunn fouls Lampard in midfield, all a bit scrappy now.
    • 19' After a bright start Chelsea seem a bit stilted and the crowd is muted at best.
    • 18' Good sweeping move by Chelsea sees Ramires free Bosingwa but his low cross is put behind for a corner by Givet. Essien heads well wide though.
    • 17' Dunn with a wild pass out for a Chelsea throw. Chelsea are controlling the game but have nothing to show yet.
    • 16' A long ball aimed for Diouf is met by the alert Cech, Ramires having given the ball away.
    • 14' Lampard is outnumbered on the edge of the box but Blackburn's counter is snuffed out by Ramires.
    • 13' Malouda inside to Essien who is beaten to it by Pedersen, fouling him in the process.
    • 12' A promising Chelsea move breaks down when Lampard, found unmarked on the edge of the box by Malouda, inexplicably flicks it wide right with no-one there.
    • 12' Good diagonal ball from Robinson which is flicked on by Hoilett but Cech gets to the knock-down just before Kalinic.
    • 11' A touch late from Bosingwa on Olsson and Rovers have a free-kick on their left side. Robinson will take this long...
    • 10' Mame Diouf is back defending to get ahead of Cole and play it back to Robinson, who hoofs it clear. Blackburn are being dominated.
    • 9' Bosingwa with a good low ball in from the right but Samba gets there before Anelka and smacks it clear.
    • 8' Anelka with a great ball through for Malouda but Salgado gets in front of him to shepherd it back to Robinson.
    • 7' Olsson on the Rovers left is met by Bosingwa, who knocks it out for a throw.
    • 6' A bit desperate from Samba stretching back to hook the balla way from Drogba. Corner. Malouda's ball is too heavy though, flying harmlessly wide right.
    • 5' Hoilett is down hurt after an accidental collision with Ramires.
    • 4' Cole on the left, inside to Anelka who steps over it but Nelsen dives in to block Drogba's shot. He claims handball but Nelsen knew nothing about that. Kalinic leads a counter on the right and Olsson shoots from range, on target but easy for Cech.
    • 3' Malouda and Cole combine on the left but Cole's low cross is deflected off Pedersen into the arms of Robinson.
    • 3' RAMIRES OFF THE BAR! The corner was half-cleared with Ivanovic attacking and it dropped to the Brazilian from 12 yards who smacked a rising drive off the top of the frame of the goal!
    • 2' Salgado with a muscular challenge on Cole but Chelsea have it back with Ivanovic, Anelka with a backheel and Ramires through to Drogba who's in but Salgado blocks his cross-shot. Corner.
    • 1' After a slight delay, the first half is underway at Stamford Bridge.
    • 14:55 Steve Kean: "What you tend to get is when you go to away grounds, the whole away ground is focussing everything on El-Hadji. Now he actually likes that, I can’t get it round my head why he would but he quite likes the fact the whole stadium are booing him, it motivates him but what it also does is bring a bad feeling from the opposition towards him."
    • 14:50 Carlo Ancelotti: "Yes, it would be fantastic (to win the title). It wouldn't be easy to do that, but we can try. We needed 86 points to win it last year. This year, the team will need less. 80 points is enough."
    • 14:45 Today's referee is Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire).
    • 14:40 For Rovers, El-Hadji Diouf drops to the bench following his latest bout of controversy, Nikola Kalinic given a start in his place. Benjani is benched after his two-goal performance against Liverpool.
    • 14:40 So rumours about Essien and Drogba being dropped were unsubstantiated as a pretty strong Chelsea XI starts against Rovers. Anelka gets the nod over Kalou, the only change from the 1-0 defeat at Wolves.
    • 14:35 TEAMS - Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole, Essien, Ramires, Lampard, Anelka, Drogba, Malouda; Subs: Turnbull, Mikel, Ferreira, Kalou, Sturridge, Bruma, McEachran /// Blackburn: Robinson, Salgado, Nelsen, Samba, Givet, Dunn, Olsson, Pedersen, Hoilett, Kalinic, Mame Diouf; Subs: El-Hadji Diouf, Bunn, Santa Cruz, Mwaruwari, Roberts, Hanley, Lowe
    • 14:30 Rovers have not won in their last eight Premier League visits to London (seven defeats), including a 4-2 defeat at Tottenham in their last visit on November 13. Their only victory in the last 14 PL matches in the capital was 2-1 at Fulham in March 2009.
    • 14:25 Chelsea have lost six of their 21 Premier League matches - their most defeats at this stage of the season in 10 years since losing 10 of their first 21 PL matches in 2000-01.
    • 14:20 Chelsea and Blackburn Rovers have met 99 times in the league. Chelsea have won 40, Blackburn 32 and there have been 27 draws; they have met 33 times in the Premier League. Chelsea have won 13, Blackburn 11 and there have been nine draws.
    • 14:15 Welcome to our live coverage of Chelsea's home clash against Blackburn Rovers, kick off at 3pm UK time.

  • Summary

    • 76' GOAL CHELSEA! 2-0, Anelka flicks it past Robinson after Ivanovic meets Malouda's corner with a power header. Anelka will claim that, his first in nine Prem games!
    • 75' SAMBA WITH A MISTAKE AND DROGBA IS IN BUT ROBINSON BLOCKS THE FINISH AND IT'S OFF NELSEN AND OVER! A shocking backpass from Samba. Corner.
    • 67' INCHES WIDE OF THE FAR POST! Terry with the header after Blackburn throught they had cleared Malouda's corner, Lampard hitting it back in and Terry angling the ball across the stranded Robinson but beyond the goal and the lunge of Anelka.
    • 58' GOAL CHELSEA! Ivanovic somehow squeezes out a low finish through the legs of Nelsen and Salgado and past Robinson after Terry's flick on wasn't cleared by Pedersen. Scrappy but effective.
    • 53' Corner to Rovers and Pedersen puts in a super ball, off the back of Ivanovic's head AND DIOUF but he thrashes it over. Nelsen was causing problems there.
    • 47' Anelka on the right drills a shot across Givet and Robinson but just wide!
    • 42' Bosingwa with a long-range effort that hits Pedersen. Corner. Half cleared but the ball drops Bosingwa who crosses and ANELKA OFF THE POST! Cleared for now but Chelsea come again and win a corner. That flick from Anelka hit the angle of post and bar.
    • 37' Hoilett tries to wriggle around Terry but Essien helps him out and Chelsea clear. Anelka on the right now cuts inside and finds Bosingwa wide, his ball is met by Malouda, he can't shoot so back wide and Bosingwa with the cross BUT LAMPARD HEADS OVER! Great football from the champions.
    • 35' ANELKA JUST WIDE! Lovely low clipped drive from range with Nelsen closing him down, this match is opening up suddenly.
    • 34' HOILETT DENIED BY CECH! Shocking defending as the Canadian was afforded time and space to race through and shoot low, Kalinic flies on to the rebound but bodies fly in and Chelsea survive!!
    • 33' GREAT TACKLE BY GIVET! Drogba got clear of the last defender, he looked well offside as he raced on to Anelka's pass, and a goal seemed a formality but for Givet's hooked, sliding intervention. Corner.
    • 3' RAMIRES OFF THE BAR! The corner was half-cleared with Ivanovic attacking and it dropped to the Brazilian from 12 yards who smacked a rising drive off the top of the frame of the goal!
    • 14:35 TEAMS - Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole, Essien, Ramires, Lampard, Anelka, Drogba, Malouda; Subs: Turnbull, Mikel, Ferreira, Kalou, Sturridge, Bruma, McEachran /// Blackburn: Robinson, Salgado, Nelsen, Samba, Givet, Dunn, Olsson, Pedersen, Hoilett, Kalinic, Mame Diouf; Subs: El-Hadji Diouf, Bunn, Santa Cruz, Mwaruwari, Roberts, Hanley, Lowe

Team Line-up & Ratings

  • Line-up

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    • Starting line-up

      • P. Cech
      • J. Bosingwa
      • B. Ivanovic Goal
      • J. Terry
      • A. Cole
      • Ramires
      • M. Essien Substitution Out (80′)
      • F. Lampard
      • N. Anelka Goal Substitution Out (80′)
      • F. Malouda Yellow Card Substitution Out (87′)
      • D. Drogba

      Subs

      • Paulo Ferreira
      • R. Turnbull
      • S. Kalou Substitution In80′
      • J. Mikel
      • D. Sturridge Substitution In87′
      • J. Bruma
      • J. McEachran Substitution In80′

    • Starting line-up

      • P. Robinson
      • Míchel Salgado
      • R. Nelsen
      • C. Samba
      • G. Givet
      • M. Olsson
      • D. Dunn Substitution Out (24′)
      • M. Gamst Pedersen
      • D. Hoilett Substitution Out (68′)
      • M. Diouf
      • N. Kalinic Substitution Out (45′)

      Subs

      • R. Santa Cruz Substitution In45′
      • J. Roberts Substitution In68′
      • B. Mwaruwari
      • M. Bunn
      • E. Diouf
      • G. Hanley
      • J. Lowe Substitution In24′

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