Tuesday January 31, 2012 Day 23 Finished The Liberty Stadium

Swansea City 1 - 1 Chelsea

  • Sinclair 40’
  • Taylor 90’ (o.g.)

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  1. Chelsea deflection robs Swansea

    Chelsea deflection robs Swansea

    A deflected goal in injury time robbed Swansea City of a memorable victory at the Liberty Stadium as Chelsea salvaged a 1-1 draw. More

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    Time:90'
    • Swansea City
    • Chelsea
    • FULL TIME: Swansea City 1-1 Chelsea. Thanks for joining us.
    • 90+4' Swansea pump it in but Chelsea clear. And that's it.
    • 90+3' Free kick Swansea now. Foul by Lukaku on Williams.
    • 90+2' GOAL! Chelsea. It's a late equaliser and it's deflected off Taylor's thigh from Bosingwa's shot. So cruel on Swansea.
    • 90+1' Still time for Chelsea. Lukaku in space. He shoots and Vorm saves.
    • 90' Graham just fails to find Moore as Chelsea defenders scurry back.
    • 89' Bosingwa shepherds it out for a goal kick. Four minutes stoppage time!
    • 88' Swansea fans in great voice here. Can they hold out ... Dyer runs at Luiz but the Chelsea man defends.
    • 87' Foul by Luiz on Dyer. Should have been a yellow. Bad challenge!
    • 86' Poor delivery from Allen. Great chance to send in a telling cross on the break. Bad foul by Miereles on Dyer. He receives a yellow.
    • 85' Second yellow card for Ashley Cole and off he goes! It's a late challenge on Dyer.
    • 84' Chelsea with 18 goal attempts to Swansea's 7.
    • 83' Shot from Bosingwa flies over the bar. Chelsea stretching Swansea now.
    • 82' Swansea on the counter. It falls to Dyer and he shoots just wide of Cech's far post. It's a chance.
    • 81' Bosingwa cross easily cut out by Vorm. Swansea looking tired now. Chelsea with 60% of possession. Cech comes flying out to clear from Graham.
    • 80' Free kick Chelsea for a foul on Torres.
    • 79' Chelsea sub: Malouda off for Lukaku.
    • 78' Patient build-up play by Chelsea, Luiz shot blocked by Caulker.
    • 77' Swansea sub: Sinclair off for Luke Moore.
    • 76' Bosingwa finds Sturridge but he stabs it wide.
    • 75' Bosingwa puts in a dangerous cross but Sinclair defends for a corner. Swansea clear.
    • 74' Mata cuts it back to nobody and Swansea come away with it again.
    • 73' Graham goes down but fails to win a free kick under pressure from Luiz.
    • 72' Sinclair caught offside. Throw in Swansea.
    • 71' A lot of possession for Chelsea but they eventually concede a free kick.
    • 70' Free kick Chelsea for a foul by Graham on Luiz. Bosingwa wins Chelsea a corner.
    • 69' Free kick Swansea for a foul by Luiz on Dyer. Mata plays in Ivanovic but he knocks the ball out for a Swansea goal kick.
    • 68' Essien shot out for a throw! Not quite up to the quality of his first shot.
    • 67' Possession play for Chelsea as they look for an equaliser.
    • 66' Swansea sub: Sigurdsson off for Kemy Agustien.
    • 66' Essien shot fizzes just over the bar. Great effort with his first chance.
    • 65' Chelsea substitute: Essien for Romeu. Chelsea win a corner but Bosingwa looked well offside. Ivanovic header blocked for another corner.
    • 64' Essien waiting to come on for Romeu. Bosingwa cross cut out by Williams.
    • 63' Sturridge tries to play in Torres but Williams, who has been outstanding, stretches to cut it out.
    • 62' More sloppy work from Luiz who is easily dispossessed. Foul by Ivanovic escapes with a warning.
    • 61' Chelsea with 75% of possession so far this half. Free kick Swansea.
    • 60' Cross from Cole drifts out for a goal kick to Swansea. Sinclair can't keep it in. Chelsea goal kick.
    • 59' Great run by Sinclair but his pass is cut out by Ivanovic.
    • 58' Malouda wins a corner for Chelsea. It falls to Boswingwa and his shot is blocked before Vorm parries away the resultant cross.
    • 57' Torres wins a throw for Chelsea. Cole's cross goes straight across the face of goal but nobody gambles for Chelsea.
    • 56' Chelsea have started this half like Swansea started the first. They have all the possession at the moment.
    • 55' Great interception by Williams but then loses out. Back come Chelsea.
    • 54' Luiz fouled by Dyer. Free kick. All Chelsea at the moment. Terrible free kick from Miereles that floats harmlessly out for a goal kick.
    • 53' Free kick Swansea on the half way line. Danny Graham is hobbling. Now Chelsea have a free kick.
    • 52' Sturridge plays in Torres who can't get his shot off. Swansea clear. It comes off Malouda for a goal kick.
    • 51' Miereles takes and Swansea clear. Chelsea win another corner. Bright start. Malouda corner headed away.
    • 50' Williams holds back Torres. Dangerous free kick for Chelsea now.
    • 49' Cech way out of goal but the flag is up anyway for offside. Free kick Swansea as Sturridge fouls Taylor.
    • 48' Williams clears as far as Romeu who drags it wide.
    • 47' Yellow card Rangel for a challenge on Malouda. Two yellows apiece here.
    • 46' Free kick Swansea for a Romeu foul. Chelsea look to be missing Ramires in midfield tonight.
    • We're back underway here and Chelsea, who looked impotent in the first half, have much to do here. Torres has seen little of the ball. Chelsea knock it back to Cech but back come Swansea through Rangel.
    • HALF TIME: Swansea City 1-0 Chelsea.
    • 45+1' Yellow card for Malouda for a tackle on Britton. Lucky to escape with just a yellow, two footed, studs up.
    • 45' Only a minute of stoppage time here as Cole under pressure again lets the ball go out for a throw. He has had a poor half.
    • 44' Cole eventually gets that yellow for a foul on Sigurdsson.
    • 43' Foul by Ashley Cole. Lucky to escape without a yellow again with studs flying in against Rangel.
    • 42' Bosingwa cross is cut out. Rangel comes away with it.
    • 41' Chelsea pressing to get on level terms quickly.
    • 40' Swansea have deserved that with their possession and chances. Free kick Chelsea. Mata takes but Maluouda can't get on the end of it.
    • 39' GOAL Swansea! Scott Sinclair with the goal. Graham knocked it down and Sinclair swivelled to put it in the top corner with his left foot past the despairing dive of Cech.
    • 38' Rangel fouled by Mata. Free kick in a dangerous area.
    • 37' Overhit pass by Caulker collected by Cech. Williams finds Graham but Chelsea clear.
    • 36' Throw in Swansea on the half way line.
    • 35' Mata cross headed away for another Chelsea corner. Off Dyer for another corner, Chelsea's fifth. Luis header saved comfortably by Vorm.
    • 34' Romeu shot toughed for a corner by Vorm. Didn't need to do that as it was going well wide. It's defended but Chelsea have a throw.
    • 33' Strong shot from Dyer saved by Cech. Mata shot deflected for a corner as Chelsea break. Swansea clear.
    • 32' Cole breaks and sets up Mata who tries an audacious chip. It sails over.
    • 31' Mata volleys well wide. Goal kick Swansea. Graham and Sinclair get in each other's way from Dyer's ball.
    • 30' Deflected Sturridge shot out for a Chelsea corner. Mata corner comfortably cleared.
    • 29' Stray pass from Miereles out for a Swansea throw.
    • 28' Luiz then loses possession needlessly after a bucaneering run. Torres just fails to play in Sturridge. Good interception Williams.
    • 27' More possession for Swansea but Luiz eventually robs Dyer.
    • 26' Miereles loses possession but Inanovic gets there before Sinclair. Sloppy again from Chelsea.
    • 25' Torres shot inside the corner of the box. Easily blocked.
    • 24' Sturridge plays in Miereles but great defending from Williams to tackle in the box.
    • 23' Tame shot from Bosingwa collected by Vorm.
    • 22' Nice passage of passing play from Chelsea but Williams eventually clears.
    • 21' Goal kick Chelsea as Taylor mishits his long pass.
    • 20' Sturridge robbed by Taylor. Dyer caught by Cole. Free kick but could have been a yellow as he left the foot in.
    • 19' Dyer again getting at Ashley Cole and winning that battle. Free kick Chelsea for a foul on Torres by Williams.
    • 18' Three shots on target to Chelsea's one.
    • 17' It was Dyer who set that chance up initially. Terrible defending by Chelsea. Chance for Sturridge but he mishits his left foot shot straight at Vorm.
    • 16' Chelsea all at sea with Cech way out of his box. He misses the tackle on Graham and it's played in to Sigurdsson whose shot is cleared off the line. Graham latched onto the rebound but his shot is also cleared off the line. Should have been 1-0.
    • 15' Cole easily dispossessed going forward.
    • 14' Mistake by Caulker nearly lets in Mata but Vorm alive to the danger. Throw to Swansea in their own half.
    • 13' Yelllow card Taylor for a foul on Sturridge. Poor challenge lunging in after losing the ball.
    • 12' Torres sets up Sturridge who smashes it just wide of Vorm's left post. Would have been against the run of play.
    • 11' Dyer skips past Luiz to set up another attack but Chelsea eventually break up the move. Swansea looking dangerous.
    • 10' Bowsinga breaks down the right but loses out to Sinclair. Graham caught offside.
    • 9' Another dangerous cross by Sigurdsson and Chelsea head away the danger. Chelsea have a throw.
    • 8' Free kick Swansea for a foul by Cole. All Swans here. Sinclair wins a corner off Bosingwa.
    • 7' Caulker knocks on Sigurdsson's free kick and Graham should have scored. Ivanovic did enough to distract him and he bundled it wide.
    • 6' Romeu wins a throw deep in his own half. Free kick Swansea in a dangerous area for a foul on Dyer by Romeu.
    • 5' Cole can't keep in Mata's ball down the left. Throw to Swansea. Swansea with most of the early possession here.
    • 4' Free kick Chelsea taken by Cech for a foul on Miereles.
    • 3' Ashley Williams almost plays in Dyer over the top, Ivanovic again to the rescue.
    • 2' Taylor seeing a lot of early ball down the left flank. Free kick Swansea for a Miereles foul.
    • Referee Andre Marriner blows the whistle to get us underway here at the Liberty Stadium in what should be a fascinating match here tonight. Only Manchester United have come here and won this season in the Premier League. Early possession for Swansea, playing it around in their own half. Sinclair feeds Taylor but Ivanovic defends well.
    • 19.40 MATCH ODDS: Swansea: 7/2; Chelsea: 17/20; Draw: 23/10.
    • 19.35 Swansea will be hoping that Danny Graham continues his rich vein of form tonight. He has scored in four of his last six Premier League starts at the Liberty Stadium.
    • 19.30 Andre Villas-Boas: "The first half against QPR we were a little bit one-paced in terms of our possession and so Torres touched the ball but not in the right areas. In the second half he was much more involved in the game, coming short and laying off the ball and making good movements. He is producing for the others and I think he is confident. And for the kind of effort he is doing, eventually he will be repaid."
    • 19.25 The bad news for Swansea is that they have kept just one clean sheet in their last six Premier League matches. They have, however, conceded the joint-fewest goals in home games this season, (6) and have lost just one of their last 19 home games in league competition.
    • 19.20 The Liberty Stadium has been something of a fortress for Swansea this season. They have lost just one of their last 19 home games in league competition (W11 D7 L1).
    • 19.15 All eyes will be on the struggling Fernando Torres, who last scored against Swansea back in September. He hasn’t scored a Premier League goal since. He has now failed to score in 11 consecutive PL apps, beating his previous worst record of 10 apps (Jan-Apr 2011).
    • 19.10 TEAMS: Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Luiz, Cole, Meireles, Romeu, Malouda, Sturridge, Torres, Mata. Subs: Turnbull, Essien, Lukaku, Ferreira, Cahill, Bertrand, Piazon /// Swansea City: Vorm, Rangel, Caulker, Williams, Taylor, Britton, Allen, Sigurdsson, Dyer, Sinclair, Graham. Subs: Tremmel, Routledge, Monk, Lita, Moore, Agustien, Richards.
    • 19.05 The big transfer news today for Chelsea is that they have completed the signing of Genk winger Kevin De Bruyne for a fee believed to be £6.7m. Swansea City are in talks to sign former England youth international Curtis Obeng from Wrexham. Keep abreast of the latest transfer news here.
    • 19.00 Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Swansea City v Chelsea at the Liberty Stadium. Kick-off 19.45 GMT.

  • Summary

    • 90+2' GOAL! Chelsea. It's a late equaliser and it's deflected off Taylor's thigh from Bosingwa's shot. So cruel on Swansea.
    • 90+1' Still time for Chelsea. Lukaku in space. He shoots and Vorm saves.
    • 85' Second yellow card for Ashley Cole and off he goes! It's a late challenge on Dyer.
    • 82' Swansea on the counter. It falls to Dyer and he shoots just wide of Cech's far post. It's a chance.
    • 66' Essien shot fizzes just over the bar. Great effort with his first chance.
    • 58' Malouda wins a corner for Chelsea. It falls to Boswingwa and his shot is blocked before Vorm parries away the resultant cross.
    • 39' GOAL Swansea! Scott Sinclair with the goal. Graham knocked it down and Sinclair swivelled to put it in the top corner with his left foot past the despairing dive of Cech.
    • 24' Sturridge plays in Miereles but great defending from Williams to tackle in the box.
    • 17' It was Dyer who set that chance up initially. Terrible defending by Chelsea. Chance for Sturridge but he mishits his left foot shot straight at Vorm.
    • 16' Chelsea all at sea with Cech way out of his box. He misses the tackle on Graham and it's played in to Sigurdsson whose shot is cleared off the line. Graham latched onto the rebound but his shot is also cleared off the line. Should have been 1-0.
    • 12' Torres sets up Sturridge who smashes it just wide of Vorm's left post. Would have been against the run of play.
    • 7' Caulker knocks on Sigurdsson's free kick and Graham should have scored. Ivanovic did enough to distract him and he bundled it wide.
    • 19.10 TEAMS: Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Luiz, Cole, Meireles, Romeu, Malouda, Sturridge, Torres, Mata. Subs: Turnbull, Essien, Lukaku, Ferreira, Cahill, Bertrand, Piazon /// Swansea City: Vorm, Rangel, Caulker, Williams, Taylor, Britton, Allen, Sigurdsson, Dyer, Sinclair, Graham. Subs: Tremmel, Routledge, Monk, Lita, Moore, Agustien, Richards.

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      Goalkeeper
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      Defenders
      Yellow Card 5.7 6
      5.9 7
      5.7 7
      Own Goal Yellow Card 5.3 6
      Midfielders
      5.6 6
      6 6
      Substitution Out67′ 5.9 6
      Strikers
      6.2 8
      Goal Substitution Out78′ 7.5 6
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      Subs
      Substitution In78′ 5.4 6
      Substitution In67′ 6.1 6
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      Goalkeeper
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      Defenders
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      5.6 5
      Red Card 5 4
      Midfielders
      Substitution Out65′ 5.9 5
      Yellow Card 6.1 6
      Yellow Card Substitution Out80′ 5.9 5
      Strikers
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      7.3 7
      6.6 6
      Subs
      Substitution In80′ 6.1 6
      Substitution In65′ 5.8 7

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  1. to Thomas:

    he can't.... he plays for AC Milan

    From lazyman, on Sun 5 Feb 11:19

  2. ibramovich should employ back jose morinho
    for chelsea­ to win like so far.

    From Thomas, on Fri 3 Feb 20:13

  3. Some one please tell that Idiot AVB that ,maybe­ it's time to go back to 4-4-2 and give torres a­ support at front.aint he proved already that he­ can't do his job alone?
    I hate to see my team fall­ far behind

    From Arash, on Wed 1 Feb 20:32

  4. Lucky chelsea X4

    From samburns100, on Wed 1 Feb 15:38

  5. Lots of comments on here about how good Brendan Rogers­ would be for Chelsea and I agree. You need to sort out­ your players. The Chelsea team that beat Swansea at­ Stamford Bridge were brilliant, what happened?
    Swansea­ play very entertaining football and their home record­ is the best in the league.
    Swansea dominated the first­ half and I think Sigurdsson is a player to watch in the­ coming months. We were better second half and although­ I am a Chelsea fan I think we were lucky to get a draw­ today from that deflection.
    Swansea play very­ entertaining football and you see hunger and passion­ there which sadly we have lost.
    Kudos to Swansea fans­ too for drinking with us after the match you lost at­ Stamford Bridge, we need more of that spirit again.­ Good match, you should be happy with your result

    From steve, on Wed 1 Feb 11:03

  6. hahaha i struggle to understand how can a so called­ football fan claims that little over 7 months is­ time enough to build a team... just look how long SAF­ took to build his team before he won anything and what­ happened after they started to come in... owner wants­ instant results... so called fans want instant­ results... players don't commit as much they­ could.. and then who gets the blame? the manager as­ usual...

    From Pedro, on Wed 1 Feb 7:46

  7. All i hear from alot of idiots is that "Give AVB­ time to build"..... well that idiot has had his­ time to build and yet he has shown no progress. People­ say its an old squad and etc, yes i admit its a old­ squad but avram grant, hiddink and ancelotti played­ with the same squad. I dont know why on earth did­ ancelotti get sacked. he got us 2 cups and that was the­ best chelsea season by far i think as we outplayed so­ many clubs and just look at the score line we had ....­ we beat teams like aston villa 7 goals or so..... we­ perfomed very well.
    AVB is the one who should 100% get­ sacked, please stop backing him up.
    Love chelsea to­ death :)

    From Dailyvasu, on Wed 1 Feb 7:10

  8. 203--It is not idiotic or dis-loyal to question a coach­ when a team seems to be going backwards.
    You mention­ Carlo--Why wasn't he given the chance to rebuild­ the team?
    Look, I really hope he proves me wrong, but I­ reserve the right to criticise a coach who I consider­ guilty of far to many mistakes. I also question the­ board, who I feel may have messed up again.
    At this­ rate, we will struggle for 4th, and even if­ re-building, we seem to be going to far­ backwards.
    That's my opinion, and its not­ idiotic.
    Once again though, I would love to be proved­ wrong!!

    From Truth!, on Wed 1 Feb 6:48

  9. mateball com / chelsea come on blues!!!!

    From laczakan, on Wed 1 Feb 6:45

  10. Did Torres score

    From Delphi, on Wed 1 Feb 6:29
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    Chelsea can win this title , 12 pts from the leader is­ nothing coz last year they were 15 pts behind united at­ this time so . . . everythinbg is possible !

    From maxkai11, on Wed 1 Feb 6:24

  12. Modric must be the happiest player in the Premiership,­ he almost made the biggest mistake of his life, Harry­ and the chairman saved him from oblivion at Chelsea.

    From enough, on Wed 1 Feb 6:17

  13. Down year for the EPL. United/Chelsea/Arsenal/Pool all­ not as strong as we've all been acustomed to

    From Swanny, on Wed 1 Feb 6:14

  14. It's time to allow this boy AVB to go back where he­ comes from. Abra pls sack him now before it's too­ late.

    From Major, on Wed 1 Feb 5:59

  15. sack out malouda.. he cant play at his best now.

    From MrOxygen89, on Wed 1 Feb 5:57

  16. stupid gAME BY CHELSEA. REACH CLUB

    From Lauro, on Wed 1 Feb 5:54

  17. For all those idiots constantly blaming AVB, many of­ the problems were plain to see last season under­ Ancellotti, losing 9 league games for starters. Even­ the double winning season had it's hiccups.

    75% of­ the squad are either too old, too slow or just not good­ enough!

    Give AVB a chance to mould HIS team, and­ things could well be different. Many of you have short­ memories or are not genuine fans. Those of us who were­ around long before rich uncle Roman arrived know that­ 4th place was a good season!....

    From Moose, on Wed 1 Feb 5:52

  18. Chelsea did not win a point-they lost 2 points, at this­ rate Liverpool & Arsenal will probably finish above­ Chelsea, no Champions League next year who would want­ to come as manager then?

    From JOHN, on Wed 1 Feb 5:52

  19. ha ha when the spurs go marching on well done everton

    From David R, on Wed 1 Feb 5:50

  20. bring back mourinho

    From steven.dargue, on Wed 1 Feb 5:48
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