Well the most awaited match of the Premiership .and a chance for Chelsea to keep their Unbeaten premiership record to keep intact .well the last match that we lost was against Liverpool in jan 2007. That was one of the worst games played by Chelsea , yup that was Checs first game after his life threatening surgery ,and there was no Terry and Essien was used as a central Defender.. Still with such quality that Chelsea has we shouldnt have lost 2-0.
And to my horror I had invited a Arsenal fan and a Manu fan to watch that match at my place... damn and Chelsea decided to play so bad that day :( .
Well I know that I have delayed this blog for a long time ...and the only reason for it was coz of the dull match that I witnessed. So dont be hard on me if I dont mention some of the important details of the match :p
well talking about today the starting line up looked like this
For Liverpool
(4-4-2): Reina; Finnan, Agger, Carragher, Arbeloa; Pennant (Babel 67), Gerrard (c), Alonso, Riise (Crouch 82); Kuyt, Torres.
For Chelsea
(4-4-2): Cech; Essien, Ben-Haim, Terry (c), A Cole; Wright-Phillips (J Cole 76), Mikel, Lampard, Malouda; Drogba, Kalou (Pizarro 45).
Referee Rob Styles
Chelsea starting with Essien as the right back ...man when will this talent get the opportunity to play in the midfield :( . Without any doubt the most vital,flexible and consistent player of this Chelsea side. and it also shows our weakness in the right of our defence .
When is Chelsea gonna get a good right back :(.
And again Cole warming the bench ... He has always been the vital element whenever we have played against Liverpool. remember all the vital goals he has scored against Liverpool .
So after a long wait the match finally began ... within the first few minutes itself I could witness some of Liverpools attacking flare :(. Pennant and Risse working well together for the first chance within the first 5 minutes .. the next 10 minutes Liverpool enjoyed a very good share of the possesion .
Then the inevitable happened ,a wonderful pass by Gerrard to Torres,who easily beats Ben Haim for his first EPL goal .. Ben Haim should have takled him , but this fella doesnt look confident enough .
Inspite of the first goal Chelsea couldnt dominate the possesion ... and I was just hoping that it doesnt become a replay of their last EPL encounter here .
Philips continues his good form and creates a good chance for Drogba but his header goes just wide . One of the very rare chances that Chelsea had in this match :(.
hmm there were some interesting bookings too before half time.
Half Time : I just hope that from somewhere Liverpool scores and own goal ..Right now only that seams to be the best chance for Chelsea to get a point from this match .
After half time Pizarro was brought in for Kalou .Suddenly theres a difference in the Chelsea team that played before half time .. Pizarro looks sharp and somehow misses 2 very good opportunites to level the match.
Now Chelsea are enjoying the better share of the possesion ..looks interesting ..if we continue to play in this way theres a chance that we might even win this match :)..I just want to know what Mourinho did to the team . :P.
Then in the 61st minute Rob Styles awarded a penalty to Chelsea ,,a supposedly foul on Malouda by Finnan .ha ha ..wow cool .and Lampard slots in his first Penalty of the season and his second goal in as many matches . Chelsea have leveled 1-1
After this Liverpool tried very hard to score the winning goal.. to strengthen the attack Liverpool brought in Crouch and in return Chelsea brought in Alex.. the big man given his debut for Chelsea.
The last few minutes Chelsea played very good defensice soccer,the only thing in their plans was to draw the match .. and finally they achieved it... getting a point out of this encounter was no easy task
Man of the Match - Rob Styles
For awarding that wonderful penalty to Chelsea . well Liverpool have enjoyed a lot of luck against as in the recent years but this was something different.
well the next day I read that Rob Styles apologised to Rafael Benitez... ghosh why did he do that ... nobody did that when Liverpool were awarded a nonexistent goal by Luis Garcia during the 2005 Champions League Semifinal ..then why now ... ?
Chelsea Goal scorers for the match
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Lampard (61')
Chelsea Goal scorers in the Premirship
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Pizarro-1
Malouda-1
Essien -1
Lampard-2
Drogba -1
Monday, August 27, 2007
Friday, August 17, 2007
Reading v/ Chelsea (PREM - 16 August 12:30 am)
The first away match of the season and carrying lots of hope i waited for the early morning kick-off(12:30 IST).A very tricky encouter against a very tough and well organised side at the
Madejski Stadium. Well for most of ur Chelsea supporters this place was almost like a graveyard when we saw our best Goal Keepers Chech and Cudicini getting injured , a very vital blow to our Championship aspirations :( . what would have happened if Chech was available for those 3 months ............. with the 2 cups we won last year -> maybe the PREMIERSHIP too ........
well without dwelling into the past anymore let me start of wiht the encounter .
Starting line up
Chelsea (4-4-2): Cech; Ferreira (Pizarro h-t), Ben-Haim, Carvalho (Johnson 30), A Cole; Wright-Phillips, Sidwell (Mikel h-t) Lampard (c); Malouda, Kalou, Drogba.
Reading(4-4-2): Hahnemann; Murty, Duberry (Bikey 28), Ingimarsson, Shorey; Oster (Seol 78), Harper, Cisse, Hunt; Long (Gunnarsson 73), Doyle.
Referee Mike Dean.
Crowd 24,031.
And yup time for revealing the ChelseaFC away jearsey :)... oh GOD! what is that is that yellow or is it Flouroscent Green or Flouroscent Yellow ,ghosh whats that ? if i got to watch the whole match I got to get my gogles :P .. well the some of them prefer to call it electricity yellow :) ..
He he but I rather liked the Black or the white away jearsey they used the previous years .
But one things for sure the really bright jearseys kept me awake from 12:30 am to 2:30 am
a big task afterall I prefer to sleep at 10:00 pm :P.
hmm with Essien injured Sidwell gets the opporunity to start against his old club . and i am glad to see Ferreira on the right , Johnson looked really shacky in the last 2 games .hope he does a better job . and again a 4-4-2 cool and Drogba in the starting line up ..cool ..but again Joe Cole is missing .
The start looked really very shacky . ghosh is this the same team that played agaisnt Birmingham 3 days ago ?? shocking though I was sure that it would be difficult to break Reading down but they were having all the pocession during the initial minutes and our defence looked really shacky .. but then the attack came from Chelsea from the Man of the match of the last match Phillips .a great run from him and a good cross but Drogba caught offside .
Still Reading looked the better team . they were the once who looked like scoring .13 minutes to the start Reading got 3 corner kicks in succession but no harm done ..hoh Lucky Chelsea.
Reading were playing tough on Chelsea and got quick yellow cards first for Land and the other Cisse for a tackle on Phillips .
Now for brief a period Chelsea looked good ,they are always looking for Wright phillips on the right and it is from there some of the best chances were coming from . Phillips and Ferreira combining well together and a good cross to Drogba but Hahnemann gets to the ball before Drogba :(.
Then in the 26th minute a very bad goal was conceded by Chelsea .A very well taken free kick by Reading and a really bad mistake by Chech (first time I have seen a mistake from this man) and the Reading substitute Bikey scores an easy goal .Reading 1-0 up.
within minutes Reading were on the attack again and this time Chelsea were safe coz a really good save from Chech ,but really bad defending by Ferreira ..somehow our Right backs are not able to cop up with the pace of these attacking players :(.
Now Chelsea substitues the injured Carvalhio for Johnson .ghosh the injury crisis for Chelsea never stops .
within minutes again very good play by reading and somehow Osters header hits the crossbar.somehow Chelsea are still trailing only by a goal .
Half time : After a very pathetic first half let us see what Mourinho does
with the start of the second half Chelsea has already made all the 3 substitutions oh brave move..Mikel for Sidwell and Pizarro for Ferreira ..I though Chelsea are going for a 3-4-3 but no!!! Wright phillips actings as right back ...ghosh .. what is Morinho doing ?
Well the changes made quick dividends a good header from Drogba to Lampard and a classic goal by the Chelsea Captain .. Chelsea are level :).
within 4 minutes Chelsea takes the lead with a beautiful goal from Drogba wow
CHelsea - 2-1 up wow.
The changes got us the dividends and I should say Phillips with his pace was looking better than Ferreira and Johnson at rightback ..but I should say Johnson did a great work as a Centre back.
The rest of the match didnt see many chances but Chelsea looked very good .what a transformation from the first half ..awesome Hallmark of the Champions :).
finally Chelsea won 2-1 .. 2 matches and 2 wins great :)... and with Manu again not winning at Portsmurth we already have opened a 4 point gap ..
Now let us hope that Chelsea wins against our Champions League rivals Liverpool :).. He he we have already erased some of their records :).. lets get ready for more :)
Chelsea Goal scorers for the match
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Lampard (46') and Drogba (50')
Chelsea Goal scorers in the Premirship
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Pizarro-1
Malouda-1
Essien -1
Lampard-1
Drogba -1
Madejski Stadium. Well for most of ur Chelsea supporters this place was almost like a graveyard when we saw our best Goal Keepers Chech and Cudicini getting injured , a very vital blow to our Championship aspirations :( . what would have happened if Chech was available for those 3 months ............. with the 2 cups we won last year -> maybe the PREMIERSHIP too ........
well without dwelling into the past anymore let me start of wiht the encounter .
Starting line up
Chelsea (4-4-2): Cech; Ferreira (Pizarro h-t), Ben-Haim, Carvalho (Johnson 30), A Cole; Wright-Phillips, Sidwell (Mikel h-t) Lampard (c); Malouda, Kalou, Drogba.
Reading(4-4-2): Hahnemann; Murty, Duberry (Bikey 28), Ingimarsson, Shorey; Oster (Seol 78), Harper, Cisse, Hunt; Long (Gunnarsson 73), Doyle.
Referee Mike Dean.
Crowd 24,031.
And yup time for revealing the ChelseaFC away jearsey :)... oh GOD! what is that is that yellow or is it Flouroscent Green or Flouroscent Yellow ,ghosh whats that ? if i got to watch the whole match I got to get my gogles :P .. well the some of them prefer to call it electricity yellow :) ..
He he but I rather liked the Black or the white away jearsey they used the previous years .
But one things for sure the really bright jearseys kept me awake from 12:30 am to 2:30 am
a big task afterall I prefer to sleep at 10:00 pm :P.
hmm with Essien injured Sidwell gets the opporunity to start against his old club . and i am glad to see Ferreira on the right , Johnson looked really shacky in the last 2 games .hope he does a better job . and again a 4-4-2 cool and Drogba in the starting line up ..cool ..but again Joe Cole is missing .
The start looked really very shacky . ghosh is this the same team that played agaisnt Birmingham 3 days ago ?? shocking though I was sure that it would be difficult to break Reading down but they were having all the pocession during the initial minutes and our defence looked really shacky .. but then the attack came from Chelsea from the Man of the match of the last match Phillips .a great run from him and a good cross but Drogba caught offside .
Still Reading looked the better team . they were the once who looked like scoring .13 minutes to the start Reading got 3 corner kicks in succession but no harm done ..hoh Lucky Chelsea.
Reading were playing tough on Chelsea and got quick yellow cards first for Land and the other Cisse for a tackle on Phillips .
Now for brief a period Chelsea looked good ,they are always looking for Wright phillips on the right and it is from there some of the best chances were coming from . Phillips and Ferreira combining well together and a good cross to Drogba but Hahnemann gets to the ball before Drogba :(.
Then in the 26th minute a very bad goal was conceded by Chelsea .A very well taken free kick by Reading and a really bad mistake by Chech (first time I have seen a mistake from this man) and the Reading substitute Bikey scores an easy goal .Reading 1-0 up.
within minutes Reading were on the attack again and this time Chelsea were safe coz a really good save from Chech ,but really bad defending by Ferreira ..somehow our Right backs are not able to cop up with the pace of these attacking players :(.
Now Chelsea substitues the injured Carvalhio for Johnson .ghosh the injury crisis for Chelsea never stops .
within minutes again very good play by reading and somehow Osters header hits the crossbar.somehow Chelsea are still trailing only by a goal .
Half time : After a very pathetic first half let us see what Mourinho does
with the start of the second half Chelsea has already made all the 3 substitutions oh brave move..Mikel for Sidwell and Pizarro for Ferreira ..I though Chelsea are going for a 3-4-3 but no!!! Wright phillips actings as right back ...ghosh .. what is Morinho doing ?
Well the changes made quick dividends a good header from Drogba to Lampard and a classic goal by the Chelsea Captain .. Chelsea are level :).
within 4 minutes Chelsea takes the lead with a beautiful goal from Drogba wow
CHelsea - 2-1 up wow.
The changes got us the dividends and I should say Phillips with his pace was looking better than Ferreira and Johnson at rightback ..but I should say Johnson did a great work as a Centre back.
The rest of the match didnt see many chances but Chelsea looked very good .what a transformation from the first half ..awesome Hallmark of the Champions :).
finally Chelsea won 2-1 .. 2 matches and 2 wins great :)... and with Manu again not winning at Portsmurth we already have opened a 4 point gap ..
Now let us hope that Chelsea wins against our Champions League rivals Liverpool :).. He he we have already erased some of their records :).. lets get ready for more :)
Chelsea Goal scorers for the match
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Lampard (46') and Drogba (50')
Chelsea Goal scorers in the Premirship
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Pizarro-1
Malouda-1
Essien -1
Lampard-1
Drogba -1
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Chelsea v/s Birmingham City (PREM 12 August 2007)
First match of the Premier League and a chance to better the 63 match unbeaten home record set by Liverpool a long long time back :) . Just an opportunity to erase Liverpool from the record books makes the match spicy enough to satisfy our taste buds :D
Now let us look at the Chelsea starting line up for the match
Chelsea (4-4-2): Cech; Johnson, Ben-Haim, Carvalho, A Cole; Wright-Phillips, Essien, Lampard (c), Malouda; Pizarro, Kalou.
what !!!! Chelsea Back to the very conventional 4-4-2 wow looks interesting :) and with Essien and Malouda on the wings looks interesting :) but still boy where is Joe Cole :( arent we losing out on the best creative player of our team ...hmmm
Now what about the Birmingham lineup
Birmingham City(4-5-1): Doyle; Kelly, Ridgewell (c), Djourou, Queudrue; Larsson, Muamba, Kapo, nafti, McSheffrey; Forssell.
I cannot make any comments on this lineup :( Frankly,I dont know much about this lineup but yes Forssell was with Chelsea some time ago .
Looks like City are gonna go for a very defensive game ,so scoring goals will be difficult especially with our last seasons top scorer on the bench .
Let the match begin ,
The first 15 minutes were very interesting , I could see a very new Chelsea side with lots of fire . never saw them goining for the kill from the moment they touched the ball .. wow Chelsea looks good and Wright Phillips is on fire his runs were very strong and deceptive , and yup this time his passes also looked very good ,Not something I associate with Wright Phillips :P .
Chelsea attacked again and again but couldnt find the finishing we normally have :(.. but the runs from Malouda ,Kalou,Pizzaro and Phillips looked good .
It almost looked like a very one sided match when Birmingham won a free kick in our half . and somehow Forssel scores from a Ridgewell free kick :( .Oh God is our Dream shattered
but within 3 minutes we were level courtesy Pizzaro and to some extend Doyle after some very good work again from Wright phillips :) .
We continued the attacking play and got our reward when Malouda scored from close range .He definetly looks like a great but with 2 goals from 2 games wow :) .
Again we are on the attack but Lampard couldnt get hold of the ball after some very good work by Pizzaro and Kalou :( we should have been 3-1 up by now .
Within minutes from nowhere Lightning stuck at Stanford Brigde .Birmingham levelled from a
thunderous strike from Kapo .wow that was a beauty .but I would say johnson should have stopped him .
10 more minutes to Half time Chelsea are on the attack again but cannot find a goal .again a Kalou effort was saved by Doyle .
Half Time . Scoreline 2-2 CHELSEA wouldnt like anything other than a win from this match
at this point my Dad snatches the remote from my HAND (well he is an Arsenal fan) and finds Arsenal are trailing 0-1 at the Emirates he he ..but not a new siuation for them they normally dont score early at the Emirates :P but somehow manage to get a Draw atleast .. Now dads really pissed dont think I can watch the rest of the Chelsea encounter :(
So I wouldnt be able to describe about the second half :( ,but somehow I managed to see the Essien goal :) wow thats what Essien can do when he comes forward and he doenst have any Defensive duties to handle :) .. He is a true asset to our expensively assembled Chelsea Line up .
I managed to read Live scores of the match on BBC -Sports :) .I was really very happy when I read the final score line 3-2 to Chelsea .and yup Liverpool ,bye bye .
Vital Players :(Chelsea)
Wright Phillips : The Best player today :) .hope he continues with such performances through out the season .
Pizarro : Looks really sharp .I want to see how he plays alongside Shevchenko , without Kalou and Drogba for the later part of the seson these 2 have to get along well :)
Malouda : Looked really strong .he looks like a really good buy...hope he continues playing like this for Chlesea
The Only weak link I found in Our Team was our Right Back - Johnson looked really bad defensively but when he comes forward he looked good ... I think Paulo is better than him and if Alves gets into our team it would be great :).
I just wondered if Wright Phillips was taller - then we could send those long balls to him and if he plays like today .He could be better than Ronaldo :)
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PREM Goal scorers (Chelsea)
Pizarro - 1 Goal
Malouda - 1 Goal
Essien -1 Goal
Now let us look at the Chelsea starting line up for the match
Chelsea (4-4-2): Cech; Johnson, Ben-Haim, Carvalho, A Cole; Wright-Phillips, Essien, Lampard (c), Malouda; Pizarro, Kalou.
what !!!! Chelsea Back to the very conventional 4-4-2 wow looks interesting :) and with Essien and Malouda on the wings looks interesting :) but still boy where is Joe Cole :( arent we losing out on the best creative player of our team ...hmmm
Now what about the Birmingham lineup
Birmingham City(4-5-1): Doyle; Kelly, Ridgewell (c), Djourou, Queudrue; Larsson, Muamba, Kapo, nafti, McSheffrey; Forssell.
I cannot make any comments on this lineup :( Frankly,I dont know much about this lineup but yes Forssell was with Chelsea some time ago .
Looks like City are gonna go for a very defensive game ,so scoring goals will be difficult especially with our last seasons top scorer on the bench .
Let the match begin ,
The first 15 minutes were very interesting , I could see a very new Chelsea side with lots of fire . never saw them goining for the kill from the moment they touched the ball .. wow Chelsea looks good and Wright Phillips is on fire his runs were very strong and deceptive , and yup this time his passes also looked very good ,Not something I associate with Wright Phillips :P .
Chelsea attacked again and again but couldnt find the finishing we normally have :(.. but the runs from Malouda ,Kalou,Pizzaro and Phillips looked good .
It almost looked like a very one sided match when Birmingham won a free kick in our half . and somehow Forssel scores from a Ridgewell free kick :( .Oh God is our Dream shattered
but within 3 minutes we were level courtesy Pizzaro and to some extend Doyle after some very good work again from Wright phillips :) .
We continued the attacking play and got our reward when Malouda scored from close range .He definetly looks like a great but with 2 goals from 2 games wow :) .
Again we are on the attack but Lampard couldnt get hold of the ball after some very good work by Pizzaro and Kalou :( we should have been 3-1 up by now .
Within minutes from nowhere Lightning stuck at Stanford Brigde .Birmingham levelled from a
thunderous strike from Kapo .wow that was a beauty .but I would say johnson should have stopped him .
10 more minutes to Half time Chelsea are on the attack again but cannot find a goal .again a Kalou effort was saved by Doyle .
Half Time . Scoreline 2-2 CHELSEA wouldnt like anything other than a win from this match
at this point my Dad snatches the remote from my HAND (well he is an Arsenal fan) and finds Arsenal are trailing 0-1 at the Emirates he he ..but not a new siuation for them they normally dont score early at the Emirates :P but somehow manage to get a Draw atleast .. Now dads really pissed dont think I can watch the rest of the Chelsea encounter :(
So I wouldnt be able to describe about the second half :( ,but somehow I managed to see the Essien goal :) wow thats what Essien can do when he comes forward and he doenst have any Defensive duties to handle :) .. He is a true asset to our expensively assembled Chelsea Line up .
I managed to read Live scores of the match on BBC -Sports :) .I was really very happy when I read the final score line 3-2 to Chelsea .and yup Liverpool ,bye bye .
Vital Players :(Chelsea)
Wright Phillips : The Best player today :) .hope he continues with such performances through out the season .
Pizarro : Looks really sharp .I want to see how he plays alongside Shevchenko , without Kalou and Drogba for the later part of the seson these 2 have to get along well :)
Malouda : Looked really strong .he looks like a really good buy...hope he continues playing like this for Chlesea
The Only weak link I found in Our Team was our Right Back - Johnson looked really bad defensively but when he comes forward he looked good ... I think Paulo is better than him and if Alves gets into our team it would be great :).
I just wondered if Wright Phillips was taller - then we could send those long balls to him and if he plays like today .He could be better than Ronaldo :)
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PREM Goal scorers (Chelsea)
Pizarro - 1 Goal
Malouda - 1 Goal
Essien -1 Goal
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