Liverpool v/s Chelsea (PREM -Sun Aug 19 8:30 pm)

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