Chelsea v Tottenham live!

20 September 2009 15:22
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} 90 + 7 The final whistle goes and Chelsea win by three goals to nil at Stamford Bridge to make it six wins from six in the Premier League.[LNB]90 + 7 Lampard tries a chip which is well caught by Cudicini.[LNB]90 + 6 Crouch scores for Tottenham - but the goal is ruled out for offside. The big striker went just too early.[LNB]90 + 5 Chance for Kalou to make it four but his shot is saved by Cudicini.[LNB]90 + 3 Jenas crashes into Essien from behind and is shown a yellow card.[LNB]90 + 2 Lampard blasts a free-kick high over the bar.[LNB]90 + 1 There will be eight minutes on added time.[LNB]90 Now Mikel stays down after an aerial challenge.[LNB]90 Fabio Borini comes on to replace Anelka.[LNB]88 Kalou bursts into the box but his strike from a tight angle strikes the post then comes off Cudicini and out for a corner.[LNB]87 Good play by Kalou on the right to win a corner for Chelsea which comes to nothing.[LNB]85 Salomon Kalou comes on for the stricken Drogba.[LNB]84 Drogba also has to be stretchered off - plenty of injury time coming up.[LNB]83 Drogba requires treatment and will have to be replaced.[LNB]81 Drogba miskicks from the edge of the box and now he has gone down injured.[LNB]81 Bassong is finally stretchered off to be replaced by Niko Kranjcar with Tom Huddlestone moving into defence.[LNB]79 Bassong is receiving oxygen - it does not look good for the Spurs defender.[LNB]78 More defensive problems for Spurs as Bassong is prepared to be stretchered off. Looks like a nasty shoulder injury for Bassong.[LNB]76 Bassong has picked up a knock now and play is halted for a few moments.[LNB]75 Normal service is resumed for Mikel - he miskicks a shot well wide of the post from the edge of the box.[LNB]74 Cudicini almost lets Mikel's shot squirm into the net but he just gets back to turn the ball behind for a corner from off the line. Almost a fourth for Chelsea.[LNB]72 Essien goes down with what looks like a shoulder injury. He may be substituted given his side are 3-0 up.[LNB]71 Crouch dispossess Mikel before lashing over the bar from 20 yards out.[LNB]69 Drogba's chip floats into the arms of Cudicini.[LNB]68 Spurs go close to grabbing a consolation goal. Crouch gets up well to knock the ball down for Palacios who stabs the ball inches wide of goal.[LNB]67 Peter Crouch comes on for Defoe.[LNB]67 Lampard takes the free-kick which is punched over the bar by Assou-Ekotto - another penalty claim turned down wrongly by Webb.[LNB]66 Free-kick to Chelsea on the edge of the box as Howard Webb finally blows for a foul despite Lampard going through on goal. Webb has had a poor game.[LNB]65 Chelsea have played well but the three-goal margin of victory is harsh on Tottenham. They should have had a penalty but are now somehow 3-0 down.[LNB]63 GOAL - DROGBA. Drogba uses his pace and power to get away from Corluka but the Spurs man gets back to make a superb challenge. But the ball defelcts off Drogba again and into his path for a simple tap-in. That just about sums up the way it's gone for Spurs this afternoon.[LNB]62 Ballack goes off to be replaced by John Obi Mikel.[LNB]61 Bosingwa forces Cudicini into a decent save with a drive from 25 yards out.[LNB]59 Cudicini should have done better there with Drogba's shot but Spurs were sleeping as the ball came back into the box. Spurs fans will be looking back to that poor decision by Howard Webb.[LNB]58 GOAL - BALLACK. A poor goal to lose for Tottenham. Drogba controls well and volleys at goal but Cudicini fumbles the ball allowing Lampard onto the rebound and he cuts back to allow Ballack to tap into an empty net.[LNB]57 Corluka heads at goal but Cech makes a comfortable save.[LNB]55 If that is not a penalty then Keane should be booked for diving - that is what the striker is telling the referee. Webb is not interested though. Real controversy.[LNB]54 Stonewall penalty to Tottenham turned down! Carvalho clearly chops down Keane inside the box with the striker through on goal but inexplicably no penalty is given. That's a shocker by Howard Webb.[LNB]53 Ballack blasts high over the bar from 25 yards out. Poor effort.[LNB]51 Keane finds space inside the box but his low cross is gathered by Cech.[LNB]50 Malouda charges into the box but Cudicini does well by racing out of his goal to deny the Frenchman.[LNB]49 Claims for handball against Essien but no free-kick is given by Howard Webb.[LNB]48 It's the end of the game for Ledley King. He turns awkwardly and can't continue. Alan Hutton takes his place with Corluka moving to centre-back and Hutton to right-back.[LNB]47 It could, and probably should, have been 2-0 to Chelsea, Lampard shooting wide from 12 yards out unmarked. What a chance.[LNB]46 Chelsea get the game restarted at Stamford Bridge.[LNB] Chelsea are 2/13 to win the game, it's 14/1 for a Spurs turnaround while the draw is 5/1.[LNB]45 It's been an entertaining first half and Tottenham will feel they should have taken the lead through Defoe before Chelsea scored. Both home full-backs have been a big threat in a really attacking performance. Spurs are still in this though, they still have a real chance of taking something from this game.[LNB]45 The half-time whistle goes and Chelsea have a narrow lead at Stamford Bridge.[LNB]45 Drogba shoots straight into the wall as we enter the one minute of stoppage time.[LNB]45 Free-kick to Chelsea 25 yards from goal. Drogab will take it.[LNB]44 Tottenham are a threat going forward but this time Jenas wastes a through ball.[LNB]42 Bosingwa wants a corner off Assou-Ekotto but a goal-kick is given.[LNB]41 Palacios catches Malouda late but no free-kick is given. He's a luck man.[LNB]40 Drogba gets a touch to Lampard's free-kick but directs the ball wide.[LNB]39 Great run forward by Aaron Lennon but Michael Essien makes an even better challenge to deny the winger on the edge of the box.[LNB]38 Drogba's curling shot is blocked by Bassong.[LNB]37 Drogba stays down following that challenge and will require a short spell of treatment.[LNB]36 Jenas does well to get back and dispossess Drogba despite Chelsea's protestations.[LNB]34 Defoe is taken out on the edge of the box by Ricardo Carvalho and John Terry but somehow no free-kick is given. Really poor decision.[LNB]32 GOAL - ASHLEY COLE Excellent cross into the box by Drogba is met at the back post by the former Arsenal man and he directs the ball into the back of the net. Chelsea have the lead.[LNB]32 Ballack looks to get on the end of another cross into the box but Corulka defends well to clear the danger.[LNB]31 Malouda's low cross is just behind Michael Ballack.[LNB]30 Drogba looks to get on the end of Bosingwa's cross but the ball comes off Bassong and into the arms of Cudicini.[LNB]28 Bosingwa is involved in a forward area again but his cross is a poor one and Cudicini gathers.[LNB]27 Malouda drags a shot well, well wide of the target from 25 yards out.[LNB]26 Sloppy pass in midfield gifts possession back to Chelsea.[LNB]24 Bosingwa looks to create again for Chelsea but Assou-Ekotto defends well and shepherds the ball out of play.[LNB]23 Anelka hits the side-netting from a tight angle. He should have looked for a team-mate there.[LNB]22 Bosingwa bursts forward for Chelsea but runs into a sea of Tottneham shirts and loses possession.[LNB]20 Palacios shoots high over the bar from 35 yards out. Ambitious to say the least.[LNB]19 Chelsea work the ball well in midfield but Bosingwa is then caught offside.[LNB]18 Malouda's corner is comfortably held by Cudicini.[LNB]17 Frank Lampard gets on the end of Anelka's cross to the back post but Corluka defends well and the England midfielder sends his header wide.[LNB]16 Spurs go so close yet again. Superb strike by Jermaine Jenas from the edge of the box flies inches past Cech's post. Tottenham are on top at the moment.[LNB]15 A pretty even game so far but Spurs will feel they should be in front through Defoe's chance.[LNB]14 Cech makes another save, this time from a low Huddlestone shot from the edge of the box. Decent spell for Tottenham.[LNB]13 Nicolas Anelka plays a through ball for Didier Drogba but the stiker is pulling the shirt of Bassong and Spurs have a free-kick.[LNB]11 Real chance for Tottenham. Defoe is played clean through by a superb Wilson Palacios pass but he scuffs his shot and Petr Cech makes the save with his legs.[LNB]10 Bosingwa's cross into the box is well held by Cudicini.[LNB]8 Superb effort by Bosingwa as he smashes a long-range shot off Carlo Cudicini's crossbar! He struck that from a tight angle but it was a great effort.[LNB]7 Half a chance for Tottenham but Robbie Keane and Jermain Defoe get in each others way just inside the box.[LNB]6 Whistles around Stamford Bridge as Tottenham enjoy a spell of possession.[LNB]4 Didier Drogba is sent clean through on goal but the flag is up for offside.[LNB]3 Jose Bosingwa's excellent low cross into the box is turned behind for a corner by Sebastien Bassong. Good defending.[LNB]2 Florent Malouda's pass forward is cut out by Vedran Corluka.[LNB]1 Tottenham get the game under way at Stamford Bridge.[LNB] Didier Drogba and right-back Jose Bosingwa both return to the Chelsea side for theirclash with Tottenham following their midweek Champions League suspensions. They replace Salomon Kalou and Branislav Ivanovic. Michael Essien retains the holding role in midfield with fit again John Obi Mikel on the bench. Tottenham make one change from the side that lost to Manchester United with Peter Crouch relegated to the substitutes' bench and Jermaine Jenas handed his first start of the season.[LNB] Tottenham: Cudicini, Corluka, King, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto, [LNB]Lennon, Jenas, Huddlestone, Palacios, Defoe, Keane. Subs: Gomes, Hutton, Bentley, Crouch, Naughton, Giovani, Kranjcar. Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)[LNB] Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, Ballack, Essien, Lampard, Malouda, Anelka, Drogba. Subs: Hilario, Ivanovic, Mikel, Kalou, Belletti, Hutchinson, Borini.[LNB]

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