• Date: Sun 11 May 2008
  • Venue: Stamford Bridge
  • Ref: Foy, C
  • Attendance: 41,755
Chelsea

Chelsea

Shevchenko (62)

1 - 1

Chelsea vs Bolton Wanderers

Team Lineups

Chelsea

Petr Cech
John Terry (Juliano Belletti, 13)
Ashley Cole
Rodrigo da Costa Alex
Frank Lampard
Florent Malouda
Michael Essien
Claude Makelele (Andriy Shevchenko, 46)
Joe Cole (John Obi Mikel, 78)
Michael Ballack
Didier Drogba

Bolton Wanderers

Ali Al Habsi
Jlloyd Samuel
Andy O'Brien
Gretar Steinsson
Joey O'Brien
Gary Cahill
Gavin McCann
Matt Taylor
Kevin Nolan
Kevin Davies, K
El Hadji Diouf (Stelios Giannakopoulos, 69)


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

Full time at Stamford Bridge and Chelsea miss out on the Title.

90
Goal
 

GOAL!! CHELSEA 1 - 1 BOLTON (TAYLOR) Matthew Taylor slots the ball through Petr Cech's legs to equalise for Bolton.

90

There are to be three added minutes at the end of the game.

88

Stelios is down on the floor in some pain after a late challenge from John Obi Mikel.

86

Bolton are still pushing forward and have been enjoying some good spells of pressure in the last ten minutes. Chelsea look to have given up on any hopes now.

83

The mood has dropped all around the Stadium as everyone comes to the realisation of the scoreline in Wigan.

81

Bad news echoes around Stamford Bridge as Manchester United score a second goal against Wigan to virtually confirm the Premiership Title going back to Old Trafford.

79

A frantic few seconds for Chelsea as John Obi Mikel and Ashley Cole both clear off the line in the space of a second after Petr Cech's punch went only as far as Kevin Davies.

78
Substitution
 

Joe Cole is replaced by John Obi Mikel.

75

Ali Al-Habsi makes another good save to deny Joe Cole as he broke clear and fired the ball straight down the Goalkeeper's throat.

73

Petr Cech is blatently fouled inside the penalty area from the resulting corner but Chris Foy waves away the protests, which infuriates Cech who rushes out to confront Foy.

72

Chelsea are forced to concede a corner after some miss-communication between Michael Ballack and Petr Cech.

70

The Wigan - Manchester United scoreline still remains the same and United will still win the Title if both scorelines stay the same.

68
Substitution
 

Stelios Giannakopoulos replaces El-Hadji Diouf.

65

Bolton almost hit back immediately through El-Hadji Diouf but Petr Cech managed to scramble the ball into his hands. Chelsea survive but their hearts were in their mouths.

63
Goal
 

GOAL!! CHELSEA 1 - 0 BOLTON (SHEVCHENKO) Andriy Shevchenko scores the scrappiest of goals to put Chelsea ahead.

62

Chelsea win their third consecutive corner which Bolton attempted to clear a number of times, the ball pinged around in the penalty area before being cleared only as far as the edge of the area.

60

Joe Cole tried to hypnotise Gretar Steinsson with a number of stepovers but his left footed cross was cleared at the near post by Bolton.

58

Michael Ballack looks frustrated as he watches his shot rise up and over the crossbar into the stands.

55

In the opening ten minutes of the second half Chelsea have dominate possession with a massive 78%.

52

Didier Drogba looks to have been hit by that Stamford Bridge sniper once again. It's ok though he is helping himself off the pitch to recieve some treatment from the Physio.

49

Bolton are defending resiliently as Gary Cahill put his body on the line to block a shot from close range. Chelsea have come out of the blocks for the second half knowing they need a goal.

47

A touch of class from Florent Malouda almost put Chelsea ahead with a a fierce dipping shot being stopped with Ali Al-Habsi's finger tips.

Second half
 

Bolton get the game back underway for the second half.

45
Substitution
 

A half time substitution for Chelsea, Claude Makelele is sacrificed for Andriy Shevchenko.

Half time
 

Half time at Stamford Bridge and all square between Chelsea and Bolton.

45
Yellow Card
 

Kevin Davies is booked for a deliberate trip on Florent Malouda as the Frenchman advanced dangerously forward down the left.

45

Juliano Belletti did well to drive forward down the right and swing a very dangerous ball across the face of goal only for Joey O'Brien to make a vital interception ahead of Michael Ballack.

45

The fourth official indicates three added minutes.

44

Chelsea's corner was poor and cleared comfortably by Bolton. The home side have been anything but creative in the first half, you can almost question their passion to win the game.

43

Good defending from Gavin McCann as he tracked back and intercepted Cole's cross with a decisive header and give a corner to Chelsea.

42

There is no doubt that Chelsea need to work Ali Al-Habsi more if they are to get a victory from this game.

40

Frank Lampard's resulting free kick was poor and rebounded straight off the Bolton defensive wall.

39
Yellow Card
 

Gavin McCann is the first player to go into the referee's notebook for a strong challenge on Ashley Cole.

37

A lack of communication between Carvalho and Cech almost allowed Kevin Davies to knick the ball from Chelsea inside the penalty area, luckily though Michael Essien was on his toes to cover Carvalho and keep possession.

35

Frank Lampard unusually gives the ball away in the middle of the park and allowed Bolton to regain possession.

33

Joe Cole has been his usually inventive self so far and it was him once again who worked an opening for a cross from the right, Drogba was the only real target inside the area and Bolton dealt with the danger well.

30

News of a Christiano Ronaldo penalty for Manchester United at Wigan has echoed around the ground. As it stands United will win the Title by two clear points.

28

Good defending from Gretar Steinsson as he out-muscled Didier Drogba inside the penalty area and refused to let Drogba win the ball back. Ali Al-Habsi then came and collected safely.

26

At the half way point in the first half, Manchester United will win the Title on goal difference with their game also still remaining 0-0 against Wigan.

25

Chelsea are dominating the game and Bolton are happily sitting with ten men behind the ball. A pretty dull game so far, but Chelsea are the better side.

23

Reports from the Chelsea dressing room are John Terry has been rushed off to hospital with an arm injury.

20

Good feet from Frank Lampard caused Bolton to bring him down around twenty five yards from goal. Didier Drogba stepped up and struck the free kick almost Ronaldo-esque, the ball missed the left hand post by about two centimetres. So unlucky.

19

Ashley Cole concedes a free kick out on the left but Matthew Taylor's free kick didn't even beat the near post. Poor from Bolton.

16

Chelsea break forward with Joe Cole getting on the wrong side of Gary Cahill but Cahill recovered to knock the ball out for a corner.

14

Michael Essien moves across to centre back to replace Terry and Belletti comes in at right back.

14
Substitution
 

John Terry is carried off on a stretcher and replaced by Juliano Belletti.

12

Terry is still on the floor and it looks like he will not continue to play the remainder of the game.

10

Petr Cech came out to commandingly catch the ball with two hands but in the mean time he caught John Terry in the face with his leading knee. Terry looks in some pain and the Pysio's rush onto the pitch.

8

Chelsea create another chance immediately after the ball was cleared from Drogba's header, this time it was another cross from the left and it was Drogba again who put the ball wide from just two yards out.

7

The first chance of the game goes to Chelsea with a good move down the left ending with a cross to the far post from Ashley Cole, for Didier Drogba to head the ball back across the goal only for Bolton to clear it to safety.

5

A rare mistake from Michael Essien who over-hit his cross field pass to Ashley Cole and gave away a throw in to Bolton.

3

An early scare for Chelsea as John Terry limps away from a challenge on El-Hadji Diouf.

2

Petr Cech takes the first goal kick of the game in his ridiculously orange fluroescent jersey.

1
Kickoff
 

Chelsea get the game underway at Stamford Bridge.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

The referee this afternoon is Chris Foy (Merseyside).

Awaiting Kickoff
 

For Bolton Joey O'Brien has recovered from his hamstring injury but Ivan Campo misses out after failing to recover from his calf injury. El-Hadj Diouf starts up front in what will be his last game in a Bolton shirt.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Ricardo Carvalho passed a late fitness test and does start this afternoon, whilst Salomon Kalou must settle for a place on the bench after being hampered by an ankle injury. Nicolas Anelka is missing as he is unavailable to play against his old club.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Bolton Wanderers Line-up: Al Habsi, Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Cahill, Samuel, Davies, Joey O'Brien, McCann, Nolan, Taylor, Diouf

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Chelsea Line-up: Cech, Essien, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, Ballack, Makelele, Lampard, Joe Cole, Drogba, Malouda