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  • Drogba (18), Anelka (23), Drogba (59)
  • Cech (12 og), Yakubu (45), Saha (63)
  • Date:2009-12-12
  • Kick-off:15:00
  • Venue:Stamford Bridge
  • Attendance:41579
  • Referee:Dowd, P

Live Commentary

90mins

Full time at Stamford Bridge, as Chelsea lose their 100% home record this season

90mins

Keiran Agard comes on for Saha

90mins

Ballack's shot from outside the box goes just wide

90mins

Borini's shot is hit straight at Heitinga. Four minutes of added time left to play

88mins

Fabio Borini comes on for Mikel and Chelsea are running out of time to grab a winner

87mins

Rodwell's shot is deflected but Cech manages to gather the ball without too much trouble

84mins

Carvalho makes way for Juliano Belletti

84mins

A spell of Chelsea pressure comes to an end as Drogba fouls Neill in the box

83mins

Chelsea are pressing forward now but they need to be careful not to leave gaps at the back

82mins

Malouda's corner is met by the head of Carvalho but he fails to get his attempt on target

80mins

Drogba's header from eight yards goes straight into the hands of Howard. He did well to get away from Heitinga but a disappointing effort in the end

79mins

Malouda's free kick is headed away strongly by Fellaini

77mins

Drogba's cross is tipped over by Howard before it creeps under the bar. Lampard takes a corner, which is headed down by Carvalho but the referee blows the whistle for a foul

75mins

Florent Malouda comes on for Joe Cole, who has had a bit of a frustrating game

74mins

Neill shoves Anelka in the back and gives away a free kick. Ballack strikes the ball and Howard does well to push his attempt over the bar

72mins

Drogba goes down theatrically after Heitinga challenges him without too much vigour. The Everton fans take the chance to taunt and jeer him

70mins

Anelka shoots from 25 yards out but Heitinga does well once again to block the shot. He's done well for Everton today

69mins

Ivanovic's cross looks promising but Ballack's flicked header across the box is tame

67mins

Anelka finds Lampard, who plays the ball back to Anelka. His cross falls to Joe Cole, who wastes his shot from a decent position

65mins

Chelsea look stunned after conceding yet another goal and need to calm their play down a little

64mins

Heitinga takes a free kick and it's another defensive mistake from Chelsea, with Drogba heading the ball on to Saha, who deflects it into the net. Unbelievable defending from Chelsea

60mins

Anelka shoots from outside the box but his effort goes wide of the post

60mins

That goal has been coming since the second half started and Drogba did well to take his chance at the back post

59mins

Drogba scores his second goal of the game, rolling in the ball from close range after Hibbert made a mess of an Ivanovic cross

56mins

Fellaini and Yakubu get in the way of each other as Fellaini glances a header wide from a great cross. Wasteful from Everton

54mins

Saha looks to have a good chance on the break but he runs straight into a Chelsea player. At the other end, Joe Cole and Drogba almost combine to deadly effect but Heitinga is on hand to save Everton's blushes

52mins

Chaos in the Everton box, with Drogba and Ashley Cole causing all sorts of trouble. Chelsea are looking dominant once again, with players bombing forward from all positions

51mins

Carvalho scoops the ball across the box but Lucas Neill is on hand to clear

50mins

Ballack shoots from 25 yards but his attempt is blocked by Heitinga

49mins

Anelka drifts inside with ease and passes to Ivanovic after thinking about the shot. Ivanovic's cross is cleared easily by Baines

48mins

Ballack is fouled by Fellaini. Lampard's free kick is headed down by Branislav Ivanovic but Howard collects the ball without too much trouble

46mins

It'll be interesting to see how Chelsea react in this second half. They were so dominant for large parts of the first half but they've been undone by poor defending, especially at set pieces

45mins

The second half is underway at Stamford Bridge

45mins

The whistle blows for half time

45mins

Yakubu scores for Everton from inside the six yard box with a calm finish

45mins

Yakubu's shot is blocked. The ball comes out to Rodwell, who finds Bilyaletdinov but he can't quite control the pass

45mins

Ayegbeni Yakubu comes on for Jo, who looks to have picked up an ankle injury after clashing with Terry

45mins

Jo looks to have picked up an injury and David Moyes has concern written all over his face

45mins

Three minutes of added time left to play

44mins

Drogba's ball in towards the near post almost falls to Anelka but Howard does well to make the ball his own

43mins

Everton lose possession in their own half. Anelka picks up the ball and goes on a great run and his shot is well saved by Howard

41mins

Marouane Fellaini goes down under a challenge from Ballack. The Everton man doesn't appeal for anything and the ball falls to Hibbert. Good build-up play from Everton results in a shot from Saha but it fails to trouble Cech

38mins

Cech, who has not had a lot to do for much of the first half, saves a shot from Bilyaletdinov

37mins

Lampard takes the free kick. The ball strikes the wall and comes out to Drogba, who sends an effort wide

36mins

Heitinga is caught by Anelka's pace, resulting in a late challenge and a slightly harsh yellow card for the Everton man

35mins

Terry heads forward to Anelka, who finds Lampard but the midfielder is just a little too slow to take advantage of the good position

32mins

John Obi Mikel is hurt after clashing with Drogba as both Chelsea players try to clear the ball after Heitinga's header across the box. He should be OK to carry on

31mins

Ballack gives away a free kick for pulling back Jo near the centre circle. The game has calmed down a little since that second Chelsea goal

29mins

Leighton Baines' free kick into the penalty area causes Chelsea problems, with Saha close to getting his head on the ball. Chelsea have looked shaky from set pieces today

28mins

Lampard finds Ashley Cole with a great pass, but Cole's cross hits Tony Hibbert

26mins

Saha's header goes well wide of the target after he did well to pull away from Terry and run free of Ashley Cole

24mins

Lampard shoots from outside the box but his attempt is weak in the end

23mins

Anelka curls the ball into the roof of the net from a corner. Chelsea have been dominant since equalising and this second goal is well-deserved

20mins

Drogba has another chance to score but Heitinga snatches the ball away from him before he can pull the trigger

20mins

Joe Cole's shot looks to be on target but it strikes Ballack instead of troubling Howard

19mins

Ballack surges into the box and Johnny Heitinga comes in with a strong challenge. The Chelsea man appeals for a penalty but the referee is having none of it

18mins

Drogba's clinical first-time curling effort pulls Chelsea level after great attacking play from Ricardo Carvalho and Lampard. Brilliant goal from Drogba

16mins

Howard comes out to collect the ball before playing it forward to start another Everton attack

13mins

The home fans are trying to get behind their team now but the players look shocked by that unlucky goal

11mins

Shocking own goal from Cech. Saha flicks on a free kick and the ball hits the post and bounces off Cech's back into the back of the net

8mins

Didier Drogba runs towards the edge of the box but slips at the vital moment. Could have been dangerous for Everton

7mins

Joao Alves Jo takes a shot, which is saved well by Petr Cech

6mins

Louis Saha hangs on to the ball on the edge of the box a little too long, with Diniyar Bilyaletdinov in a good position. Chelsea clear the danger well in the end

5mins

Tim Howard allows John Terry's long pass forward to roll out for a goal kick. Slightly subdued atmosphere at Stamford Bridge right now

3mins

Didier Drogba's shot across goal, which looks threatening at first, goes wide

2mins

Joe Cole passes the ball forward for Frank Lampard to chase but the pass from Cole is narrowly overhit

0mins

The home side has started brightly, with Nicolas Anelka bombing forward from the kick-off to win a corner

0mins

Referee Phil Dowd gets the game underway

0mins

Chelsea start this one looking to overcome the minor blip of recent weeks, whilst Everton will aim to beat a team they haven't defeated in nine years

Match Preview

Chelsea will be looking to get back to winning ways against Everton at Stamford Bridge following their Premier League setback at Manchester City last weekend.

Carlo Ancelotti's all-conquering outfit lost for the first time since their 2-1 reversal at Aston Villa on October 17.

After winning five successive games in November without conceding, they have let in seven in their last three games in all competitions and their Italian manager will want to turn this around against the struggling Toffees.

In midweek the Blues could only manage a 2-2 draw against Champions League minnows APOEL Nicosia from Cyprus at Stamford Bridge.

To be fair to the Premier League table-toppers, they rested a few key first-team stars and their passage through to the knockout stage was already confirmed.

Everton are in the mire at the wrong end of the table but they will be spurred by their excellent comeback last time out.

David Moyes' men, with their continuing injury list, found themselves 2-0 down at home to Tottenham Hotspur before hauling themselves back into the game thanks to goals from Louis Saha and Tim Cahill.

Sharp-shooting England ace Jermain Defoe also had a penalty saved deep into stoppage-time at Goodison Park, with USA international keeper Tim Howard making the save to provide Toffees boss David Moyes with some much-needed cheer.

They sit in fifth place and, with just one win in their last nine league games, the Merseysiders are finding life tough at the moment.

The last thing any manager needs ahead of a trip to the capital is to be without several instrumental players - and Moyes has this problem in abundance.

Mikel Arteta, Phil Jagielka, Victor Anichebe, Leon Osman, James Vaughan and Phil Neville all remain on the sidelines with knee injuries, while Sylvain Distin, Joseph Yobo and Dan Gosling are all out of the squad due to hamstring complaints.

John Terry, who has struggled through the week with a knee problem, featured in midweek against the Cypriots and should be raring to go.


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Match Report

Chelsea dropped two vital league points in an extraordinary 3-3 draw against Everton at Stamford Bridge.

The Chelsea fans booed their team off the pitch after the visitors first took the lead and then twice equalised. Chelsea's inability to defend set-pieces cost them dear again.

But it started of brightly for the home side, four minutes in and a quick Chelsea counter-attack saw Didier Drogba flash a low, left-footer across Tim Howard's goal.

Everton, however had the best chance in the opening exchanges when Jo arrowed towards Petr Cech's goal a fine left-foot drive, which had the Chelsea keeper needing to be at his best to get down low to parry the ball to safety on 11 minutes.

Chelsea conceded the lead 30 seconds later when Leighton Baines' right-sided free-kick was met by the head of Louis Saha. The ball then hit Cech's left upright and bounced in off the goalkeeper for an own goal.

The league leaders were level within eight minutes. Ricardo Carvalho fed the ball to Frank Lampard on the edge of the Everton area, Lampard touched a deft left foot pass to Drogba, who powered home an excellent side-footer past a prone Howard.

Nicolas Anelka, five minutes later, put the Londoners ahead. Everton's Saha twice failed to clear the ball out of their own area, before Branislav Ivanovic tucked the ball to Anelka in the six-yard box. The French striker sidefooted home coolly into Howard's top left-hand corner.

Five minutes into injury time, and this time John Terry and Carvalho failed to clear - substitute Yakubu, just on for Jo, tapped the ball past Cech from two yards out.

But the lead was restored on 58 minutes for the home side when again Drogba latched on to a perfect byline cross by Ivanovic to volley home a smart right-footer past Howard from eight yards out.

It was a goal Chelsea's early second-half pressure warranted, but another set-piece foul-up allowed Everton to equalise again on 63 minutes.

John Heitnga's left-sided free-kick saw Drogba reach the ball but his header whacked the ball off the back of the head of Saha and it looped into the back of Chelsea net.

Chelsea searched for the winner - a brilliant free-kick by Michael Ballack almost brought number four but Howard clutched the ball out of the air.

Carvalho had a fine chance from a Florent Malouda corner but headed over the bar.

A last-gasp effort by Ballack saw his shot flash the ball wide of goal as Everton soaked up the pressure and were delighted to hang on for a point.

Chelsea

Everton

Corners

71

Fouls

1320

Goal attempts

208

Shots off target

134

Offsides

21

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