Bosingwa tries his luck from a tight angle after bursting down the righ, his effort though goes straight into the side netting.

Interesting moment on the touchline with Scolari and Bosingwa seemingly having an arguement on the touchline, wonder how that will work out.

Fulham have a shout for a penalty after Carvalho clears it away, replays showing he did it with his head rather than hand as the Fulham fans hoped with Murphy firing over the crossbar on the follow-up.

Fulham win a freekick out on the left hand side which Davies whips in but this time it is over everyone else apart from Cech who plucks it out of the air.

Paintsil has an effort at goal for Fulham which whistles past Cech's left hand post as Fulham begin to up the tempo.

Brilliant bit of goalkeeper by Schwarzer after J.Cole had got in down the right hand side driving it across the face of goal which the goalkeeper tips away before pushing it with Anelka looking for a tap-in.

Anelka flicks on a high pass through to Joe Cole who controls it on the edge of the penalty area before driving it straight at Schwarzer who saves and holds at the second attempt.

Dempsey gets away down the right hand side and has only one man to aim for in the penalty area, his crossing looking for Davies but Bosingwa is able to easily deal with it as Chelsea clear.

Lampard with a great chance to make it two, from Bosingwa's cross the stand-in Chelsea skipper arrives late in the box only to head it over, albeit he was flagged offside in the end, tight decision though.

Lampard chips a ball over the top looking for Drogba again but this time there is too much on this pass and Schwarzer is able to get on the end of the pass and gobble it up.

Chelsea play a long ball over the top which Drogba gets on the end of it again, taking it down with a brilliant touch before firing high over the crossbar, good chance for the Blues to grab the lead.

Hughes makes a massive mistake at the back giving it to Anelka who sprinted towards goal and drives it towards goal, only for a deflection to take it through to Schwarzer to make a simple save.

Chelsea have another effort on goal, this time it is Ivanovic who has a shot which hits his own man Anelka who is then ruled offside, a real scare for Fulham.

Lampard swings in a freekick from out on the left but it is easily headed away by Etuhu as the Blues make a bright start to the second half.

Deco now tries his luck from 25 yards with a low drive but his effort strikes Lampard and trickles through for a goal kick.

Deco takes the corner but again it is headed away by Hangebland as Fulham hang on in the dying moment of this first half.

Lampard has a stinging effort which Schwarzer has to get a pair of strong hands behind, tipping it up and over the crossbar.

Chelsea win another corner which is drifted in from the right hand side by Deco, but he drifts over everyone and it goes out for a throw-in.

Lampard takes the corner which Brede Hangeland heads away as Fulham survive another scare and Chelsea continue to rue their bad luck.

Lampard nearly gets lucky with a shot that took a deflection which looked to be going wide but Schwarzer couldn't be too sure as he tips it around the post.

Great chance for Fulham after some nice build-up play by Fulham with Zamora breaking through on goal and trying to pull it back for the arriving Davies, but Cech reads it well and intercepts at the last minute, heart in mouth moment for Chelsea.

Anelka with virtually his first touch of the game has a great chance, getting on the end of a Lampard through ball and hitting his shot straight at Schwarzer with the ball just hitting him before Fulham clear.

Game has gone very quiet as Fulham have now grabbed some kind of foot hold in the game, it looks as though that Chelsea might have to make a change as Malouda limps off.

Real scramble for Fulham as Lampard drives one in from 25 yards which is deflected back to the England international who goes down on the edge of the penalty area, nothing given and Fulham survive for now.

Deco makes a real hash of two consecutive corners for Chelsea, smashing it straight into Johnson twice as the Blues begin to put the pressure on Fulham.

Alex play a long ball over the top which Drogba tries to nod on for himself but heads it too far infront of himself and it rolls through to Schwarzer.

Drogba has another glorious opportunity, recieving the ball into feet on the edge of the Fulham box, spinning his defender and then placing it across the face of goal and just wide, great chance for the Ivory Coast international.

Bosingwa tries his luck again from a long way out but this shot is even worse than his previous one, dragging it well wide of goal and then getting a few bits of verbal from his teammates.

Paintsil bombs down the right hand side and puts in a low cross which goes all the way out onto the left hand side where it is picked up by Dempsey who tries to go past Bosingwa but is muscled out of it, good bit of play by Fulham.

Lampard takes a corner for Chelsea, swinging it in towards goal where the ball is easily claimed by Schwarzer.

Real chance for Drogba who is put through on goal by Malouda, the Chelsea striker though gets himself into a tight angle and makes a real hash of the chance, slicing it wide.

Bosingwa has Chelsea's second shot of the match from 30 yards but its a tame effort and trickles through to Schwarzer.

Dickson Etuhu gives Frank Lampard too much room and the England international has shot from 30 yards which is straight down the throat of Mark Schwarzer who makes a simple save.

Fast and frantic start to the game but neither side has created a goal scoring opportunity just yet with neither side able to retain the ball for any real period of time.