• Date: Sun 10 February 2008
  • Venue: Stamford Bridge
  • Ref: Riley, M
  • Attendance: 41,788

Chelsea vs Liverpool

Team Lineups

Chelsea

Petr Cech
Ricardo Carvalho
Ashley Cole
Juliano Belletti
Rodrigo da Costa Alex
Shaun Wright-Phillips (Florent Malouda, 64)
Michael Ballack
Frank Lampard (John Obi Mikel, 71)
Claude Makelele
Joe Cole (Claudio Pizarro, 86)
Nicolas Anelka

Liverpool

Jose Manuel Reina
Steve Finnan
Martin Skrtel
Jamie Carragher
Steven Gerrard
John Arne Riise
Leiva Lucas
Javier Mascherano
Ryan Babel (Jermaine Pennant, 71)
Dirk Kuyt
Peter Crouch


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

The final whistle goes as Chelsea and Liverpool produce another in a long line of stalemates at Stamford Bridge.

90

There will be 3 minutes of stoppage time to be added.

88

Ashley Cole defends very well against Kuyt, and brilliantly stops a Liverpool attack.

87

Riise produces a diving header back to Reina, and luckily for him, the ball is straight at the keeper, otherwise, that could have well gone in there!

85
Substitution
 

Joe Cole is repalced by Claudio Pizarro.

83

Jermaine Pennant somehow manages to get his head on the ball as he out-jumped Juliano Belletti, but the effort is wide of goal.

81

Ballack volleys wide from 8 yards out after Cole supplied the head down, and that was Chelsea's best chance of the game.

80

Into the final ten minutes of the game, and a goal now would surely be the winner for either side.

77
Yellow Card
 

Rodrigo da Costa Alex is booked for a foul on Martin Skrtel .

76

Time is running out for both sides to grab the winner here, and Chelsea cant afford to slip up here after United earlier dropped 3 points.

73
Yellow Card
 

Ricardo Carvalho is booked for the foul on Crouch.

73

Peter Crouch landed heavily and is currently receiving treatment on the pitch.

70
Substitution
 

Jermaine Pennant replaces Ryan Babel.

70
Substitution
 

Frank Lampard is replaced by John Obi Mikel.

68

Babel has 3 players to aim at in the Chelsea box, but he manages to hit Ashley Cole and the ball goes off for a corner.

67

Anelka dummies the ball, but no-one is behind him as Chelsea waste the chance with a lack of communication.

64
Substitution
 

Florent Malouda replaces Shaun Wright-Phillips.

62
Yellow Card
 

John Arne Riise is booked for a foul on Lampard.

60

A Liverpool corner comes in from Gerrard, and the ball comes of Ballack with Skrtel approaching, the ref fails to see the deflection though and awards a goal-kick.

56

Tackles are beginning to fly in in the midfield area as this game begins to heat up.

53

This is the 18th meeting between the sides in 3 and a half seasons, and it seems the sides have been working each other out very well in that time as the score remains goal-less.

50

Gerrard strikes a free-kick from 25 yards, but the ball goes straight into the wall, and the danger is cleared.

47

Martin Skrtel appears to have hurt his hand under a challenge from Anelka, and he is currently off recieving treatment.

Second half
 

The second half begins with both sides looking to create more noticable chances infront of goal.

Half time
 

The whistle goes and both sides go into half time with the scores all square, there hasn't been many chances of note, however peter Crouch has had Liverpool's best efforts.

45

Chelsea have a free-kick in a dangerous area, but it is deflected out by John Arne Riise.

43

Not long untill the break now, and it appears that the scores will be all even come the half time whistle.

41
Yellow Card
 

Ryan Babel is booked for handball.

40

Into the final 5 minutes of the half as Reina is awarded a free-kick after an over-zealous challenge from Alex.

37

Crouch rises high from the Liverpool cross, but his header again goes wide of the target, and Crouch has wasted a couple of good efforts this half.

34

Lucas Leiva has a good shot from range, but the effort is deflected off for a corner.

31

Lampard draws out a swarn of Liverpool players as 5 red shirts make sure that the Chelsea captain cant get a shot on goal.

28

Crouch's shoots inside the box, but it is deflected by Alex, and it appears to be going off for a corner untill Cech scrambles to the ball.

25

Joe Cole goes down in the box under a challenge from Javier Mascherano, but Mike Riley waves play on.

23

Midway point of the first half, and bar a couple of chances for Crouch, neither side has produced many chances of note.

20

Gerrard whips in a great cross, and Crouch heads the ball right at Petr Cech, another decent chance for Crouch and Liverpool.

18

Crouch has another good chance infront of goal, Babel layed the ball across the box, and somehow, Crouch misses the target from close range.

15

Finnan hits a great cross into the box, Crouch rises above Juliano Belletti, but his header goes wide, however, that was a gove move from Liverpool there.

12

Chelsea will certainly be improved by the return of captain Lampard as well as influential defender Ricardo Carvalho, however Liverpool have lost a few key players, and could that be the difference maker?

8

A relatively slow start to this game as both sides look to get a feel for the match with some good passing moves.

5

Anelka got in behind Jamie Carragher there, however Joe Cole's through ball just lacked in power, and Liverpool are able to clear the danger.

2
Yellow Card
 

Juliano Belletti is booked for a handball.

Kickoff
 

Mike Riley is the referee for the crunch encounter at Stamford Bridge today, with history suggesting that Chelsea have the upper hand over their rivals Liverpool as this games kicks-off.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Finnan, Kuyt and Babel come in to replace Torres, Hyypia and Pennant as Liverpool begin with: Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Skrtel, Riise, Gerrard, Mascherano, Lucas, Babel, Crouch, Kuyt

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Lampard and Carvalho both return to the starting line-up as Ben-haim and Malouda make way as Chelsea start with: Cech, Belletti, Carvalho, Alex, Ashley Cole, Ballack, Makelele, Lampard, Wright-Phillips, Anelka, Joe Cole