• Date: Wed 28 December 2005
  • Venue: City of Manchester Stadium
  • Ref: Rennie, U
  • Attendance: 46,587
Manchester City

Manchester City
0 - 1
Chelsea

Chelsea

Cole (79)

Manchester City vs Chelsea

Team Lineups

Manchester City

David James
Sun Jihai
Nedum Onuoha
Ben Thatcher (Stephen Ireland, 89)
Richard Dunne
Sylvain Distin
Joey Barton
Trevor Sinclair (Lee Croft, 83)
Antoine Sibierski (Bradley Wright-Phillips, 71)
Andrew Cole
Darius Vassell

Chelsea

Petr Cech
William Gallas
John Terry
Asier del Horno
Njitap Geremi
Damien Duff (Arjen Robben, 58)
Joe Cole
Michael Essien
Claude Makelele
Eidur Gudjohnsen (Paulo Ferreira, 83)
Didier Drogba (Hernan Crespo, 58)

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