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FULL TIME: CHELSEA 1-0 WEST HAM UNITED - The referee answers the nervous whistles from the home faithful and blows for full-time. The Hammers took the game to Chelsea today but it is the Champions who take all three points
Mullins floats in a cross and the Chelsea defence are static as Ferdinand attacks the ball and places it wide of the goal.
Geremi is dis-possessed by Konchesky whose cross is aimed at the two Hammers strikers but Terry reads the danger and heads clear.
United clear the ball but only as far as Terry who tries a speculative volley from 30-yards but sails harmlessly into the stand.
Chelsea pile on the pressure. Cole steps over the ball to set up Essien but his shot is blocked.
The Hammers are showing no fear and are pushing men forward. McCartney gets down the left flank and puts the ball across goal and finds Sheringham at the back post but he micontrols the ball.
John Mikel replaces Robben who looks tired.
Robben gets a decent cross into the near post and Drogba makes a nuisance of himself, but Gabbidon pressures the striker and forces him to head wide.
Double substitution from Pardew with Bowyer and Etherington making way for Teddy Sheringham and George McCartney
Drogba inside the box lays the ball off to Makelele who hits the ball first time, but Gabbidon gets his body in the way superbly.
Harewood lays the ball to the right towards Reo-Coker whose cross attacks the near post, but Cudicini smothers the ball easily.
Lampard picks out Terry at the back post who heads the ball into the ground but it bounces over the crossbar.
Tevez is tackled by Essien and kicks out at the midfield dynamo, receiving West Ham's fourth booking of the game.
Essien tries his luck from 25-yards and his shot strikes the outside of the post.
Marlon Harewood takes the field in place of Bobby Zamora.
Mullins dives in late on Essien and the referee produces the yellow-card.
Mourinho brings off Shevchenko who has had a fairly quiet game and lets Joe Cole off his leash.Mourinho brings off Shevchenko who has had a fairly quiet game and lets Joe Cole off his leash against his former side.
Reo-Coker runs the ball out of play and shows his frustration by throwing an arm at Shevchenko, picking up a caution.
United try a training ground set-piece which ends up with Bowyer miscuing his shot.
Neither side able to get control of the ball and the game is being played at a frantic pace.
Mullins chips a through ball into the path of Zamora whose first time shot is just over the angle of the upright.Mullins chips a through ball into the path of Zamora whose first time shot is just over the angle of the upright.
The Hammers get several attempts to put the ball into the box and when the cross finally comes, it is easy for Cudicini.
Etherington twists and turns, taking the ball past Geremi before driving in a dangerous cross which is put behind by Lampard.
Goalkeeping error from Green as his punch only reaches Essien on the edge of the box. He has two bites at the cherry, one of which is blocked and the other goes wide.
End-to-end action at the moment as Zamora gets a chance to play through Etherington, but his pass evades the winger to the frustration of Pardew.
Robben picks out Lampard who lets fly but Bowyer gets in a good challenge just in time.
Tevez receives the ball on the right and finds himself up against two Chelsea defenders. He crosses and finds Zamora who nudges the ball wide.
Shevchenko nutmegs Gabbidon and finds Lampard who blasts the ball over the bar to the relief of the West Ham defender.
Geremi picks out Essien who reaches the byline and tries to cut back a cross but makes a mess of his efforts and puts the ball behind for a goal-kick.
Reo-Coker fouls Makelele early on and Chelsea regain possession with the free-kick, taken by Cole.
One change at half-time as Khalid Boulahrouz replaces Ricardo Carvalho. West-ham kick-off.
HALF TIME: CHELSEA 1-0 WEST HAM UNITED:The Hammers really took the game to Chelsea for the opening 20 minutes but since the goal, Chelsea looked fairly comfortable despite the rousing finish to the half from the away side.
Etherington tries a last ditch effort to pull a goal back before half-time with a 25-yard strike and comes close, his shot flying just wide of the post.
United are getting a lot of men into the box and are crossing the ball from all angles but Cole heads the ball clear from the second successive cross.
Bowyer flicks the ball on from a Konchesky cross and Reo-Coker drills a shot but Terry somehow manages to block it.
Robben makes a late run into the box and gets onto the end of a cross but he puts his shot wide. He should have done better
Etherington's corner is cleared at the front post by Terry. The winger picks up the ball again and crosses, but this tme Drogba heads it away.
Robben crosses a free-kick trying to find a Blue shirt but Green jumps and catches the ball
West Ham get their first attack for a while and Reo-Coker eventually has a shot but he fails to trouble Cudicini
Cole takes the ball past Spector and puts a low cross into the box only to find Gabbidon who clears danger for United.
Chelsea enjoy a good spell of possession before Drogba tries his luck from the edge of the box but Green is equal to the shot and smothers the ball.
The game becomes rather scrappy for a couple of minutes with Nigel Reo-Coker the victim of numerous fouls.
Robben has a shot with his weaker foot from 20-yards but spoons the ball over the bar.
The travelling fans are silenced but the players seem unaffected by the goal. Etherington attacks down the left wing but his cross is cleared by Cole.
CHELSEA 1 - 0 WEST HAM: Lampard and Robben stand over the ball, but GEREMI appears from nowhere and curls the ball over the wall and into the top-right corner.
Didier Drogba breaks through the centre of the Hammers back-line only to be brought down by Daniel Gabbidon, who can have no complaints at being shown the yellow card.
Chelsea are trying a lot of long-range shots at the moment, this time through Andriy Shevchenko who curls the ball wide of Robert Green's goal
Lampard lunges in on Spector, catching him late and earns himself the first booking of the game.
Lampard receives the ball from a short corner and tries another shot from 25-yards but it is straight at Robert Green.
Lampard has an effort from long range but Bowyer does well to get in the way. West Ham are getting lots of men behind the ball and breaking on the counter very well at the moment.
Chelsea win a corner at the other end and is taken by former West Ham man Frank Lampard. Terry again wins the header but it is a yard wide of the target.
Etherington whips in a left-footed corner and Jonathan Spector tries a long-range header but finds the stand rather than the back of the net.
Bowyer this time tries to pick out a team-mate in the box but again, Chelsea are first to the ball this time with Carlo Cudicini gathering the ball.
Matthew Etherington runs at Geremi and puts a cross into the danger area but the first to react is Michael Essien and he heads the ball clear.
Lee Bowyer gets a little room on the edge of the penalty area but he scuffs his shot and Chelsea retain possession from the goal-kick.
West Ham play a long ball forward looking for Zamora but the striker cannot reach it and it goes behind for a goal kick.
Arjen Robben takes an out-swinging corner and John Terry climbs above everybody in the box but his header clears the crossbar.
A glimpse of what Carlos Tevez can do as he takes on Ashley Cole down the right flank but the England full-back gets a good challenge in to prevent the cross.
Referee M Dean gets the game underway with an electric atmosphere inside Stamford Bridge for this London Derby.
Carlo Cudicini keeps his place in goal and John Mikel features for the first time since his dismissal at Reading . The Chelsea line-up: Cudicini, Geremi, Carvalho, Terry, A, Cole, Essien, Makelele, Lampard, Robben, Drogba, Shevchenko
West Ham travel to Stamford Bridge having lost their last five games on the road. Hammers players Bobby Zamora, Anton Ferdinand, and Lee Bowyer all pass late fitness tests along with Carlos Tevez who gets his first start since the first of October. A
Chelsea saw off London rivals West Ham 1-0, thanks to a strike from an unsung hero at Stamford Bridge. Cameroon full-back Geremi struck the only goal in a pulsating match which ebbed and flowed, and the East London side must rue their lack of punch up front. Chelsea's first meaningful attack on three minutes was the result of a five-man passing move. Thankfully for the Hammers, the attack petered out. A minute later, however, Chelsea skipper John Terry headed the ball over the Hammers crossbar, following a Frank Lampard corner. Argentinian striker Carlos Tevez's shot was blocked by Ashley Cole and Lee Bowyer drove in from 20 yards. With Michael Ballack just one booking away from a suspension, which would mean him missing the away fixture against Manchester United next week, Jose Mourinho brought Arjen Robben back into the starting line-up. On nine minutes, Chelsea keeper Carlo Cudicini was forced to make a fine diving save from a Paul Konchesky byline cross. West Ham could have gone into the lead on 13 minutes. Unluckily for them, a well-worked corner saw full-back Jonathan Spector head the ball just over the Chelsea crossbar. A minute later and Terry again headed just wide of goal from a Lampard corner, but Chelsea broke the deadlock and the decisive strike came on 22 minutes. Didier Drogba was upended by Danny Gabbidon on the edge of the West Ham area. With Andriy Shevchenko and Lampard waiting, up stepped Geremi to blast home a vicious, curling right-footer past the despairing left-hand dive of Robert Green. It was only the 27-year-old's fourth goal for the Blues. West Ham's Nigel Reo-Coker let fly from 30 yards on 35 minutes, but his right-footer was so wide, it almost went for a throw-in. Chelsea should hit number two four minutes before half-time, but Robben found himself with the ball six yards out. But he somehow managed to slice his shot wide. Seconds later and a West Ham counter-attack saw Reo-Coker shoot from six yards, only to see Cole block the certain goal. Matthew Etherington had fine chance deep in injury time but his shot, from the edge of the penalty area, inched wide. Lampard almost silenced the West Ham boo boys on 53 minutes, but his sliced right-footer from the edge of the penalty area, after good set-up play by Shevchenko, went over the bar. A slip-up by Geremi let in Etherington on 61 minutes, but his byline cross was hacked away for a corner by Terry. Bobby Zamora had his first effort for West Ham on 64 minutes after collecting the ball from substitute Khalid Boulahrouz's poor clearance, the striker attempted an audacious shot from 20 yards. Sadly for him, the ball went embarrassingly high and wide of the Chelsea goal. Ex-Hammers skipper Joe Cole entered the fray at the expense of the disappointing Shevchenko on 70 minutes. West Ham Alan Pardew replaced ineffectual Zamora with Marlon Harewood a minute later. Michael Essien skimmed West Ham's left upright on 72 minutes with a vicious right-footer from 25 yards. Terry could have had a hat-trick of headers. The third, again from a Lampard corner, was rammed into the ground and bounced just over the crossbar. Forty-year-old Terry Sheringham was brought on with ten minutes remaining to try and save the game for the Hammers. But it was Chelsea who had the ball in the back of the net on 84 minutes, but Drogba, who slotted the ball home, was adjudged offside. West Ham piled on the pressure, but lacked the ability to break down Chelsea's stout defence.
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