- Diamanti (45 pen)
- Lampard (61 pen)
- Date:2009-12-20
- Kick-off:16:00
- Venue:Upton Park
- Attendance:33388
- Referee:Dean, M
Live Commentary
90mins
FULL TIME WEST HAM 1-1 CHELSEA: It's all over and Frank Lampard's penalty rescues a point for Chelsea who go four points clear at the top of the table. It also means West Ham avoid being bottom at Christmas.
90mins
There will be three minutes of stoppage time as West Ham can put another free kick into the Chelsea area. Alessandro Diamanti takes it but Chelsea clear.
89mins
A free kick wide on the left here for West Ham as Alessandro Diamanti is fouled by Branislav Ivanovic. Luis Guillermo Franco gets his head to the free kick but Petr Cech makes a great save unaware the offside flag was raised.
88mins
Frank Lampard's corner is cleared to Yuri Zhirkov on the edge of the box but his effort just clears the bar.
87mins
Chelsea are camped in West Ham's half as they look to grab a late winner here as Didier Drogba wins a corner off James Tomkins.
85mins
Frank Lampard tees up Yuri Zhirkov in the left side of the box and his effort is well saved by Robert Green before the ball is knocked out for a corner before a Chelsea striker can follow up. Robert Green takes the catch from the resulting flag kick.
84mins
John Terry is booked after charging in and catching Julien Faubert just as he was trying to clear the ball up field.
83mins
Scott Parker goes on a storming run at the Chelsea goal but he slips after going past Branislav Ivanovic.
82mins
The second corner is played in but Petr Cech comfortably gathers.
81mins
West Ham win a corner down the right. The ball is whipped in and Ricardo Carvalho clearly bundles over Luis Guillermo Franco but only a second corner is given.
80mins
Frank Lampard plays the ball low to John Terry but his attempt is well blocked and West Ham clear.
80mins
Herita Ilunga sends Didier Drogba sprawling down the right by line so a dangerous free kick for Chelsea here.
79mins
Alessandro Diamanti gets space for a shot but his effort is blocked by a defender as the Hammers do some pressing.
78mins
Alessandro Diamanti threads a ball through into the area for Scott Parker but the Chelsea old boy slipped at the vital moment and the visitors get a goal kick.
76mins
West Ham are like men possessed here as they refuse to let Chelsea have any time on the ball at all. They need to keep up this momentum.
75mins
Joe Cole is going off here and Yuri Zhirkov is handed his Premier League debut.
74mins
Another chance for Joe Cole on the edge of the box but he fires just over the bar.
73mins
Didier Drogba's flick on finds Joe Cole who tries to lift the ball over Robert Green but clears the cross bar by some distance.
72mins
Alessandro Diamanti hits a fierce shot down the throat of Petr Cech who parries it away to safety for Chelsea.
71mins
Great defending from West Ham as Frank Lampard finds himself crowded out by four players as soon as he gets anywhere near the penalty area.
69mins
Frank Lampard slides the ball through for Joe Cole but he does not get a clean connection and his effort runs out of play.
67mins
Good pressing from West Ham and Herita Ilunga in particular but Chelsea manage to clear their lines.
65mins
Despite the injustice of the penalty decision West Ham do not look like they have lost belief as they try and push forward.
64mins
Didier Drogba's kick hits the wall and loops in the air to Ricardo Carvalho who heads wide.
63mins
Daniel Sturridge wins a free kick in a decent position now for Chelsea as they look for a second.
61mins
WEST HAM 1-1 CHELSEA: Third time lucky for FRANK LAMPARD and Chelsea as he puts away the spot-kick and this one counts.
60mins
Again Frank Lampard scores from the spot and again Mike Dean says he has to do it again due to encroachment. Ironically it is mainly the West Ham players who are committing the offence.
60mins
Frank Lampard hits home the penalty but the referee says he has to take it again.
59mins
Matthew Upson is booked for giving away the penalty and possibly for complaining about the decision.
58mins
Chelsea win a dubious penalty as Matthew Upson gets his foot to the ball to get it away from Daniel Sturridge but a spot-kick is given.
55mins
Mark Noble does well to win the ball off Didier Drogba - but he had to get that right given that he has already been booked.
54mins
Michael Ballack goes down theatrically but fails to get a free kick - Mark Noble did catch him though.
52mins
Frank Lampard hits his free kick from 30 yards which is blocked in the West Ham box and cleared.
52mins
Mark Noble is booked for kicking the ball away after a free kick is awarded to Chelsea.
51mins
Herita Ilunga does well to cut out a Daniel Sturridge through ball as Chelsea try to turn the screw.
49mins
What a strike from Didier Drogba who gets on the end of Petr Cech's long kick up the field and before lashing a Marco van Basten-type shot from the right side of the area which dropped inches past the far post.
48mins
Daniel Sturridge gets his first attempt at goal but his left-foot strike is high over the bar.
46mins
Two half time changes made by Carlo Ancelotti with Florent Malouda and Salomon Kalou replaced by Daniel Sturridge and Jon Obi Mikel.
46mins
The action is back underway at Upton Park and Gianfranco Zola will hope his side can hold on to this vital lead. However Carlo Ancelotti will look to his Chelsea side to step up another gear and take the points.
45mins
HALF TIME WEST HAM 1-0 CHELSEA: All the drama was left until the final moments of the half as West Ham snatch the lead from Alessandro Diamanti's penalty kick after Ashley Cole's foul on Jack Collison.
45mins
Frank Lampard tries his luck from the free kick and it hits the wall. The ball is lifted back towards West Ham's goal, Didier Drogba flicks it on and Robert Green looks to wipe out Salomon Kalou but a goal kick is awarded.
45mins
Scott Parker goes to ground and takes out Michael Ballack to get himself a yellow card.
45mins
Chelsea manage to clear the second corner as we approach the third minute of stoppage time.
45mins
West Ham come surging forward and secure a corner down the right. The ball is played in and knocked out for another flag kick.
45mins
WEST HAM 1-0 CHELSEA: ALESSANDRO DIAMANTI steps up and fires the spot-kick past Petr Cech to give West Ham the lead.
44mins
Ashley Cole dives in on Jack Collison and gives a penalty to West Ham. The full-back got nowhere near the ball so a good decision from the referee.
43mins
Chelsea take a quick free kick through Frank Lampard to Didier Drogba down the left channel of the area but he smashes his shot into the side netting from a tight angle.
41mins
Mark Noble hits a free kick into the Chelsea area but John Terry does well to head it away under pressure from three West Ham players.
40mins
Chelsea are just probing around the edge of the West Ham area but the home defence are holding firm so far.
38mins
John Terry tries his luck from outside the area and Robert Green gets down to collect at the second attempt.
37mins
Joe Cole, who is not getting booed as much as Frank Lampard, tries an effort against his old club but it fails to trouble Robert Green.
36mins
Both sides are trying to get a break through but still not many goal mouth incidents to discuss.
34mins
Frank Lampard hits a snap-shot from the edge of the area but it goes across the face of goal and wide of the far post.
33mins
Luis Guillermo Franco handles the ball and is booked in what looks like another totting up process from referee Mike Dean.
31mins
A good chance for West Ham here as Jack Collison's effort from the edge of the area is well saved by Petr Cech and Luis Guillermo Franco is offside as he tries to convert the loose ball.
30mins
Ricardo Carvalho is the first man booked after fouling Luis Guillermo Franco which is about his fourth foul in a few minutes.
29mins
Ricardo Carvalho does well to get in the way of Matthew Upson as he looked to head a cross into the Chelsea area at goal.
27mins
The corner is played in but Petr Cech gets up to punch the ball well clear of the area.
26mins
Good play from West Ham as they win a corner down the right after some confusion between John Terry and Petr Cech.
24mins
Branislav Ivanovic was hurt going for that header but he is okay to rejoin the action after some treatment.
23mins
Great play by Scott Parker on the line as he chests away Branislav Ivanovic's header from Frank Lampard's corner with Robert Green beaten.
22mins
Didier Drogba hits the shot but it goes out off the defensive wall for a corner.
21mins
A dangerous free kick here as Scott Parker chops down Didier Drogba around 25 yards from goal.
20mins
Scott Parker lifts a free kick into the area but Luis Guillermo Franco was offside when the ball was played so a free kick is awarded to Chelsea.
19mins
James Tomkins is in the action in place of Danny Gabbidon having lost his starting place to Matthew Upson.
18mins
Danny Gabbidon is down on the ground now and it looks like his hamstring is injured and he will have to go off.
16mins
Danny Gabbidon slightly limping after getting across to shield the ball away from danger. Chelsea come back but Michael Ballack blazes his shot over the bar.
14mins
Frank Lampard wins a corner down the right. The England man plays it in but Branislav Ivanovic heads just over the bar.
12mins
Good possession from Chelsea but Salomon Kalou's lifted ball into the Hammers box is too close to Robert Green.
10mins
Julien Faubert whips a low cross from the right flank which Petr Cech takes at his near post. It has been a tenacious first 10 minutes from West Ham.
9mins
Scott Parker almost threads a ball through the Chelsea defence but it is slightly over hit and Petr Cech collects.
7mins
Joe Cole sets up Frank Lampard who hits a fierce drive at goal which Robert Green parries out for a corner. The ball is played in and eventually knocked behind for a goal kick.
5mins
John Terry gets across and just gets enough on the ball to get it away from Guillermo Franco and back to his goalkeeper. A close call for the Blues skipper.
3mins
A lot of attacking intent from both sides but no real goal mouth action in the opening minutes.
1mins
A lively opening few moments and Frank Lampard managed to get booed by the home fans after 30 seconds. I doubt the Hammers faithful will ever forgive his move to Chelsea.
0mins
West Ham know a defeat would leave them bottom of the Premier League at Christmas which usually leads to relegation, while a win could take them out of the bottom three. Chelsea will go six points clear at the top with a win.
0mins
Chelsea starting XI: Cech, Ivanovic, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, Ballack, Lampard, Malouda, Joe Cole, Drogba, Kalou.
0mins
Ricardo Carvalho replaces Alex in defence, while Joe Cole returns to the midfield in place of Deco.
0mins
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti recalls striker Didier Drogba to the starting XI after he missed the midweek win over Portsmouth. Nicolas Anelka drops out so Salomon Kalou keeps his place.
0mins
West Ham starting XI: Green, Faubert, Gabbidon, Upson, Ilunga, Noble, Kovac, Parker, Collison, Franco, Diamanti.
0mins
Matthew Upson is also back from injury in place of James Tomkins to bolster the HammersÂ’ back line.
0mins
West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola hands a start to Mark Noble in place of the injured Kieron Dyer for the visit of London rivals and table-topping Chelsea to Upton Park.
Match Preview
After picking up the manager of the month award for November, Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has had a torrid December, drawing with Blackburn (Carling Cup), Apoel Nicosia (Champions League) and Everton (league), in addition to the reversal at Manchester City.
However, a win at home to Portsmouth on Wednesday will have boosted the Blues' confidence ahead of their trip to Upton Park this weekend, especially given that they have won their last four league matches at West Ham.
Hammers' manager Gianfranco Zola has problems of his own as his side have lost their last three league matches, scoring just one goal in the process, and languish second from bottom in the Premier League table following a key 3-1 defeat at relegation rivals Bolton in midweek.
To further compound the Italian's troubles, he has to contend with a lengthy injury list that includes top scorer Carlton Cole (knee), captain Matthew Upson (hamstring), Valon Behrami and Zavon Hines (both knee) and Calum Davenport (thigh).
Despite the problems at the Boleyn Ground, goalscorer at Bolton, Alessandro Diamanti remains determined to stay positive, telling the club website, "We are in a difficult situation at the moment but we always need to stay positive. It would be good to beat Chelsea. Straight after the Bolton game we were already concentrating on this to try and get a result against them."
Diamanti and Zola's compatriot, Ancelotti, faces fewer selection issues with Didier Drogba looking likely to return after missing out on the Portsmouth game and only long-standing injuries to Michael Essien (hamstring), Daniel Sturridge (thigh) and Jose Bosingwa (knee) hamper his options.
Ancelotti's biggest problem will be dealing with a defence that has been struggling to cope at set-pieces this season.
To that end the Italian has been rumoured to be looking at West Ham's Robert Green as a potential replacement for his own Petr Cech.
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Match Report
Former West Ham ace Frank Lampard secured a draw for table-topping Chelsea with a controversial three-times-taken second-half penalty at his old Upton Park stamping ground.
On a sub-zero afternoon in east London, the England midfielder wiped out Alessandro Diamanti's earlier spot-kick to extend the Blues' lead to four points over Manchester United.
But despite seeing victory snatched from their grasp, 19th-placed West Ham could also breath a huge sigh of relief in the knowledge that this precious point keeps them off dreaded bottom spot going into Christmas Day.
With just six minutes on the clock, Lampard forced Robert Green to beat his swerving 20-yarder aside for the first corner of the afternoon and then Chelsea's second flag-kick saw Branislav Ivanovic head the former Hammer's cross inches over the crossbar.
Certainly those Blues corners were causing the Hammers all manner of problems and their third of the day was again met by Ivanovic, whose close-range header was chested off the line by the well-placed former Stamford Bridge midfielder, Scott Parker.
Midway through the half, Gianfranco Zola saw his injury woes mount, when Danny Gabbidon (hamstring) hobbled away to be replaced by James Tomkins.
With Guillermo Franco and the supporting Diamanti desperately trying feed off the few scraps that came their way the Hammers were posing little threat going forward.
Indeed, just when Franco looked to be finding his feet, Ricardo Carvalho collected his fourth yellow card of the season for upending the Mexican, who then joined him on the four-booking mark for a deliberate handball.
John Terry's long-ranger forced Green into a low save, before Drogba ripped a shot into the sidenetting, but just as the hitherto redundant Petr Cech was considering wandering off to do some late Christmas shopping, with just one minute of the first half remaining, the towering Czech found himself picking the ball out of the net.
For once, the unflustered Franco had found time and space to play in Jack Collison, who was upended by Ashley Cole and Diamanti held his nerve to both send the imposing figure of the orange-shirted Chelsea keeper the wrong way.
Carlo Ancelotti responded by making a double-substitution at the restart and, after Drogba had sent a sensational volley whistling past the far post from an impossible angle, Chelsea levelled in controversial circumstances.
TV replays clearly showed that Matthew Upson took the ball when he dived into Daniel Sturridge's studs, but referee Mike Dean's assistant flagged for another spot kick, which Lampard dispatched at the third attempt after his two previous conversions were ruled out for encroachment.
As the travelling Chelsea fans jokingly chanted 'three-one, three-one' Diamanti forced Cech into a full-length parry, while at the other end Joe Cole's shooting boots deserted him before he was replaced by Yuri Zhirkov for a frantic final quarter-hour.
West Ham United Team
Chelsea Team
West Ham United | Chelsea |
Corners
| 5 | 5 |
Fouls
| 19 | 16 |
Goal attempts
| 6 | 20 |
Shots off target
| 1 | 15 |
Offsides
| 4 | 0 |



90mins
This is great as both teams are really going for it but tired legs have scuppered the prospect of a winner here.