• Date: Sun 07 October 2007
  • Venue: Reebok Stadium
  • Ref: Wiley, A
  • Attendance: 20,059

Bolton Wanderers vs Chelsea

Team Lineups

Bolton Wanderers

Jussi Jaaskelainen
Abdoulaye Meite
Andy O'Brien
Ricardo Gardner
Gavin McCann
Danny Guthrie
Ramos Ivan Campo
Joey O'Brien (Stelios Giannakopoulos, 85)
Kevin Davies, K
El Hadji Diouf (Christian Wilhelmsson, 66)
Nicolas Anelka

Chelsea

Petr Cech
John Terry
Ricardo Carvalho
Ashley Cole
Juliano Belletti
Florent Malouda (Andriy Shevchenko, 73)
Steve Sidwell
Frank Lampard
Claude Makelele
Joe Cole (Paulo Ferreira, 84)
Salomon Kalou (Claudio Pizarro, 46)


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

Full time at the Reebok Stadium and Chelsea take all three points

90

Anelka beat Petr Cech with a header but it just scraped the top of the cross bar and went out for a goal kick for Bolton

90

The fourth official indicates three minutes of added time

88

Frank Lampard with a typical audacious strike from long range that went high and wide of the goal

86
Substitution
 

Joe Cole is replaced by Paulo Ferreira

85

Frank Lampard has been non exsistant in midfield today and will be lucky to be recalled to the England starting line-up this week

83

If Bolton lose this game, one positive Sammy Lee can take from it is the superb performance from on-loan midfielder Danny Guthrie who has had a tremendous game today

81

Chelsea are still making it difficult for Bolton as they are keeping their men behind the ball and preventing them from advancing up the pitch

78

Sammy Lee is out in his technical area shouting instructions on the pitch and trying to push his side forward to get the equaliser that they deserve

76

The resulting free kick ended up with the ball in the stands after Campo smashed the ball over the bar for Bolton

75

Bolton awarded a free kick right on the edge of the area after Alan Wiley blew for a handball by Sidwell

73
Substitution
 

Florent Malouda is replaced by Andrei Shevchenko

72
Yellow Card
 

Kevin Davies is booked for taking his frustrations out on Ricardo Carvalho

70

Bolton are starting to get a little bit stretched and have hole's gapeing in the defence as they continue to push forward and look for an equaliser

69
Yellow Card
 

Ricardo Carvalho booked for using his elbow on Davies

68

Ashley Cole and Joe Cole combined well down the left hand side and Joe whipped a curling cross into the penalty area but Pizarro's header went over the bar for Chelsea

66
Substitution
 

Christian Wilhelmsson replaces the injured El-Hadji Diouf

64

Steve Sidwell with a typical Sidwell-like tackle on Anelka as he tracked back twenty yards to dive in and win the ball from the Frenchman

61

Bolton are enjoying the majority of the possession but are lacking in creativity and dont look like making any clear opportunities to score

59

A simple save for Jaaskelainen after confusion on the ball between Pizarro and Joe Cole who couldn't make their minds up with what they wanted to do on the edge of the area

57

Chelsea tried to hit Bolton on the counter attack after McCann's shot was blocked, but Andy O'Brien did well to intercept and break down the attack

54

Diouf looks to be in pain as he fell awkwardly and knocked his hip on the way down and is rolling around on the floor while the game is paused momentarily

52
Yellow Card
 

Gavin McCann is booked for a needless foul

50

Bolton are firmly on top of the game early in the second half and you wouldn't bet against them to get back in the game

48

Somehow Ashley Cole gets away with a blatent handball despite Alan Wiley standing directly infront of him

48

Early chance in the second half for El-Hadji Diouf who headed the ball straight at Cech who caught the ball comfortably

Second half
 

Chelsea get the game back underway here at the Reebok Stadium

45
Substitution
 

Half time substitution see's Salomon Kalou replaced by Claudio Pizzaro

Half time
 

Half time here at the Reebok and Chelsea go in infront

45

The fourth official indicates two minutes of added time

45

Ivan Campo is lucky to still be on the pitch after a very late challenge on Frank Lampard and will have to watch his step from now on

43

Bolton will feel harsh done by to be behind after some school boy defending cost them a goal

41
Goal
 

BOLTON 0 - 1 CHELSEA (KALOU) Salomon Kalou puts Chelsea ahead just before half time after he capitalised on a mix up between Jussi Jaaskelainen and Abdoulaye Meite

40

Frank Lampard is jeered by the Bolton crowd after an audacious thirty five yard strike on goal flew way over the bar

37

Danny Guthrie has been one of the best players on the pitch so far this half, and he almost supplied another chance for Davies with a superb ball through the Chelsea defence

35

Brilliant play from Nicolas Anelka who was fed in on goal by Guthrie, the Frenchman pulled the trigger but Petr Cech did well to spread himself, made himself big and did brilliantly to turn the ball away for a corner

33

John Terry is warned about his future conduct by Alan Wiley after he clattered into Kevin Davies and argued with Wiley about the decision

30

Bolton are holding their own here against the former champions and have their fair share of chances to go ahead at the Reebok Stadium

28

Petr Cech this time making a great save from Ivan Campo who fired the ball hard and low to the bottom corner, but Cech palmed the shot around the post for a corner

26

A great save from Jaaskelainen once again as Malouda connected sweetly with the ball and it flew to the to corner, but the Bolton 'Keeper just did enough to tip it around the post

24
Yellow Card
 

El-Hadji Diouf is booked for a nasty tackle on Malouda

23

Nice run from Nicolas Anelka who crossed to the back post for Ricardo Gardner who couldn't connect cleanly and passed possession to Chelsea who tried to hit Bolton on the counter attack

21

What a miss from Florent Malouda who was clear through on goal and he tried to smash it into the top corner but the Frenchman skied the ball over the bar

19

Bolton are doing well to keep Chelsea in their own half as much as possible and are pressing the Blues all over the pitch

18
Yellow Card
 

Ivan Campo is booked for a foul on Joe Cole

17

Joe Cole is causing Bolton some problems with him floating all over place and creating chances out of nothing for Chelsea

15

Excellent play by Joe Cole once again as he drove forward dancing around Joey O'Brien and moving in on goal but Abdoulaye Meite made a timely tackle and dispossed Cole of the ball

13

Kevin Davies did well to track back and make an excellent tackle on Steve Sidwell as the midfielder was about to unleash a shot on goal

11

Andy O'Brien made a clean and well timed tackle on Joe Cole down the right hand side to prevent the Englishman from getting a cross into the box

9

Frank Lampard is being followed all over the pitch by Gavin McCann who seems to have been given a man marking job in the middle of the park for Bolton

7

Bolton have a made very bright start and look dangerous going forward

5

Kevin Davies again in the thick of the action as he left Ashley Cole for dead and fired a powerful shot at goal but Petr Cech parried the ball and Chelsea did well to clear the danger

3

Brilliant play from Bolton as they moved down the left hand side, Ricardo Gardner made a superb cross into the box for Kevin Davies who made a brilliant header at goal and somehow Cech just tipped it over the bar

1

An early chance for Chelsea as Steve Sidwell floated a cross into the penalty area for Salomon Kalou to head at goal but Jussi Jaaskelainen did well to save

1
Kickoff
 

Bolton get the game underway here at the Reebok Stadium

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Avram Grant thankfully welcomes back Frank Lampard to the Chelsea midfield, but is without the suspended Didier Drogba and John Obi Mikel and the injured Michael Essien and Shaun Wright-Phillips.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Sammy Lee recieves a boost to his Bolton side with the return of Nicolas Anelka, El-Hadji Diouf, Ivan Campo and Ricardo Gardner, but is without Spaniard Mikel Alonso who suffered a blow to the head during the Uefa Cup win in midweek.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Chelsea Line-up: Cech, Belletti, Terry, Carvalho, Ashley Cole, Makelele, Lampard, Sidwell, Malouda, Kalou, Joe Cole

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Bolton Line-up: Jaaskelainen, Joey O'Brien, Andrew O'Brien, Meite, Gardner, Campo, Davies, Guthrie, McCann, Diouf, Anelka