Jose Mourinho’s men now sit second in the table only two points away from Arsenal after a narrow 2-1 win over Crystal Palace. Goals from Ramires and Fernando Torres ensured a vital three points for the blues!
Chelsea dominated the possession at the start of the game and took the lead shortly after the clock hit fifteen minutes. Jose Mourinho slated his strikers in the press and Fernando Torres replied to his comment with a poacher’s goal. The Spaniard was the quickest to react to Willian’s shot which hit the post, and he cooly slotted the ball past Speroni in the Crystal Palace goal. 1-0
Marouane Chamakh seems a re-vitalised player under Tony Pulis and he continued his good form once again. The Morroco International scored a 12-yard volley after a fantastic cross from Ward. 1-1
However their lead didn’t last very long. Four minutes after the goal Willian found Hazard who cut the ball back to the rushing Ramires who beautifully curled his shot into the goal. Terrific move and a brilliant finish by the Brazilian, that was his first goal since May.
Willian started the second half in a similar fashion as the firs, he was bright and picked out Mata who was running towards goal however Mata hit his volley over the bar.
Tony Pulis felt the need for a change, and he decided to introduce Yannick Bolasie to replace Barry Bannan and bring some extra physicality into the midfield.
Yannick Boalsie had a decent chance moments after the hour mark. Jason Punchen who had been impressive for Palace played a fine cross to the back post, but Bolasie could only manage to head over from 12-yards out.
Crystal Palace started to apply the pressure on Chelsea, as they continued to threaten on the counter-attack trying to expose Chelsea’s defence.
They almost did just that with almost thirteen minutes left. Jerome’s cross wasn’t dealt with by the Chelsea defence, O’Keefe then struck a shot which was cleared off the line by JT. Frantic stuff at the back.
With only five minutes left on the clock Chelsea had the easiest chance to kill the game. Demba Ba drove forward along side Oscar and Ramires, it was a three on one opportunity. Ba passed to Ramires who looked desitend to score but he completly miss-kicked the ball. Awful miss.
Speroni then managed to produce a moment of brilliance with a majestic double save! First he saved a shot from Andre Schurrle, and them managed to deny Demba Ba on the rebound.
The full time whistle blew after four minutes of added time. 2-1 Chelsea.
moments of octane football but more of a boring one, we need goals
boring one?? I think we play really well becaue torres was no where. He didn’t bring anything. How can we score goals if the striker is useless??. He scores because it was taping. Thanks to Good, mou didn’t play with mikel. Essien was fantastic!!!!
Adam you well said bro! Torres was useless. I hate when a player can’t hold the ball and pass it. Palace goal was the result of losing the ball from Torres who was trying the zinedine zidane move (roulette). If Mou can’t buy striker in January we are done. Thanks Willian every time he get the chance he gives his best
Also, mata was useless. Hazard start to play like last year.
Do you ever contribute anything aside from “Torres is useless”? Plays a good game, useless. Plays a bad game, useless. Doesn’t even play, useless.He accomplished his job today, Ba accomplished his job earlier in the week, and Eto’o will probably have to accomplish his job at the Emirates next week. I’m a generally negative person, and even I think “fans” like you are incredibly unpleasant.
What ever happened to the “what we learned section”???????
It’s still running.
ESSIEN WAS FANTASTIC. WAT A PLAYER,ALL DE BLUE BOYS PLAYED THEIR HRT OUT, TORRES DID WAT HE IS SOPPOSED TO DO. JUX DAT WE MISSED GUD CHANCES THEY ARE TRYING HOPEFULY THEY WILL GET THERE
Extremely disappointed at what I saw today…theres something missing from Chelsea’s Play. They are scared to defend and it is so unlike chelsea to leak goals the way we are leaking goals. I was scared they might score every time they went forward. some chelsea players did not fight hard enough for the ball. If we are to win the premiership or at least get champions league spot, we need press for the ball when we don’t have it and be efficient with the ball. I like mourinho but he is too stubborn. Our defence needs an overhaul…players need to be confident when defending and not go for tackles and headers half heartedly. We have conceded an embarrassing number of goals from set pieces from team fighting relegation…what hope have we got against the likes of Toure from Man City or Bayern Munich Players in the champions league? Defence has gotta be taken care of
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