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Sunday May 11, 2008 Finished Stamford Bridge

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Chelsea

  • Shevchenko 62’

Bolton Wanderers

  • Taylor 90’
  1. Terry blow as Chelsea held

    Terry blow as Chelsea held

    Chelsea suffered a miserable end to their Premier League campaign, losing John Terry to a dislocated elbow and conceding the title to Manchester United with a 1-1 draw against Bolton at Stamford Bridge. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Chelsea
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • 90+4' ALL OVER AT STAMFORD BRIDGE. Ultimately it meant nothing, because United won, but Chelsea fans will need consoling this evening. The Champions League final is set up a treat. Thanks for joining me, see you May 21.
    • 90+3 WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT!!! MATTHEW TAYLOR HAS SCORED FOR BOLTON. A BAD AFTERNOON JUST GOT WORSE FOR CHELSEA!!
    • 86' Well, Bolton are finishing brightly here. They've given this a real go and held Chelsea for long periods.
    • 81' Drogba goes in the book for some histrionics.
    • 80' Bolton hit the bar....NEVER MIND...RYAN GIGGS HAS SCORED MANCHESTER UNITED'S SECOND!!! The title is surely decided now.
    • 78' Interesting change from Grant. Joe Cole, arguably his best player this afternoon, is replaced by John Obi Mikel.
    • 75' Joe Cole hits a cracking right-foot shot, but Al-Habsi palms away.
    • 74' Manchester United still lead Wigan 1-0, which means if things stay the way they are it will be United who are crowned champions.
    • 69' Change for Bolton. Diouf is replaced by Stelios Giannakopoulous...who shall be known as Stelios from this point forward.
    • 65' GREAT SAVE FROM CECH TO DENY DIOUF. He turned and shot from five yards, but the Czech international was alert enough to make the save.
    • 62' GOOOOOOALLLLL CHELSEA!!!!! Lampard shanks his shot and Shevchenko is in the right place to steer his finish home!!!!
    • 56' Lampard plays in Shevchenko, but he's ruled offside.
    • 52' Drogba with some theatrics on the left flank. Davies hardly touched him. He's up and no doubt will be jogging back on shortly.
    • 47' MALOUDA!!!! WHAT A SAVE FROM AL-HABSI!!! He tips his 30-yard blockbuster onto the bar.
    • 46' And we're away in the second half, with a change for Chelsea. Andriy Shevchenko is on for Claude Makelele.
    • 45+4 Half-time and it couldn't be going much worse for Chelsea. They've failed to score, lost their captain to what looks like a serious injury and Manchester United are ahead at Wigan. There's plenty of time for everything to turn round, however. Back in 15.
    • 45+3' Davies becomes the third Bolton player in the book, after a cynical trip on Malouda.
    • 45' Drogba sent through, but he's a long way offside.
    • 42' Joe Cole with more good work, but once again his cross is wanting.
    • 39' Gavin McCann goes in VERY STRONGLY on Ashley Cole. He definitely got the ball, but his trailing leg went through Cole and it looked nasty. Nobody could doubt Bolton's commitment here.
    • 36' Neat turn and shot from Joe Cole, but it's easy pickings for Al-Habsi.
    • 34' Chelsea have gone quiet these last ten minutes or so. Bolton are slowly coming into the match and frustrating the home side.
    • 30' Joe Cole with a deep cross, but Al-Habsi comes to claim. MEANWHILE....MANCHESTER UNITED LEAD 1-0 AT WIGAN!! Cristiano Ronaldo has scored from the penalty spot.
    • 27' DROGBA ALMOST IN AGAIN!! He got ahead of Gretar Steinsson for a second, but the Iceland international nicked the ball off his feet as he was about to pull the trigger.
    • 23' Great wing play from Joe Cole, but his cross is too long. Chelsea are dominant here.
    • 20' It's got quite an edge this game, engrossing stuff. Chelsea have a free-kick 30 yards out, in shooting range....Drogba lines up to crack one...JUST WIDE!! Ali Al-Habsi didn't even move.
    • 17' Joey O'Brien goes in the book for a messy tackle on Ballack.
    • 14' Joe Cole goes through, but Gary Cahill makes the challenge.
    • 13' Chelsea are forced to make the change. Their skipper is off, replaced by Juliano Belletti. He goes to right back and Essien into the centre.
    • 12' Terry collected a knee from Cech in the shoulder, and it appears either his arm or collarbone is the problem.
    • 10' Terry is hurt in an aerial challenge with Davies and his own goalkeeper. It doesn't look good. He's coming off, judging by the signals from the physio.
    • 9' WHAT A CHANCE FOR DROGBA!!! Ballack crossed low from the left and the Ivorian missed from 2 yards out. It was a tight angle, but you'd have expected him to bury that.
    • 8' First sniff of a chance for Chelsea. Ashley Cole fed Ballack on the left, and his cross was just too long for Drogba to get decent contact.
    • 6' Ashley Coles goes through the back of Davies, and Bolton have a free-kick deep in their own half.
    • 3' Scrappy start, Ballack tries to play a ball through for Drogba, but it's too long.
    • 1' And we're off at Stamford Bridge!
    • - Chelsea are wearing their brand new kit - which seems slightly strange. Anyhow, out the sides come and a HUUUUUGGGEE South West London roar greets them. The sun is shining. Bring it on!
    • - TEAM NEWS: Bolton have Joey O'Brien available and he starts in midfield. Kevin Davies will lead the line, supported by Matthew Taylor and El Hadji Diouf. Both sides are therefore going for the old 4-1-2-2-1.
    • - TEAM NEWS: Ricardo Carvalho is out for Chelsea, who bring in Alex alongside John Terry at the back. Elsewhere, Nicolas Anelka is also out. Chelsea with line up with Didier Drogba up top, supported by Florent Malouda and Joe Cole.
    • - We're set up for a humdinger of a match at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea must better Manchester United's result at Wigan to win the title. If United win, however, the title is theirs regardless of what happens here.
    • - Good afternoon and welcome to LIVE!! coverage of Chelsea v Bolton on the final day of the Premier League season.

  • Team Stats

    Chelsea Stats Bolton Wanderers
    72% Possession 27%
    25 Shots 9
    6 Shots on target 3
    2 Saves 2
    9 Corners 2
    8 Fouls 13
    3 Offsides 1
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    13 Tackles 20
    427 Accurate passes 110
    70 Bad passes 28

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Chelsea
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Petr Cech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      26 John Terry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      3 Ashley Cole 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 41 20 2
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 4 2
      10 Joe Cole 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 27 3 4
      4 Claude Makelele 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 36 5 0
      8 Frank Lampard 0 6 0 0 1 0 1 52 11 0
      13 Michael Ballack 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 52 6 0
      5 Michael Essien 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 54 2 2
      15 Florent Malouda 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 42 9 0
      11 Didier Drogba 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 18 3 2
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 0
      7 Andriy Shevchenko 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 10 3 0
      35 Juliano Belletti 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 42 0 1
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 2
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 2
      24 Joey O'Brien 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 14 4 1
      15 Grétar Steinsson 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11 0 3
      32 Matthew Taylor 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 14 7 3
      33 Gary Cahill 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 2
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 1
      19 Gavin McCann 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 2
      21 El Hadji Diouf 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 9 3 0
      14 Kevin Davies 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 16 1 4
      12 Ian Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Stelios Giannakopoulos 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
      5 Abdoulaye Meite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Tamir Cohen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+3 WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT!!! MATTHEW TAYLOR HAS SCORED FOR BOLTON. A BAD AFTERNOON JUST GOT WORSE FOR CHELSEA!!
    • 80' Bolton hit the bar....NEVER MIND...RYAN GIGGS HAS SCORED MANCHESTER UNITED'S SECOND!!! The title is surely decided now.
    • 65' GREAT SAVE FROM CECH TO DENY DIOUF. He turned and shot from five yards, but the Czech international was alert enough to make the save.
    • 62' GOOOOOOALLLLL CHELSEA!!!!! Lampard shanks his shot and Shevchenko is in the right place to steer his finish home!!!!
    • 47' MALOUDA!!!! WHAT A SAVE FROM AL-HABSI!!! He tips his 30-yard blockbuster onto the bar.
    • 9' WHAT A CHANCE FOR DROGBA!!! Ballack crossed low from the left and the Ivorian missed from 2 yards out. It was a tight angle, but you'd have expected him to bury that.
    • - Good afternoon and welcome to LIVE!! coverage of Chelsea v Bolton on the final day of the Premier League season.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Chris Foy

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Avram Grant

    Captain: John Terry

    On the Field

    • Cech
    • Essien
    • Alex
    • Terry Substitution Out (13′)
    • Cole
    • Makelele Substitution Out (46′)
    • Lampard
    • Ballack
    • Malouda
    • Cole Substitution Out (78′)
    • Drogba Yellow Card

    Subs

    • Cudicini
    • Shevchenko Substitution In46′ Goal
    • Belletti Substitution In13′
    • Kalou
    • Mikel Substitution In78′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Gary Megson

    Captain: Kevin Nolan

    On the Field

    • Al Habsi
    • Steinsson
    • Cahill
    • O'Brien
    • Samuel
    • McCann Yellow Card
    • Nolan
    • O'Brien Yellow Card
    • Taylor Goal
    • Diouf Substitution Out (69′)
    • Davies Yellow Card

    Subs

    • Walker
    • Jaaskelainen
    • Giannakopoulos Substitution In69′
    • Cohen
    • Meite

    Injured

    • Gardner
    • Hunt

    Suspended

    None