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  1. Lampard strike sinks Pompey

    Lampard strike sinks Pompey

    Chelsea comdemned Portsmouth to their first defeat of the season with a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge, with Frank Lampard scoring his fourth goal in as many games. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Chelsea
    • Portsmouth
    • 90+3' It's all over at Stamford Bridge, and Chelsea win again without hitting top gear. Frank Lampard's fourth goal in 10 days the difference between the sides.
    • 90+1' Three minutes of added time to be played here, but Portsmouth look a spent force.
    • 90' James denies Kalou, who forces an effort goalwards from a tight angle! Pompey have four men up front now - obviously leaving plenty of gaps at the back.
    • 87' Chaos at the back from Chelsea!! A corner ricochets off Essien, Nugent's effort is blocked and Hreidarsson's follow-up header is cleared off the line by Ashley Cole! Surely that was Portsmouth's chance!
    • 83' Double change from Harry Redknapp as he attempts to conjure a late comeback. David Nugent and Noe Pamarot come on for Lauren and Matthew Taylor.
    • 81' Joe Cole shoots wide from just outside the area. Sorry, Joseph.
    • 79' Kalou and Muntari exchange shots as either end - both are easy catches for the keepers.
    • 77' A trip by Muntari earns him a yellow card - he'll pick up a few of those this season unless he tidies up his tackling.
    • 76' Off comes Wright-Phillips for Joe Cole, whom we have decided to rechristen Joseph, in the style of fellow Cole Andrew.
    • 74' A deflected Essien effort forces James to dive full stretch to his left to pull off a good save. See - call a game rubbish and all hell breaks loose. Although this is probably still quite genteel by hell-breaking-loose standards.
    • 72' Benjani latches onto a long through ball and attempts to take the ball around Cech, but by the time he fires off a shot the angle is so narrow he has no chance of hitting the target.
    • 69' It nearly works! Malouda fizzes a shot narrowly wide! Getting closer.
    • 68' A really uneventful second half. Last time it was remarked how ordinary Chelsea look, they scored. Let's hope a few more comments on this mediocre, plodding, anodyne display can provoke a bit more action.
    • 65' It's a Premiership debut for Juliano Belletti, who comes on for Mikel. Belletti will go to right-back, with Essien shifting into midfield.
    • 63' Jose Mourinho responds by bringing on Salomon Kalou for Claudio Pizarro, who has had a quiet game. That makes it nine African players out of 22 on the pitch.
    • 62' That shot is Gary O'Neil's last meaningful contribution, as he is brought off for Benjani Mwaruwari, who was a touch unlucky not to start.
    • 61' Gary O'Neil fires a 25-yarder inches wide. He had Petr Cech worried with that one.
    • 59' It's all ambling along in a fairly pleasant manner. Given the fiery nature of the Portsmouth-Manchester United fixture, it is strange to see this one so pally.
    • 56' Shaun Wright-Phillips versus Matthew Taylor is hardly a physical battle of the titans, but it is the Portsmouth man who comes out on top as SWP throws himself apologetically to the turf.
    • 53' O'Neil clips a ball to the feet of Kanu with his back to goal six yards out. He lays it off for DAVIS!! Fires over from no more than 10 yards! Poor attempt.
    • 52' Clumsy trip on Malouda by Sean Davis, who is the first man booked this afternoon.
    • 48' Taylor prepares to deliver a free-kick 40 yards from goal for Pompey. He in fact leaves it for Sean Davis, who plays a square ball back to Taylor and the eventual shot ends up about 10 rows back.
    • 46' Second half under way, and immediately Shaun Wright-Phillips is on the charge, carrying the ball through the middle. It comes to nothing, though.
    • 45+2' Half-time in the posh part of London, and Chelsea lead it 1-0 thanks to Frank Lampard's fourth goal in as many games.
    • 45' Lampard guns one in on goal from 25 yards, and James springs to his left to make a diving save with the ball fading towards the corner.
    • 45' Kanu and Essien share a joke. An extraordinary number of African players involved today - Kanu, Muntari, Utaka and Lauren for Pompey, while Chelsea have Essien, Mikel and Drogba. Plus Benjani and Kalou on their respective benches.
    • 43' Drogba picks the ball up on the right wing and crosses towards Wright-Phillips, who dives spectacularly but fails to make any meaningful contact.
    • 40' Drogba is back on his feet. He has a rummage to check everything is where it ought to be, and even manages a rueful smile as he hobbles off for a bit of ice.
    • 39' Into orbit from Taylor, who blasts a shot high into the crowd... but play has already been called back for a free-kick. Muntari leathers it into the wall and there's a man down! Drogba hit square in the, er, groin by the shot. Ouch...
    • 36' Taylor shapes to shoot from the resultant free-kick but his effort comes back off the wall.
    • 35' Utaka rides three or four Chelsea challenges brilliantly before finally being awarded a free-kick. Terry, Ben Haim and Lampard all appeared to foul the Nigerian there.
    • 33' The Blues have the bit between their teeth here, with Wright-Phillips' direct running scaring the wits out of the Pompey back line. Two poor shots confirm, however, that the pint-sized winger's end product is not up to his approach play.
    • 31' GOAL!! The text-commentator's curse strikes! Sorry, Pompey fans. Chelsea resort to route one, knocking a long ball to Drogba, who knocks the ball down for Lampard, and the England man fires past the outstretched leg of Hreidarsson, with David James' despairing dive not enough to keep the ball out.
    • 29' Malouda lets fly with a wild left-foot effort from 30 yards. Harry Redknapp will be delighted with how this game has gone so far. Chelsea might be unbeaten in the league at Stamford Bridge since about 1973, but they aren't exactly bossing this.
    • 24' Good chance Matt Taylor!! He receives a pass to feet from Kanu on the left byline, but has to shoot right-footed and hits it just wide of the far post. That should have been 1-0.
    • 23' Another cross from the right by Utaka, this time picking out Steven Davis. Good news for those with Utaka in their fantasy team. Two points for a successful cross in the Yahoo! Eurosport game...
    • 21' A right-sided cross finds the head of Kanu, who cannot direct his header on target. He climbed high but it would have been an unbelievable effort to get over the top of it and head a decent attempt on target.
    • 19' Hmm. Not meaning to snub you or anything. There just isn't much to report on. Pompey are well-organised, Chelsea are patient. This could take a bit of time to warm up.
    • 15' Boof! Muntari fires off a powerful left-foot shot from long range that ricochets back off the frame of John Terry. Looks like it hit his hands, but it would have been the harshest free-kick awarded in the history of football.
    • 13' Malouda whips an excellent inswinging free-kick towards the near post and Pizarro glances his header over from around six yards out. Might have done better with that.
    • 11' A Wright-Phillips cross floats across the six-yard box before Malouda crashes a shot into the side-netting from what is often referred to as an "impossible angle".
    • 9' Click the tabs above this commentary for live stats, which among other things show Chelsea have had 85% possession so far. It's true.
    • 6' Strong defending by Sylvain Distin, brushing Wright-Phillips aside to intercept a through-ball. Pompey have hardly seen any of the ball so far.
    • 3' A very bright start from the home side, who sold Arjen Robben to Barcelona on Thursday. Their new signing Juliano Belletti is on the bench, with Michael Essien and Ashley Cole playing in the full-back positions.
    • 1' We're under way, and within about 30 seconds of the kick-off, Claudio Pizarro fires the first warning shot, firing a low shot just wide from 20 yards.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage as Chelsea play host to Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge!

  • Team Stats

    Chelsea Stats Portsmouth
    63% Possession 36%
    19 Shots 23
    7 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 3
    4 Corners 6
    13 Fouls 13
    4 Offsides 4
    0 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    18 Tackles 21
    343 Accurate passes 176
    52 Bad passes 27

  • 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 14 3 0
      26 John Terry 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 38 3 0
      3 Ashley Cole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 6 2
      22 Tal Ben Haim 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 43 1 1
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 31 1 4
      8 Frank Lampard 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 59 12 3
      24 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 3 1 3 2 0 0 8 0 0
      5 Michael Essien 0 2 1 2 4 0 0 37 3 2
      15 Florent Malouda 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 41 12 5
      11 Didier Drogba 0 3 1 1 2 2 1 14 6 0
      14 Claudio Pizarro 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 11 1 0
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 4 1 0
      10 Joe Cole 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0
      35 Juliano Belletti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Portsmouth
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 David James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0
      23 Sol Campbell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 4
      7 Hermann Hreidarsson 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 10 3 1
      4 Bisan Lauren 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 0 2
      14 Matthew Taylor 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 12 5 1
      15 Sylvain Distin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 3
      17 John Utaka 0 1 0 2 4 1 0 20 3 2
      28 Sean Davis 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 22 1 3
      26 Gary O'Neil 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 1 0
      11 Sulley Ali Muntari 0 7 1 2 1 0 0 24 6 4
      27 Nwankwo Kanu 0 1 0 3 4 2 0 16 2 1
      21 Jamie Ashdown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Noe Pamarot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 David Nugent 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      25 Benjamin Mwaruwari 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0
      22 Richard Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' James denies Kalou, who forces an effort goalwards from a tight angle! Pompey have four men up front now - obviously leaving plenty of gaps at the back.
    • 87' Chaos at the back from Chelsea!! A corner ricochets off Essien, Nugent's effort is blocked and Hreidarsson's follow-up header is cleared off the line by Ashley Cole! Surely that was Portsmouth's chance!
    • 72' Benjani latches onto a long through ball and attempts to take the ball around Cech, but by the time he fires off a shot the angle is so narrow he has no chance of hitting the target.
    • 69' It nearly works! Malouda fizzes a shot narrowly wide! Getting closer.
    • 61' Gary O'Neil fires a 25-yarder inches wide. He had Petr Cech worried with that one.
    • 53' O'Neil clips a ball to the feet of Kanu with his back to goal six yards out. He lays it off for DAVIS!! Fires over from no more than 10 yards! Poor attempt.
    • 46' Second half under way, and immediately Shaun Wright-Phillips is on the charge, carrying the ball through the middle. It comes to nothing, though.
    • 45' Lampard guns one in on goal from 25 yards, and James springs to his left to make a diving save with the ball fading towards the corner.
    • 40' Drogba is back on his feet. He has a rummage to check everything is where it ought to be, and even manages a rueful smile as he hobbles off for a bit of ice.
    • 31' GOAL!! The text-commentator's curse strikes! Sorry, Pompey fans. Chelsea resort to route one, knocking a long ball to Drogba, who knocks the ball down for Lampard, and the England man fires past the outstretched leg of Hreidarsson, with David James' despairing dive not enough to keep the ball out.
    • 24' Good chance Matt Taylor!! He receives a pass to feet from Kanu on the left byline, but has to shoot right-footed and hits it just wide of the far post. That should have been 1-0.
    • 13' Malouda whips an excellent inswinging free-kick towards the near post and Pizarro glances his header over from around six yards out. Might have done better with that.
    • 11' A Wright-Phillips cross floats across the six-yard box before Malouda crashes a shot into the side-netting from what is often referred to as an "impossible angle".
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage as Chelsea play host to Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alan Wiley

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Jose Mourinho

    On the Field

    • Cech
    • Essien
    • Terry
    • Ben Haim
    • Cole
    • Wright-Phillips
    • Lampard
    • Mikel
    • Malouda
    • Pizarro
    • Drogba

    Subs

    • Cudicini
    • Cole
    • Alex
    • Belletti
    • Kalou

    Injured

    • Ballack
    • Bridge
    • Carvalho

    Suspended

    None

  • Portsmouth

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    On the Field

    • James
    • Lauren
    • Campbell
    • Distin
    • Hreidarsson
    • O'Neil
    • Davis
    • Muntari
    • Taylor
    • Utaka
    • Kanu

    Subs

    • Pamarot
    • Ashdown
    • Hughes
    • Benjani
    • Nugent

    Injured

    • Primus
    • Kranjcar
    • Mendes

    Suspended

    None