Liveblog: Chelsea/Spurs

By: Rob | August 30th, 2008

Here we are, Live, right now forChelsea Vs Spurs match. If your unable to get to a TV, don’t have Sky, or just plain want someone to watch the match with, its a great bit of fun – Its stands to be a really great game.

Full Liveblog after the jump.

Chelsea 1 – 1Tottenham Hotspur

Beletti 27——Bent 45

Full Time – And thats it. Top against bottom at the begining of the day ends in a draw. Thanks for reading.

92 – Awful shot from Essien, miles wide.

Good to see Ramos and Scolari sharing a joke on the sidelines.

90 Lampard picks up a loose ball in the box, and Woodgate has to make a big challenge in the box to stop him scoring. Ground stopped for a sec hoping for a penalty.

we’re up to the 90 Minutes. Big Boss looks how I feel. The game has just petered out completely.

88 – Anelka is coming off and Franco di Santo is coming on. The youngster making his début for The Blues.

86 – Bale hits the wall with the FK

85 – Counter from Bale and a cynical foul from Bosingwa before Bale can make the box.

84 – Chelsea looking a bit uninspired to be honest, they can’t break through

82 – Lampard plays in Bosingwa who is wrongly given offside.

80 – Chelsea have had 15 shots, and only 2 on target. Spurs 4 shots, 2 on target.

78 – Anelka beats King in the air, plays Kalou in, but he mishits and it goes wide.

77 – Lampard cross easily collected by the keeper.

76 – Typical John Terry foul there, Modric beat him, but Terry checked him so that the little Croatian had nowhere to go but down.

75 – Chelsea going more attacking – Beletti off, Kalou on.

74 – Ashley Cole is down on the ground, gives Spurs enough time to bring Jamie O’Hara on for David Bentley

72 Cross in from Spurs, after Ashley Cole is beaten, but noone gets on the end of it for Spurs.

71 – I’m still here by the way, but nothing is happening.

66 – Huddlestone blasts in a shot blocked by John Terry’s knee. He wants a pen. Corner. Modric’s cross gathered easy by Cech.

65 – First change for Chelsea, Joe Cole off, Malouda on. Like for like then.

62 – Huddlestone on, Gunter off for Spurs.

61 – Anelka absolutely through on goal, but he was offside, and put it wide anyway.

60 – Beletti fouled in a good position for a FK but surprised there was no advantage as Essien wanted to just hit it. Lampard blasts it against the wall.

Thats exactly it – Dos Santos off, Lennon on.

Substitution is soon from Spurs – Lennon will be coming on, probably for Gio Dos Santos.

55 – Ledley king runs into Deco and obviously the latter flies over. FK Chelsea. Deco puts in a cross cleared at the near post.

53 – Good passing around the box from Chelsea. Lampard tries another cute little chip which just goes over the crossbar onto the roof of the net.

49 – Bosingwa, who hasn’t had the best game of his life, blazes one over the bar.

48 – Gareth Bale races down the wing for Spurs, but the cross is kicked out by Rickie Carvalho.

46 – Great chance from Chelsea. Dos Santos played a square ball picked up by Deco, who played it to Essien, who tried to play Lamaprd in, the latter stepped over it for Ashley Cole to have a crack, just wide.

45 – We’re back and Big Boss looks anxious in the crowd. Dos Santos and Bentley have switched wings in the only tactical change.

Don Fabio is in the crowd. Just awaiting Spurs to Kick off the second half.

Half Time – 1-1. It was a pretty even match, but Chelsea seemed to step up a gear just before the goal and stayed in control. Spurs scoring just on the stroke of Half time changes everything. Game on.

45 – GOAL – Spurs have got one back. Darren Bent played in and just slides it past Petr Cech. Perfect time for Spurs who looked like they might be getting a bit lost in the game.

44 – Joe Cole has been booked for a silly slide tackle.

42 – Chelsea just chucking the ball around here.

40 – Cech way out off his line but deals with it ok.

37 – Bentley does Lampard well, but the Chelsea man kicks him in return.

35 – Oooh Ashley Cole dropped in a ball for Deco but his shot was blocked by Ledley King.

33 – Chelsea look way ore confident on the ball. Good play around, and then a cross well taken by the Spurs keeper

29 – Lampard and Joe Cole play a nice 1-2 and Deco will deliver another corner from the left after Woodgate Cleared. The corner is cleared, Bent gets it away this time.

27 – GOAL. The Essien shot came back out and led to a corner, which was taken on the left by Deco (taken all the corners from Lamaprd now) who crossed it in, Bent failed to clear, and it sort of hit Beletti and went in. 1-0 Chelsea

26 – Spurs opened up now – Essien does his man, and than blasts it against the crossbar.

25 – Anelka missed a sitter. Beautiful pass from Belletti, Anelka moves between the two centre halves, but blazes it over the bar. Great chance.

23 – Cute 1-2 between Deco and Bosingwa, but keeper just beats the right back to the ball.

21 – Deco is controlling absolutely everything for Chelsea. The very definition of ‘Pocket General’.

20 – Deco sticks in a corner, and there’s a bit of a scramble, but Anelka’s shot is blocked.

19 – Dos Santos tries a cross, miskicks it and Cech looks uneasy, but it goes over the bar.

16 – Dos Santos kicks out, but doesn’t get a yellow. Chelsea fans not much happy.

15 – Essien bursts into the box, Woodgate tackles, wins ball. Half hearted penalty appeal but nothing serious.

11 – Another shot in from Lampard, he really wants this.

9 – Lampard cracks in a shot but its blocked, and Deco makes an outragoues tackle and picks up a yellow card. Not too surprising.

6 – Dos Santos shows Belleti a clean pair of heels, but Bent can do nothing with the cross. Corner Kick. Nothing comes of it.

5 – Fantastic chance. Joe Cole left it for Lampard who dinks it over the keeper but it lands on the roof of the net, after the keeper just got something to it.

3 – Zakora knows he’s in a game now, after that kicking from Frank Lampard. Just a warning for the Chelsea man.

2 – Bit of build up by Spurs, but the cross is to Dos Santos, who is quite short. Bosingwa gives away a FK right after. Bently’s FK is cleared at the near post.

1 – Ball arrives about 30 yards out to Lampard, and he stuck it over the bar. 250th appearance for the Blues today.

Kick Off – Here we go, Chelsea to Kick off from Left to Right, in blue.

KO Imminent – Just seen that Gillette advert with Thierry Henry, Roger Federer and Tiger Woods – Does anyone else think that ad is cursed? They’ve all been a bit rubbish recently.

5 minutes to KO – Players lining up in the tunnel, Cech walks past each Chelsea player and punches thier fists – untill he gets to Ashley Cole and then he sort of just slapped his back gently.

10 Minutes to KO – Scolari expects a win. As well he might with Chelsea’s home record.

15 Minutes to KO – Midfield battle is going to be really interesting, Bently, Modric, Dos Santos, Lampard, Essien, Deco, Cole. Alot of skill in there.

Lineups:

The Blues: Cech, Belletti, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole,
Bosingwa, Essien, Lampard, Joe Cole, Deco, Anelka.

Spurs: Gomes, Zokora, Woodgate, King, Gunter, Bentley, Jenas, Modric, Bale, Giovani, Bent

25 Minutes to Kick Off – Glenn Hoddle has just revealed on Sky that he was about to buy Samuel Eto’o before he went to Barca, when he was manager at Spurs, but the board didn’t want him.

35 Minutes till Kick Off – Said I’d be here, and here I am. Is anyone else out there? Berbatov isn’t playing, but Ramos has said that he is still in his plans if he doesn’t sod off to Manchester.