I'm at the Rugby today - needs must and if you have to watch the egg chasers, it may as well be England V France at Twickers (.... edit the French got well and truely thumped 34-10) so just the radio and web for following the mighty Blues.
Deco comes into a 4-3-3 with Ess, Lamps and Ballack driving the midfield and Rickey is back alongside JT. Within 2mins its almost a dream start as an Anelka cross finds Deco whose shot is deflected in by Lamps but its flagged offside. Its all Chelsea and with 28mins gone, Lamps finds Ess in acres of space with a quick free kick which he shins up over Shay Given. A bit lucky but the domination deserved it. City get their first proper chance as Caicedo is found completely unmarked by Bridge but he drags his shot well wide. Ballacks having a better game for a change in an unfamiliar holding role. As the half draws to a close Anelka is clearly pulled back in the box but Onuoha but our good friend Mike Riely has another case of blue tinted myopia. In the final 10 mins, two cracking attacks come to nothing as first the Drog back heels to Ballack but his shot curls over and then Ess heads over from 12yrds out. That's it for the half though Deco hobbles off to be replaced by Belletti.
The second half gets underway much like the first with Onuoha forced into a last ditch tackel to stop the Drog doubling the lead and 5mins later, Bozzy again finds the Drog but this time Shay Given to brilliantly palms away the shot. We're starting to worry that this might be another one of those "one goal's not enough" days as Belletti hits the post with 20mins gone. We should be 5 up by now. We're in the last 15mins and the injured Drog is replaced by Malouda. Man City don't look threatening but its all a bit twitchy as we go into 3mins of added time and Lamps cracks a creamer from the edge of the box but it flys high and wide. Its the last action of the game and that's another win under the Guus man.
Come on you Blues
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