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 | Portsmouth 0 - 1 Chelsea (489)
FA Cup
15/05/2010
A fascinating FA Cup final played out in the first half at Wembley as Chelsea struck the woodwork through Lampard, Terry and Drogba?s incredible free-kick that James saved, while Kalou missed an open goal from three yards out. But Portsmouth were far from bystanders, defying their underdog status by playing on the counter-attack with Piquionne forcing Cech into a point-blank save from four yards out in the south coasters best opportunity of the half. The other major talking point of the first 45 was an injury to Michael Ballack that will worry German fans ahead of the World Cup. (First half highlights here.) One of the greatest cup upsets looked on the cards when Belletti took out Dindane in the box nine minutes after the restart, but Kevin Prince Boateng fluffed his spot-kick and Cech saw the effort with his feet. It didn?t take long for Chelsea to punish wasteful Pompey as just two minutes later Didier Drogba smacked a brilliant free-kick from left to right that snuck inside James?s far post for the opener. Three minutes from time Lampard was chopped down in the box by Brown, but incredibly Frank Lampard dragged his spot-kick wide for the second missed penalty of the game. |
|  | Chelsea 8 - 0 Wigan (2653)
English Premier League
09/05/2010
Stamford Bridge took just five minutes to erupt in celebration, Drogba?s free-kick caused mayhem at the back for Wigan and Nicolas Anelka (offside?) was in the right place to slam home the opener for champions-elect Chelsea. The Blues went 2-up on the half hour when Frank Lampard made no mistake from the spot after Lampard had been felled in the box by Gary Caldwell - who saw red. Chelsea confirmed their first Premier League title since the departure of Mourinho nine minutes into the second half, Lampard played a one-two with Salomon Kalou who netted a classy goal. Two minutes later Chelsea chalked up number four as Nicolas Anelka cracked home a sweet back post volley from Ivanovic?s fizzed cross. In the 62nd minute Didier Drogba bagged the goal to put him at the top over the scoring charts in the league, the Ivorian?s initial overhead-kick was superbly saved but Drogba headed home his goal seconds later. Wigan?s humiliation increased in the 68th minute when Ashley Cole was fouled for the Blues second penalty, Didier Drogba stepping up to secure the Golden Boot and notch the Pensioners? 100th goal of the season. For the third time this season Chelsea chalked up seven in the 80th, Joe Cole?s shot was only parried by Pollitt and Didier Drogba gobbled up his hat-trick goal. With Wigan just wishing the season would draw to a close, Ashley Cole volleyed home an incredible eighth to completed a crushing victory. |
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 | Liverpool 0 - 2 Chelsea (1232)
English Premier League
02/05/2010
If evidence was needed that Liverpool wanted to throw the league in Chelsea?s favour it arrived in the 32nd minute when Scouse captain Steve G played a shocking backpass towards Reina which Didier Drogba all-too-easily cut out, and the Ivorian rounded the keeper to score. (First half highlights here, while discussion of Gerrard?s pass can be seen here.) Nine minutes into the second half Chelsea scored a crucial second, Anelka crossed from the right and Frank Lampard slid his effort past Reina after Mascherano had kept the Blues onside. |
|  | Chelsea 7 - 0 Stoke (1966)
English Premier League
25/04/2010
It took Chelsea 24 minutes to finally turned their pressure into a goal against Stoke, as Malouda picked out Drogba down the Chelsea right who kept the ball in play with an outrageous piece of control before firing a cross into the box where Salomon Kalou stooped to nod the ball over the line. Just after the half hour the Pensioners chalked up number two, Drogba drilled a low shot that Sorenson could only parry and Salomon Kalou slid in to claim his brace. Chelsea killed off Stoke with a third after 44 minutes, Kalou drew a penalty from Robert Huth and Frank Lampard stepped up to convert from the spot. After the interval Salomon Kalou netted his hat-trick goal for the Blues and a brilliant performance from the would-be champions was sealed nine minutes from time when Frank Lampard stuck out a right boot to meet Sam Hutchinson?s inch-perfect cross to the back stick. Stoke?s humiliation deepened three minutes from time when sub Daniel Sturridge chalked up number six and there was still time for a seventh to be scored as Joe Cole teed up Florent Malouda. |
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 | Tottenham 2 - 1 Chelsea (848)
English Premier League
17/04/2010
Tottenham?s top four charge continued to build momentum after 15 minutes at home to leaders Chelsea, John Terry was adjudged to have handled a cross in the box and Jermain Defoe gobbled up the opportunity with a rasping penalty past Cech. After scoring against Arsenal last time out, Spurs? superb Gareth Bale scored Tottenham?s deserved second just before the break when the number three twisted Ferreira inside-out before firing a low right-footed shot past Cech. In the 66th minute Chelsea captain John Terry let his side down by going in very late on Bale as the Spurs man romped down the left to collect his second yellow. Spurs could (and should) have gone on to score a couple more goals in the final stages, and White Hart Lane fell silent in the 91st minute when Frank Lampard slid in a goal for the Blues, but the Lilywhites held on to blow the title race wide open as well as bringing themselves firmly back in the mix for fourth. |
|  | Aston Villa 0 - 3 Chelsea (756)
FA Cup
10/04/2010
After Chelsea made a poor start to their FA Cup semi-final with Villa, the Midlanders had daggers pointed at ref Howard Webb after 15 minutes as Gabby Agbonlahor was denied a stonewall penalty when the forward was hauled down by Mikel in the box. The deadlock was broken in the 67th minute through Didier Drogba, scoring his fifth successive goal at Wembley, tapping home a John Terry shot from a corner. In the final minutes Chelsea put some gloss on the scoreline, Florent Malouda headed home a brilliant Ballack cross and Frank Lampard grabbed the third in injury time. |
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 | Manchester United 1 - 2 Chelsea (2952)
English Premier League
03/04/2010
Was it intentional? Chelsea were celebrating after 19 minutes at Old Trafford after a mazy run from the excellent Malouda down the left was converted by a brilliant back-to-goal flick from Joe Cole that saw the ball trickle into Van der Sar?s far post. United were denied penalty calls for tackles on Park Ji-Sung and Gary Neville in the first half (highlights here) but the Blues were worthy of their lead at the break. United cranked up the pressure for the majority of the second half, but in the 77th minute Chelsea score on the counter-attack as Kalou freed fellow sub Didier Drogba (a yard offside) on the right and the Ivorian slammed his shot past Van der Sar. Within minutes United had a lifeline with their own two substitutes combining, Nani teased his way down the left and his cross was turned into the net (handball?) by 18-year-old sensation Federico Macheda. |
|  | Chelsea 7 - 1 Aston Villa (1204)
English Premier League
27/03/2010
Florent Malouda?s hot-streak continued in the 15th minute against Aston Villa when the Blues? winger saw his hopeful cross-cum-shot turned in on the slide by Frank Lampard at the back stick. Villa equalised break the half hour mark when Ashley Young cut in from the left and played a slick ball through to John Carew running in at the back post which the big Norwegian calmly side-footed in the net. Two minutes from the break Chelsea got their noses back in front, Zhirkov went down like a feather under a challenge from Collins in the box and Frank Lampard slammed in the spot-kick. (First half highlights here.) After the break Vila were taken apart, firstly when Deco and Zhirkov combined down the left before Florent Malouda caressed home number three, and minutes later Frank Lampard claimed his hat-trick from the penalty spot after Zhirkov was tripped by Dunne in the box. Villa?s shame were increased when Lampard had all the time in the world to slip in Malouda down the left who bagged Chelsea?s fifth. Seven minutes from time Anelka teed up Salomon Kalou to stroke in Chelsea?s sixth in a one-sided demolition of the Villains. Frank Lampard capped a personal triumph netting a fourth in the first minute of injury time. |
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 | Portsmouth 0 - 5 Chelsea (1423)
English Premier League
24/03/2010
Chelsea went into the break 1-nil up at Fratton Park, and the goal was a howler as David James completely missed a kick (via a bump in the pitch) that allowed Didier Drogba to latch onto the ball and score into an open net. The excellent Florent Malouda netted Chelsea?s second when he was released on the left by Lampard and he lashed home an unstoppable effort into the roof of the net left-footed. The Blues killed the game with a third, Lampard seeing his parried shot converted by Florent Malouda on the rebound. Pompey were then embarrassed when Chelsea notched a fourth, Didier Drogba running on to Jon Mikel Obi?s pass and drilling home his shot in at the near post. A horrible night for Pompey ended when Drogba?s knock-back fell to the unmarked Frank Lampard who nodded in from a yard. |
|  | Blackburn 1 - 1 Chelsea (823)
English Premier League
21/03/2010
Chelsea took less than six minutes to score at Ewood Park, Anelka danced in from the right-hand touch-line and played a simple of square pass to Didier Drogba, who dispatched it directly into the bottom right corner of the net for his 22nd league goal of the season. Chelsea failed to find a second goal in a tepid performance, and 20 minutes from time they were punished as Salgado found space to cross from the right and El Hadji Diouf was able to head home at the back post. |
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 | Chelsea 0 - 1 Inter Milan (2162)
UEFA Champions League
16/03/2010
(Agg.1-3) Trailing 2-1 from their trip to the San Siro, Chelsea failed to make the breakthrough against Inter in the first half at Stamford Bridge. Inter came out on fire after the break with the visitors repeatedly threatening the Blues? goal, and in the 78th minute they go their just deserves when Samuel Eto?o collected a wonderful pass through the middle and, after taking just one touch, he rifled a shot past Turbull. A terrible night for the Pensioners was compounded when Didier Drogba saw a straight red after being involved in a tussle with Thiago Motta |
|  | Chelsea 4 - 1 West Ham (1005)
English Premier League
13/03/2010
After Ilan missed a guilt-edged opportunity to put West Ham ahead at the Bridge, Chelsea punished their London rivals when Alex powered home a 15th minute header. The Hammers, battling for their top flight survival, pulled level through Scotty Parker just before the half hour as the returning midfielder scored against his former employers with a class half-volley from 22-yards. Ten minutes into the second half Chelsea moved back into front, Malouda floating a delightful cross onto Didier Drogba?s head and the Ivorian finished from close range. Florent Malouda capped a fine personal performance grabbed Chelsea?s third with a low left-footed shot past Green. As the match ticked into injury time Lampard took aim at Green?s goal and Didier Drogba was on hand to mop up the rebound. |
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 | Chelsea 2 - 0 Stoke (504)
FA Cup
07/03/2010
Frank Lampard opened the scoring ten minutes before the break with a deflected effort after Chelsea dominated the first half. John Terry confirmed the win with a header from a Lampard corner midway through the second half and celebrated in determined fashion |
|  | Chelsea 2 - 4 Manchester City (2785)
English Premier League
27/02/2010
Chelsea dominated the majority of the first half against City with the visitors offering no real goal threat whatsoever, but it took the Pensioners until the 41st minute to break the deadlock when Joe Cole played in Frank Lampard who scored from 10-yards. Incredibly Chelsea then imploded with a horror goal on the stroke of halftime, Obi Mikel fluffed a header from a long hoof which allowed Carlos Tevez to turn Terry before twisting Carvalho inside-out and slipping a tame trickling shot agonisingly past Hilario?s hand. Five minutes after the restart City fans went berserk when Craig Bellamy picked up the ball on the halfway-line, took on a frightened looking Obi Mikel with ease before placing another soft strike past Hilario. The mistakes kept coming for Chelsea 15 minutes from time when sub Belletti lost the ball to Barry who raced into the box, fell, Belletti saw red, and Carlos Tevez made no mistake to claim a magical third for City. Ancelotti then had to watch Michael Ballack lose his head and take down Tevez from behind to leave Chelsea with nine men. City cashed in on Chelsea?s humiliation by adding a fourth as Tevez freed Wright-Phillips to race into the box and he fed Bellamy for his second. Lampard scored a consolation penalty as the match moved into injury time. |
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 | Inter Milan 2 - 1 Chelsea (1501)
UEFA Champions League
24/02/2010
The San Siro erupted after just two minutes as Inter built an attack down the inside left channel involving Eto?o and Sneijder that was drilled into the near post by top scorer Diego Milito. Michael Ballack then almost had his eye taken out by a high kick from Thiago Motta. Having played poorly for the much of the first half, Chelsea?s star performer Branislav Ivanovic created the Blues? crucial equaliser five minute after the restart, the Russian bombing down the right and laying the ball off to Salomon Kalou who curled a 20-yard beauty into the far corner. Defying their reputation as big game bottlers Inter retook the lead four minutes later, Sneijder whipped in a cross from the left and Esteban Cambiasso was perfectly placed to pick up the scraps and thunder home the hosts second. Soon after Chelsea suffered a serious scare as keeper Petr Cech was forced off the pitch on a stretcher. |
|  | Wolves 0 - 2 Chelsea (551)
English Premier League
20/02/2010
After having been outplayed by Wolves throughout most of the first half, Chelsea struck five minutes from the break courtesy of a goal created by Yuri Zhirkov as the Russian left back cut in from the left, aided by Ballack, before crossing for Didier Drogba to slide in the sitter. Wolves battled for an equaliser, but in the 67th minute they were sucker-punched by a route-one Chelsea goal as Cech pumped the ball down the middle and Didier Drogba powered his way through to net his 25th of the season. |
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 | Chelsea 4 - 1 Cardiff (819)
FA Cup
13/02/2010
Cardiff fell behind at Chelsea after just two minutes in the early kick-off, Obi Mikel lifted a simple ball over the top to Didier Drogba who was given too much time and space to pick his spot. The Welshman were second best throughout the first half, but in their first real attack in the 35th minute a delicious inswinging cross from Burke was converted by Michael Chopra?s diving header. The Pensioners struck five minutes into the second half to snuff out Cardiff?s dreams of a major cupset, Drogba found Michael Ballack?s burst into the box from midfield and the German coolly stuck the ball past Marshall in goal. In the 68th minute Chelsea confirmed their passage through to the sixth round when Daniel Sturridge continued his record of scoring in every round by sweeping home a third from close range. Salomon Kalou wrapped up the victory four minutes from time as the striker craned his neck to convert a right wing cross. |
|  | Everton 2 - 1 Chelsea (1908)
English Premier League
10/02/2010
Chelsea got their noses in front at Goodison Park adopted route one tactics, a Cech goal-kick was flicked on by Drogba to Florent Malouda and the winger rifled a left-footed past Howard. In the 32nd minute Everton levelled from a corner, Donovan swung the ball into the near post and Luis Saha got in front of his marker to head home. Everton should have taken the lead on the stroke of halftime when Donovan won a penalty but Petr Cech saved Saha?s too central spot-kick. The title race was then blow wide open 15 minutes from time was Luis Saha capitalised on a mistake from John Terry to lash home Everton?s second past an outstretched Cech. |
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 | Chelsea 2 - 0 Arsenal (1501)
English Premier League
07/02/2010
The Gunners conceded a poor goal after just seven minutes at Stamford Bridge, a quick corner whizzed into the near post where John Terry (who else!) rose unchallenged to flick a ball to the back stick and Didier Drogba stuck the ball over the line. Arsenal came back into the game after falling behind, but a 21st minute Blues counter-attack led by Lampard found Didier Drogba out wide on the right, the Ivorian cut past two Arsenal defenders and drilled a brilliant left foot shot past Almunia for his incredible 12th goal against the Gunners in 12 games. |
|  | Hull 1 - 1 Chelsea (1582)
English Premier League
02/02/2010
Manchester United and Arsenal cheered after half an hour at the KC Stadium as Hull centre half Steven Mouyokolo headed home a corner to leave league leaders Chelsea playing catch up. The Pensioners drew level in the 41st minute when returning striker Didier Drogba found space to curl a free-kick through the Hull wall and into the far corner. Hull remained determined, solid at the back and competitive up front throughout the second half as the Tigers put in a stellar performance to deny Chelsea two crucial points in the title race. |
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