Didier Drogba fired the Blues in front before the half-time whistle and set up a second half where Tottenham knew they had no other option but to go on the offensive.
Part 1 can be found by clicking http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786
Harry Redknapp’s men let their guard down only once in the first half and were punished by a vintage http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 goal and now had a mountain to climb against an in-form Chelsea side.
However, any plans that Tottenham may have had of equalising were dealt a serious blow when their inability to clear from a Chelsea corner resulted in Juan Mata claiming a controversial second goal for the Blues.
Mata latched onto the ball at the far post before side-footing his effort towards goal where a number of Tottenham and Chelsea players lay sprawled on the goal-line. The referee deemed that the ball had crossed the line and awarded the Blues the goal, however, television replays were not a conclusive and left enough doubt as to whether or not the goal should have been given or not.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Petr-Cech-c29837 to beat. Yet, his effort to round the keeper resulted in Cech fouling him in what would have been a penalty to Tottenham and a red card for Cech.
However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gareth-Bale-c14422 spared Cech that misery when he calmly latched onto the loose ball and scored in an empty net. It was the boost that Tottenham needed yet their comeback collapsed when Redknapp took Van der Vaart off in place of Jermaine Defoe.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramires-c30523 had made it 3-1 four minutes later.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Florent-Malouda-c13838 was introduced as substitute late on in the second half and the French winger managed to get his name on the score sheet as well when he scored in injury time.
The final score read 5-1 in favour of Chelsea and secures the Blues a match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 in the FA Cup final.
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