Chelsea keeps English Premier League title hopes alive by beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at Stamford Bridge
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Salomon-Kalou-c32266’s contentious goal in the dying minutes of match have earned Chelsea a crucial 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge which will keep their chances alive of defending their English Premier League title.
The victory from Blues will put Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, in a bit of distress, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 are now only three points shy of the Red Devils. Manchester United, who are leading the table having secured 73 points until now, must win their
next difficult encounter against Arsenal on Sunday to firm their chances of winning the title for the record 19th time.
The match proved out to be a thrilling contest of the season, as Tottenham Hotspur were the one who first took the lead when Sandro’s brilliant 25-yard strike went past Chelsea's goalkeeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Petr-Cech-c29837 in the 19th minute.
But, Chelsea bounced back perfectly in the dying minutes of the first half, when their most trustable midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097, scored the equalizer in the 45th minute a perfect assist from Didier Drogba.
Frank Lampard’s goal created controversy as Spurs players were seen pleading to the umpire to disallow the goal because they thought the ball didn’t cross the goal line which was later proved through the video replays.
As expected, the second half started in a very hostile atmosphere with both teams remained reluctant to make any changes from their first half squads. In the 89th minute of the match, Chelsea went second time lucky to be awarded with another controversial
goal in their favour. The substituted Salomon Kalou controversial brace put Chelsea on front as Chelsea went onto win the match. Kalou was assisted by none other than the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044, as this was his second assist of the match.
Three of the Chelsea players who were booked with yellow cards are http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roman-Pavlyuchenko-c31639 was the only one who was given a yellow card in the 57th minute of the match.
Tottenham Hotspur will be lucky to qualify for the next UEFA Champions League from now onwards, as they are now four points behind their rivals. Manchester City, after having played one match more than them.
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