English Premier League: Chelsea vs. Sunderland Half-Time Report – Part 2
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It was the ex-Arsenal man who intercepted Gyan’s cross inside his own half of the field. The Frenchman then had the vision to spot Kalou’s run as he played a perfect ball for the Ivorian striker. Kalou made no mistake after that
as he produced a fine finish to give his team the lead as the score line reached 1-2 to the visiting side.
In the 26th minute, Sunderland pulled themselves back on parity with the English champions as they were awarded a free kick just outside the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kieran-Richardson-c20946 who stepped up to take the free
kick and his shot found a way past the Chelsea wall and into the back of the Blues’ net as Cech failed to act in time. Sunderland’s second goal brought the scoreline to 2-2. In the 37th minute, Chelsea almost took the lead once again as Essien’s
cross field ball found http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 of all people - but his finish flew over the bar as Sunderland breathed a sigh of relief.
In the 39th minute, Chelsea were awarded a corner which was taken by Lampard but the set piece didn’t materialize into something substantial as Drogba’s follow up header found http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Craig-Gordon-c9476’s hands in the Sunderland goal.
At the end of the first half, both the teams stepped up their efforts to gain the lead as in the 42nd minute of the match, Richardson’s powerful shot brought the best out of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Petr-Cech-c29837 who palmed the ball away acrobatically. Nonetheless, neither
the visitors nor the hosts were successful in taking the lead into the half time break as 45 minutes of breathtaking football came to an end with the scoreline at 2-2.
Chelsea will hope to work Craig Gordon a bit more in the second half whereas Steve Bruce’s Sunderland will work towards filling the holes in their defence which have allowed Chelsea to creep back into the match. No immediate changes
are expected at the half time break, but Chelsea might opt to introduce withdraw Kalou in favour of another midfielder later on in the second half of the match at the Stadium of Light.
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