Premier League Match Report: Chelsea vs West Bromwich Albion – Part 2
The second half kicked off with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 looking to take the game to the visitors and try and secure all three points and give Villas-Boas his first ever home win as Chelsea manager.
In the 53rd minute, Lampard was taken out in the Chelsea are and it seemed like the Blues were denied another penalty. However, Anelka seemed to look past the incident and continued with his movement, as he shot towards the goal. The ball took a slight deflection, but ended up in the back of the net. As a result Chelsea were now back in the game.
In the 55th minute, Scharner leaped the highest to meet a cross, but unfortunately, his effort wasn’t on target and the chance went begging.
In the 56th minute, Chelsea looked to test Foster again, but Reid went on to deny Malouda from scoring Chelsea’s second.
In the 62nd minute, West Brom forward Tchoyi went on to take a pop at goal, from nothing. However, despite his effort catching everyone off guard, it still couldn’t beat Hilario, who made a brilliant diving save to deny West Brom from taking the lead once again.
In the 82nd minute, Anelka charged towards the West Brom goal and went on sidefoot the ball towards the goal. With Foster out of the goal, it seemed like he would score, but his effort went on to hit the sidenetting instead.
In the 83rd minute, Bosingwa made a surging run forward and went on to skip past two West Brom players. He then played in a tantalizing cross to the far post, which saw Malouda rush in and grab Chelsea’s second goal.
Following the goal, Chelsea saw out the rest of the game and went on to grab all three points on the night.
The line ups for the game were as follows:
CHELSEA: Hilario, Bosingwa, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramires-c30523, Mikel, Lampard, Kalou, Torres, Anelka
Subs: Turnbull, Ivanovic, Benayoun, Drogba, Malouda, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ferreira-c13712, McEachran.
WEST BROM: Foster, Reid, Tamas, Olsson, Shorey, Brunt, Scharner, Mulumbu, Morrison, Tchoyi, Long
Subs: Fulop, Cox, Jara Reyes, Dorrans, Odemwingie, McAuley, Cech.
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