Three goals from Fernando Torres saw http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Di Matteo’s men romp to an emphatic victory against Queens Park Rangers, while Tottenham managed to get back to winning ways after a 2-0 win over Blackburn Rovers.
It was an eventful Sunday in the Barclays Premier League as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 found his goal scoring boots against QPR and Harry Redknapp breathed a huge sigh of relief as his Spurs side did not drop any points.
Chelsea v Queens Park Rangers
Chelsea positioned themselves within five points of third place and just a point behind Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United, who occupy fourth and fifth place respectively, after destroying Queens Park http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rangers-c40314 at Stamford Bridge.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 gained the advantage within seconds.
Chelsea skipper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895, made it two nil 12 minutes later when he nodded the ball home from a Juan Mata corner in the 13th minute.
From there on in it was all Torres as he got his first goal of the match in the 19th minute after some neat interplay with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Salomon-Kalou-c32266. The Spanish striker doubled his tally in the 25th minute after a defensive mistake allowed Torres to get on the ball in a dangerous area and slot the ball home to make it 4-0 at the half time interval.
The second half had goals in it too as Torres completed his hat-trick in the 64th minute before http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Florent-Malouda-c13838 made it 6-0 in favour of the home side in the 80th minute.
Queens Park Rangers scored a late consolation goal in the 84th minute through Djibril Cisse, yet it was too little too late.
Final Score: CHE 6 – 1 QPR
Tottenham Hotspur v Blackburn http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rovers-c40385
Blackburn have lowered their chances of staying in the Barclays Premier League after failing to come away with anything following their trip to White Hart Lane. Tottenham had been on a woeful run of form before the match, yet a solid performance from Harry Redknapp’s men saw them jump right back into the top four.
Rafael Van der Vaart and PFA Young Player of the Year, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kyle-Walker-c21566, scored for the home side in either half as Tottenham kept their dreams of playing in the Champions League next season alive.
Final Score: TOT 2 – 0 BBR
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