Chelsea 4-3 Bolton: Hiddink Almost Comes Unstuck + Goals
COME ON CHELSEA
By Since66
April 12 2009
After sixty-six minutes with Chelsea 4-0 up, naturally HUSS wants to save the legs of Super Frank and Super Dids, scorers of three of Chelsea's goals. On came Anelka and Deco and twenty four minutes later Chelsea won the game 4-3 by the skin of their teeth and Bolton could have equalised with the last kick off the game.
Lampard's departure meant Chelsea lost the midfield and with Dids departure, Chelsea lost the 'physical' presence although Anelka did have a shot cleared off the line, albeit a weak one.
On Saturday 14th October 1978 Chelsea played Bolton at The Bridge and Bolton were leading 3-0 with fifteen minutes to go. If my memory serves me right a certain Sam Allardyce was playing that day for Bolton. Chelsea sent on Clive Walker as sub and within fifteen minutes Chelsea had won the game 4-3.
Chelsea took the lead five minutes from half-time through Ballack and this was after Bolton caused Chelsea some concern. Within fifteen minutes of the second-half resuming Chelsea were four goals to the good, with Drogba scoring two and Lampard scoring a penalty.
Then came the start of Bolton’s fightback – credit to them – they never gave up and O’Brien poked home from close range, Basham hooked in one right on the line and with Terry and Carvalho absent without leave Taylor headed over a stranded Cech.
The last twelve minutes were fraught and had plenty of heart attack moments especially with the last kick of the game when Bolton almost equalised. Cech flapped around like a shot seagull and no doubt Liverpool will take encouragement that if Bolton can score three at The Bridge, why can’t they?
Tuesday will be one interesting night!!!
Hiddink’s reaction, “It’s a typical English game leading 4-0 and waiting for the fifth because we were playing on one goal, but all of a sudden we got very sloppy and were not winning any balls defensively, the midfield and front players as well, and conceded three goals in nine minutes.
“Of course I tried to think about my own activities as well but if you are 4-0 up with 20 minutes to go, and not in defensively key positions making the substitution, then I don’t think it is the cause – we were too relaxed.”
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Carvalho, Terry ©, A Cole, Ballack, Mikel, Lampard (Deco 66), Kalou, Drogba (Anelka 66), Malouda Goals: Ballack 40, Drogba 48, 63, Lampard (pen) 60
Bolton Wanderers: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Shittu (O’Brien h/t), Cahill, Samuel, Davies, Muamba, McCann (Cohen 82), Gardner, Taylor, Elmander (Basham 66)
Goals: O’Brien 69, Basham 73, Taylor 78Match Highlights:
http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/2353696/
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I will be at the stall tomorrow b4 the game - catching up with everybody
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and my Peter Osgood badge above the crest
I wonder what the prawnies make of your shirt.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:04:13:21:01:49 by pk_gunner.
and it will be on show at Wembley on Saturday
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At the Emirates steward kept telling me to sit even though there was a wall behind me.
Normally I stand when I can get away with it
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fk the prawnies
You might get on tv, i'm sure the tv camera's like to show age diversity in the crowd.
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an oldie singing
CAREFREE WHERE EVER YOU MAYBE, WE ARE THE FAMOUS CFC
ONE MAN WENT TO MOW, WENT TO MOW A MEADOW
FLYING HIGH UP IN THE SKY, WE'LL KEEP THE BLUE FLAG FLYING HIGH, FROM STAMFORD BRIDGE TO WEMBLEY WE'LL KEEP THE BLUE FLAG FLYING HIGH
COME ON CHELSEA
COME ON CHELSEA
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There's a pretty decent Ashley Cole song along those lines too
Even the boos sound half hearted.
What Ashley gets on the other hand
Seemed to be full of numpties on the telly
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Although the Matthew Harding Lower was rocking all night - like they do every game
You can come behind from the sofa now
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