Chelsea Look to Reclaim Points Gap
By BlueBlood
February 2 2005
Games against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park tend to be full of goals. In the last two seasons that Chelsea have been the visitors, they have won both 3-2, last season being more memorable as young Glenn Johnson scored one of his first for the club with a stunning volley from the edge of the.......
........area with only a couple of minutes remaining. But in 1998, the tall lanky Tore Andre Flo, came off the substitutes bench and scored two brilliant breakaway goals in the last ten minutes for Chelsea to complete a remarkable turnaround to win the match 4-3, after being 1-0 up at one stage. Already this season Chelsea have played and comprehensively beaten Blackburn 4-0 back in October with Eider scoring a hat-trick. The first of his career. This game was one of the first under Mark Hughes's tenureship. Expect 'Birmingham Bad Boy' Robbie Savage in the centre of Blackburn's midfield - snarling and snapping around Super Franks ankles. With Franks class and irresistible form at the moment he should give Savage the runaround. Should Savage get forward at all, watch out for the Claude to step in and put Savage in his place. Paul Dickov is Blackburn's dangerman. Full of fire in his less than 5ft 6in frame, Dickov will try all the tricks to unsettle our two class centre-halves. Make no mistake this game will not be as easy as Blackburn's position suggests. Rovers are in a run of form with three wins out of their last five. And the two defeats in those five were only by the odd goal. Probable Team: Cech, Ferreira, Gallas, Terry, Bridge, Makelele, Duff, Lampard, Tiago, Robben, Gudjohnsen With Arsenal losing at home to Man Utd last night, 4-2. Chelsea go into tonight's adventure eight points clear of Man Utd and still ten points of Arsenal. A victory tonight, will see Chelsea thirteen points clear of Arsenal and surely the race for the title becomes a two horse race with the odds stacked heavily in Chelsea favour. GLORIOUS UNPREDICTABILITY! COME ON CHELSEA JOSE'S 37th (Before Blackburn) PREMIERSHIP P24 W19 D4 L1 F48 A8 PTS 61 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE P6 W4 D1 L1 F9 A3 PTS 13 CARLING CUP P5 W4 D1 L0 F7 A2 -- FA CUP P2 W2 D0 L0 F5 A1 .. TOTAL P37 W29 D6 L2 F69 A14 -- v Man Utd (L) W1-0 v Birmingham (L) W1-0 v C Palace (L) W2-0 v Southampton (L) W2-1 v Aston Villa (L) D0-0 v PSG (CL) W3-0 v Spurs (L) D0-0 v Middlesbrough (L) W1-0 v Porto (CL) W3-1 v Liverpool (L) W1-0 v Man City (L) L0-1 v CSKA Moscow (CL) W2-0 v Blackburn Rovers (L) W4-0 v West Ham Utd (CC) W1-0 v WBA (L) W4-1 v CSKA Moscow (CL) W1-0 v Everton (L) W1-0 v Newcastle Utd (CC) W2-0 v Fulham (L) W4-1 v Bolton (L) D2-2 v PSG (CL) D0-0 v Charlton Athletic (L) W4-0 v Fulham (CC) W2-1 v Newcastle Utd (L) W4-0 v Porto (CL) L1-2 v Arsenal (L) D2-2 v Norwich City (L) W4-0 v Aston Villa (L) W1-0 v Portsmouth (L) W2-0 v Liverpool (L) W1-0 v Middlesbrough (L) W2-0 v Scunthorpe Utd (FAC) W3-1 v Man Utd (CC) D0-0 v Tottenham Hotspur (L) W2-0 v Portsmouth (L) W3-0 v Man Utd (CC) W2-1 v Birmingham City (FAC) W2-0