by L-type » Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:00 am
hahha funny, cus they got outplayed and only a fool would suggest otherwise. I was reading .tv's interpretation of the game which I thought was very fair, though it could be improved, it was a honest piece of journalism. After reading this i wondered what garbage Chelsea published , well here are two articles.
Taken straight from chelseafc.tv
eaction: Mourinho on midfield power battle
Wednesday, Sep 28, 2005
Liverpool’s pre-match claims that they possessed the know-how to beat Chelsea proved unfounded as a high-energy contest ended deadlocked at Anfield. While the home side’s manager rued a penalty denied, José Mourinho talked of a packed midfield and an aerial threat survived.
“It was very competitive and in that way it was a good game,” conceded Mourinho, satisfied with the point but not bullish about the performance.
“It was tough, a game for men. In midfield there was not a lot of space to play. Sometimes Liverpool play with Garcia behind the striker but today they played three men in midfield so there was a lot of power in there,” he explained.
“There was a lot of power from us also with Lampard, Makelele and Essien. There was not a lot of space to create situations.
“Then there is the direct play with Crouch. Some people like the direct style, some people don’t. It is not a question of like for us, we have to cope. I think Ricardo [Carvalho] and John Terry did fantastically in the box fight.”
Rafael Benitez too thought the game was a good one, with both teams pushing for victory, but suggested the decision not to award a second-half penalty for handball by William Gallas was all that stood between his side and the win he had threatened.
“Our plan was good,” he said, “We played with a high tempo, we pressed Chelsea high up the pitch and I think we played better than them. We just needed the goal and maybe with the penalty that would have been the goal.
“It was clear, unbelievable!” Benitez added having just viewed an action replay. Mourinho, yet see a similar replay, declined to give an opinion on the incident.
Instead the Chelsea manager spoke of his satisfaction with one of his strikers.
“In the last 15 minutes I played Crespo and Drogba together to try to use the domination of Drogba, because he played very well for me, and I thought together with Crespo we might get the win.”
The draw leaves Chelsea second in Group G behind Liverpool, both sides on four points. It ends a run of four consecutive away defeats in the Champions League.
“I’m not 100 per cent satisfied but it’s a point, so I am not crazy with happiness but not sad,” Mourinho summed up. “For a Champions League away game it was a positive result and a result adapted to the reality of game. I don’t think anybody deserved to win. I think it was a fair result.”
by Paul Mason
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Match Report - Liverpool 0 Chelsea 0
Wednesday, Sep 28, 2005
Liverpool v Chelsea
The predicted scoreline in a hard fought game saw Chelsea have the best efforts on goal but leave Anfield with four bookings.
Drogba had almost robbed Carragher in the seventh minute, but the defender recovered only for Essien immediately to rob Alonso and be pulled back. Alonso was booked.
Lampard’s 35 yard shot from the free-kick was touched round by diving Reina who then completely missed Lampard’s corner.
Within another five minutes the quiet beginning was completely over and passions were high. Referee Massimo De Santis of Italy gave Liverpool a throw-in right in front of José Mourinho when Carvalho had played the ball out off Crouch. Then Lampard was late in a challenge on Gerrard. Next Crouch claimed Carvalho had jumped over him on the edge of the Chelsea area, and De Santis followed up with free-kicks for fouls on Drogba and Duff.
Before the 20th minute Gerrard and Lampard had both missed the target from good positions, and Hyypia had gone crashing to the ground in the penalty area from a Drogba challenge for which De Santis gave a corner. The defender was furious and screamed for a penalty. The chance had come from a Crouch header following a free-kick won by Crouch. He was causing problems.
Chelsea weren’t in control. But both Duff and Robben had missed chances to break into space behind Liverpool’s defence when their first touch let them down. Makelele picked up Chelsea’s first booking midway through the half when he was late on Gerrard.
Liverpool v Chelsea
Robben lost another chance to run on goal when he cut in from the right on to Drogba’s great pass with only Alonso to beat, but the Spaniard easily read his cut inside. However, seconds later he had the ball again with Hyypiä to run at, and this time his cut inside worked and he let rip from the edge of the area only to see Reina pull off a brilliant tip-over. Two shots on target to none!
When the half-time whistle was blown Chelsea had committed 12 fouls and Liverpool eight. It had been a very competitive 45 minutes.
Liverpool had the first chance of the second-half when Garcia brushed off Ferreira to chase another Crouch header. Cech dived out to beat the ball away from him.
There were more home screams for a penalty when Carragher had a free header from Liverpool’s first corner of the second-half. It ricocheted off Carvalho and went out off Gallas’ hands. De Santis gave another corner.
Robben became Chelsea’s second booking when he got round Finnan who was letting a ball run out for a goal-kick and kept it in, but De Santis whistled for a foul. Robben jumped up in despair and was cautioned for dissent. Two minutes later Lampard joined in for crashing in on Gerrard as he attacked a dropping ball. Liverpool were finding more space and feeding Crouch in more dangerous areas. But they still hadn’t had an effort on target.
Twenty minutes into the second-half came the first substitution, Wright-Phillips for Robben.
Chelsea were continuing to concede too many free-kicks. After 70 minutes Carvalho was again whistled up for a challenge on Crouch and that was the Blues’ 20th foul of the night.
Liverpool v Chelsea
Crespo replaced Duff with 16 minutes remaining, Drogba moving to the left. Immediately Liverpool won their fifth corner of the second-half. Cech, who had been intercepting more crosses than in any game probably since joining Chelsea, punched it away.
Sinima-Pongolle now substituted Cissé whose technique hadn’t always been up with the rest of the game.
Liverpool’s first shot on target finally came seven minutes from time, but Alonso’s effort was a simple catch for Cech. Chelsea were more comfortable by now In the last five minutes both sides seemed to step off the gas, and while not settling for the 0-0 draw, not pushing for the final breakthrough.
Terry suffered Chelsea’s fourth booking for a lunging tackle on Alonso. In stoppage time Huth replaced Drogba to massive boos from the home fans and cries of: “Boring, boring Chelsea.” This from the team who have scored one home League goal this season.
At the final whistle there were angry scenes between Terry and Alonso as the Chelsea captain made it clear he felt the Liverpool player had dived to get him booked. The game had been full of Premiership passion.
On Sunday, the two will meet in the Premiership.
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These articles are trash. They spent no time discussing the penalty claims, and even suggest we were unsportsmanlike in suggesting otherwise. I know that people will say, well this is a different team why would they credit their opposition? Well seeing this reaction makes me grateful to be a red and not a blue, because as Carra said " We try to be dignified" (or something to that sort) So always remember that while Chelsea may win the league they've sold their souls, while under Benitez wemay tak a little longer to gain success, but once we are on top we will have truly earned the right to be there.
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