What a match !!
What an absolutely stunning game !!
A MAGNIFICENT ADVERT. FOR THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE - Adam Stanford eat your heart out - I bet you are feeling like a man who has been caught with his knickers on his head - If football can serve up games like that, no matter how many bean counters you bring in, or oceans of money you pump into cricket - IT CAN NEVER REPLACE THE ‘BEST GAME IN THE WORLD’.
Chelsea BEAT Man - chest - er - United
A magnificent spectacle.
An exhilarating contest.
Nerve-racking, enthralling, thrilling, captivating, joyous, all encompassing - What a match !!
It is 4:00 a.m. on a Monday morning. I am a little low on adjectives. However, reminiscing about the win over the Mancs at the Bridge, will more than cover that front.
We began the game with full force. We needed the win and were hungry for it. Chelsea’s domination was established early on with the full pitch press, the Mancs did not know what hit them. Early on, the game had a nasty moment - an injury to Ivan Drago - which left him woozy and leaking blood. I personally dislike ruffians like Drago, but any injury is bad and injuries are one of few downsides of this sport. Attack after attack, Chelsea’s relentless pressure had the Reds reeling and scrambling for desperate clearances. Some inaccurate final balls and the post were the only things that kept parity. However, a breakthrough was inevitable. In the 45th minute, Chelsea’s German Bomber - Micheal Ballack torpedoed the ball into the back of the net after an inch perfect Didier Drogba cross.
The second half began with that team from Manchester trying to effect a comeback. For the first 10 minutes of the half Chelsea were forced to soak the pressure, with the Mancs finding their rhythm and carving out some half chances. However, just as Chelsea were finding their feet after the restart a BIZARRE error by Ricardo Carvalho, one of the club’s best players this season, gifted a goal to the limping Rayne Woozy.
The goal galvanized the team and tables turned once again with Chelsea in the ascendancy. Avram Grant made the changes and brought on the attackers. Old red face did quite the opposite, and much like his team selections, got the substitutions wrong as well. The beaters were on for the Mancs to force out a draw. The introduction of Cristiano “tap tap” Ronaldo was NULLIFIED by Ashley Cole’s IMPRESSIVE defending. He owned the No.7 Manc, much the same way Ballack owned Van der Sar. With Chelsea piling on the pressure, Micheal Carrick was caught unlucky in the 85th minute and handed the blues a penalty.
Everybody and anybody who was watching the match would have been gripped by the overwhelming tension as Ballack sized up the spot kick. Trust a German to score from the spot. He did just that. A BULLET SHOT past the hapless Van Der Sar. Nerves of steel and as cold as ice. Such PERFECT PRECISION makes you wonder whether Germans are humans or plain robots.
With their season and grip on the title threatening to slip away, the Mancs sparked into action. Goal line clearances from the brilliant Ashley Cole and our 30 million pound striker Andriy Shevchenko, who was bought to bang in the goals instead of saving them, saw us through to the finish line.
Liver-fools beware. The season just got interesting. May the best team win.
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